Dilbert – September 21, 2007
“Wally, did you get those cost estimates I asked for last week?” “No, I need constant supervision.” Dilbert – September 21, 2007
View ArticleWide vs. Deep – An Entirely Other Day
A great essay on the differences between management and programmers. You can sub out ‘programmers’ for any narrow-but-deep job description; ‘reporter’ fits this often, while editors and higher-ups play...
View ArticleCarnival folo
Some of the best posts I see coming out of this past weekend’s Carnival of Journalism are drifting into the blogosphere after the fact, as folks not on deadline analyze what we prattled on about for a...
View ArticleInnovation is easy: Hand the camera to the stuntman
So the wife and I were watching Bourne Ultimatum this weekend on DVD. (Yes, yes, I know, a few of you still know me as the former film student who was inspired to make movies because I knew I could do...
View ArticleNotes on managing technology decisions
Over at the Knight News Challenge blog, I’ve contributed a short list of tips on dealing with developers and choosing a platform for your project: “3. Hire human beings, not a programming language or...
View ArticleTime management: How an MIT postdoc writes 3 books, a PhD defense, and 6+...
The whole cult of time and task management actually serves the opposite of its purpose for me, personally: It makes me feel guilty, as if I’m putting off becoming more efficient with my time. Time...
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