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Productivity Porn: An Office War Room to GTD

Productivity Porn: An Office War Room to GTD

I've posted before about how I keep the physical space around me organized in order to encourage productivity.  These days, I am working from home, so it's important to keep my work area a productive place.   Here is a visual layout of my 'war room'. Taking a step back: WorkStation 15" MacBook Air & BookArc Stand ThunderBolt Display w. some SimpleDesktops 2nd Monitor and Read the article >>
Reputation and Credibility are Sacrosanct

Reputation and Credibility are Sacrosanct

Late 2011, coming off the thrill of a fresh round of funding for our startup, we had made an offer to an engineer.   After months enduring the drudgeries of searching, interviewing, reference checking reputation after reputation, making an offer, and finally negotiating with the right candidate, we were finally finished.  We had an offer letter signed -- we finally found the the one.   The day Read the article >>
Physical Workspace Hacking; 6 tips to create a War Room.

Physical Workspace Hacking; 6 tips to create a War Room.

Like any good engineer, I work hard to maximize my impact.  Relative to time invested, I want to accomplish as much as possible. So I feel it makes sense to invest some time in organizing my office into  my war room. I have noticed how horrible the workplace organizational skills of some of my cohorts are.  Especially engineers.  Just because you're building in the digital world is no excuse Read the article >>
Credible Engineering Leadership Skills

Credible Engineering Leadership Skills

Like many web engineers who have built teams as their startups have grown, I do not have an MBA.   If you are like me in-so-far as you value management practice over theory, you probably learned to bootstrap & scale as a leader without one. That hasn't stopped me from developing my own theories.  Reading this quora thread on why many engineers detest their management reminds me, I have Read the article >>
You are your habits.

You are your habits.

With 2008 now in the rear view mirror, there have been many predictions in my TweetDeck and my RSS readerthe about the upcoming year. Everything from predictions of the next big web-thing, to the next tech-breakthrough, to predictions that the economy will bounce back, or even worse, will collapse even more. While I could lay down some of my predictions for the upcoming year, I like to have a more Read the article >>