October 2012
1 post
The Value of a Good Boss →
I really appreciate it when people send me good articles. I was greatly flattered by a previous employee and a good friend who sent me the article above ( http://www.slate.com/articles/business/small_business/2012/10/the_value_of_a_good_boss_stanford_researchers_show_the_economic_value_of.html ) with a note of thanks.
Findings for what a good boss brings to the table and how to place them:
The...
July 2012
1 post
Eclipse Settings Tips
Here are some of the settings for eclipse that I think are essential:
Window->Preferences->Java->Appearance->check “Compress all package name segments,…” = 1~.
Window->Preferences->Java->Appearance->check “Abbreviate package names”…
Window->Preferences->General->Editors->Size of recently opened files list”=15
...
April 2012
1 post
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”
– Bertrand Russell, Philospher
October 2011
2 posts
Making Time Work
Another tremendous opportunity from the good folks at Idealab for the operating companies, Making Time Work: Maximizing Your relationship with the Clock.
David Allen - practical list focused
Tony Schwartz - energetic, rhythm etc..
Time management wagon is easy to fall off, but try to get back on.
Things that get in the way to getting tasks done
Is there a better option?
noise
is it a...
2 tags
Rsync again
rsync is something I always use, but always end up looking up the arguments I want to use. Here are my favorites:
-v / —verbose
-a / —archive (-rlptgoD)
-r / —recursive
-l / —links (copy symlinks as symlinks)
—copy-unsafe-links (copy hard files from symlinks that point outside the source tree)
-p / —perms preserve permissions
-g / —group presreve...
September 2011
6 posts
Cease Software Patents
Americans are going through tough economic times, software patents are stifling business and more importantly innovation. Please take a few minutes to sign the petition at the @whitehouse website to cease issuing software patents. It’s 5 trivial fields and an email verification step to create an account. Please sign the petition now http://1.usa.gov/o52DNd .
Mark Cuban, the Venture...
My Family’s Experiment in Extreme Schooling →
An interesting article about one families triumph in cultural immersion
Learning Agility Training
Some notes on Learning Agility Training I happen to be going through right now:
Learning Agility
A key indicator of high potential
A comfort level with new, different, and challenging situations
A willingness & ability to learn and develop from “lessons of experience”
Studies repeatedly show the ability to learn from experience differentiates successful executives
Essentially, it is an...
“First Who … Then What : First get the right people on the bus, wrong...”
– Jim Collins, “Good to great”
Should Classroom Time Be Used To Teach Programs?
I wanted to jot down my thoughts regarding your K-6 computer use.
It’s a good idea for children and their parents to have computers available to them. Ideally this is at home, but a library on or off campus could suffice. In the worst case scenario a friend computer.
I also think it’s a good idea for teacher to challenge students into providing presentations, media, and other...
“If you don’t have the time to do it right, when will you havetime to do it...”
