Kategorie: Tim’s Weblog

Dave Winer – Goodbye Google Reader: “I won’t miss it. Never used the damn thing. Didn’t trust the idea of a big company like Google’s interests being so aligned with mine that I could trust them to get all my news.” Totally agree. Doesn’t hurt me. I’m using NetNewsWire without its Google Reader sync functionality;…

Dr. John Bordeaux – People, Organization, Technology?: “The right question is: “Why do we work in organizations where natural interactions and instincts are discouraged?” […] We want to help where help is needed. We solve business problems over lunch. We sketch out innovative ideas on bar napkins. This is how we live – but not…

I’ve got a nice job and I’m not hunting for a new one. This allows me to have some fun writing an uncommon resume – honest and personal. Not the polished, impersonal copy you’d use in a real-world job application. (Please remind me to delete this blog post if I’m actually searching for a job…

“Koken is a free system designed for photographers, designers, and creative DIYs to publish independent websites of their work. Exceptional media management: Koken manages your uploaded images and videos through a dedicated, desktop-like interface. […] Koken is free and may be installed on your own web server.” Written in PHP. My test installation was up…

Henrik de Gyor – How do people talk about DAM within an organization?: “Break down the silos, egos and misconceptions. Stop throwing work over a real/virtual wall. Stop ignoring what happens before, during and after someone works on something. […] Leave your comfort zone and get a fresh look at what the other groups do…

As a so-called “senior developer”, I should have taken the time to help younger colleagues learn. (I may have shied away from teaching them because they usually have real Computer Science degrees, while I’m just an Information Scientist-turned-programmer with lots of self-education and training on the job. But not all real-world wisdom seems to be…