2021-11-29: Geschafft. https://www.woodwing.com/inspiration/success-stories/der-spiegel
2021-11-22: Typical expectation at software dev project start: “Shouldn’t take longer than n months.” After first estimation: “Might take n*2 months.” After implementing 50%: “n*4 months total.” The closer you look, the more complexity. See the Coastline paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox
2021-10-04: „No more than 3-5 people, 3 agenda items, 30 minutes“. 🤔 https://www.inc.com/jeff-steen/steve-jobs-3-point-formula-for-leading-effective-meetings-was-brilliant-we-need-to-get-back-to-it.html
2021-08-26: „… the best solution to frequent interruptions I’ve seen is a culture of documentation, documentation reading, and a documentation search that actually works.“ – @Lethain Sometimes, writing good docs seems easier than getting people to read them. https://lethain.com/productivity-in-the-age-of-hypergrowth/
2021-08-09: Excellent: “building NLP systems using large language models […] in a futile attempt at trying to approximate the infinite object we call natural language […] is not only a waste of time and resources, but it is corrupting a generation of young scientists” (via @ImageSnippets) https://thegradient.pub/machine-learning-wont-solve-the-natural-language-understanding-challenge/
2021-05-16: “Und dann gibt es da sicherlich noch (wenn auch wenige) Projektleiter, die alles machen und auch können, was notwendig ist […] und die schmieren dann auch noch die Krabbenbrötchen für die nächste Retro.” @StefanOttner https://ottner.de/projektmanagerinnen
2021-05-16: Linked data, graph data – sounds like an interesting DAM system. Are there any screencasts demonstrating these features? https://www.mediagraph.io/blog/mediagraph-is-live
2021-05-07: “Wer da nicht zum richtigen Zeitpunkt weiß, was wann zu tun und was noch zu klären ist, läuft gern mal wochenlang komplett im grünen Status bis ins offene Messer.” @StefanOttner https://ottner.de/projektmanager-oder-was
2021-05-01: This is how I play with Neo4j and PHP in Docker (minimal setup, just enough for a “hello world” with the nice https://github.com/stefanak-michal/php-bolt-driver library): https://github.com/tistre/neo4j-php-docker-template
2021-04-05: „Der Schlüssel zum guten Leben? Liegt erstens darin, Glück, das möglichst frei von Schuld ist, zu (er)finden. Zweitens sollten wir andere dabei mitziehen, ohne das gute Miteinander preiszugeben. […]“ (€) https://www.spiegel.de/psychologie/die-freiheit-nach-der-pandemie-a-b7aaeec0-0002-0001-0000-000176469851
2021-03-30: „On the one hand, we see a lot of demand for documentation by many parties. On the other hand nobody wants to create it.“ https://www.ufried.com/blog/documentation/
2021-03-27: „Honest Microservices defined: […] 5. An app that can be reasoned about, modified, or completely replaced by a maintenance programmer many years from now with little or no preparation.“ https://danielbmarkham.com/honest-microservices/
2021-03-24: “If a problem does get escalated, then that should trigger an update to the doc. […] Management should create a culture where everyone is expected and encouraged to edit frequently, in real-time, not at the end of a project. […] When you read a runbook, do it in edit mode.” https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/21/creating-a-good-feedback-loop-between-ops-and-devs-using-documentation/
2021-03-11: “Folders should not be used to represent a business object without careful consideration. Every document won’t fit into a single, logical, business entity. This means using folders as a stand-in for business objects doesn’t work as content can only belong to a single folder.” https://www.reworked.co/information-management/using-content-patterns-to-improve-content-management/
2021-02-24: “A technology dream without a plan never becomes a reality. Likewise, a collection of technology tools unlinked to a vision inspires no one and changes nothing. The really impressive stories I’ve encountered over the years […] involved people with a unique combination of skills” https://www.cmswire.com/information-management/practical-dreamers-connecting-the-why-and-the-how-in-technology-driven-innovation/
2021-01-26: Schade 🙁 – und danke: Im Praktikumssemester 1998 in der G+J-Textdokumentation hat mich die Kombination aus super kompetenten Experten, anspruchsvoller Verschlagwortung und modernster Technik nachhaltig beeindruckt und mein ganzes Berufsleben geprägt (s. My DAM developer chronicles) https://meedia.de/2021/01/25/gruner-jahr-verschaerft-sparkurs-beim-stern/
2021-01-17: It took me a week, but my Web apps (the ones I developed & host myself, like my blog and https://planetdam.org/) now all run in Docker containers.
2021-01-16: “Stores with more passive employees benefited from extroverted leadership. […] Introverted managers performed best when leading proactive teams.” https://getlighthouse.com/blog/introverted-leadership-great-manager/
2021-01-16: “One trend that might begin to emerge is a class of platforms which might be described as DAM construction kits or DAMs to build other DAMs.” @daydreamuk https://digitalassetmanagementnews.org/features/attributes-of-effective-dam-vendors-in-2021
2021-01-06: Deutschsprachige DAM-Interessenten: Unbedingte Hörempfehlung für den Podcast von @DAM_Evangelist! Diese Folge mit @t_faber ist ein schöner Einblick in den DACH-Markt. https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/die-ultimative-dam-retrospektive-f%C3%BCr-das-jahr-2020/id1544448588?i=1000503180746