Family guy and web developer
Nicholas Bate gets us geeks. It's a shame that others don't.
Organisations love to use the term geek in a derogatory manner. Often dismissive. Often excluding. And yet when we have a problem be it IT, medical or simply plumbing we would love to have access to a geek. A person who is so good that they understand the simplicity the far side of complexity. They look at the problem and they know what to do.
— Instant Business Speak 38 - Geeks by Nicholas Bate
This type of riding by Martyn Ashton would sure as hell shake up the Tour de France if it had a trials stage. Maybe we need a stage like this to combat the dopers? After all, you can't get bike skills like this through doping.
via BikeRadar
How appropriate for today's massive tech companies.
Rode to work on the fixie this morning. I would have preferred drier roads this morning, but the Scottish weather gods demand that our country gets rain for most of the year.
I am looking forward to more autumn mornings like this where I can walk the boy to school and then jump on the bike to the office, taking the back roads for a leisurely cycle. It won't last long though, winter is just round the corner, and with it comes a new set of riding challenges.
It's been good getting back on the bike, just riding about.
This post has it all. Tolkien, words stats and a smattering of programming fu.
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The trick, I think, is to make a better shared space for a remote/local team than the physically shared space they already have. A space that is just as fluid, fun, and useful as a physical space and
available anytime, everywhere is more compelling because it affords its occupants (aka team members)
more hours in their day (no commuting, flexible hours) and permits all sorts of non-traditional work locations (coffee shops, trains, sofas at home, a summer trip to Europe).— A Better Shared Space by Adam Keys
Locking in your team to a particular time and place is a real constrain on getting the most from them. And it's not just about location and time. The way your team communicates over different locations and timezones is just as important.
Given the vast number of SaaS products on the market that allow teams to manage projects, clients and meetings, why do teams and companies find it so difficult to let go of the traditional "everyone in the office between 9 and 5"?
The complete story of cycling legend Eddy Merckx. Who can say no to that?
... a Blog Readership. Hats off to Dan Shipper for a great post on blogging. Definitely today's required reading.