People literally proving my point over and over by concluding that the book is about whatever they want it to be about, while simultaneously not having read it and also all deciding it’s about something different. It’s made for it. Every single viewpoint is in there, whatever you want to support you’ll find something. You can also find the opposite viewpoint too, but hey, don’t let that get in the way of a good time. https://social.vivaldi.net/@Patricia/112491738354434313
FWIW I hardly read in the Agile space anymore and when I do it is to skim.
Some books are longer because, they include material that is important to the average reader and not relevant to us.
Recent example for me. "The Art of Slicing Work". For me it was a 20 minute read sitting in a train station. For someone new to Agile it is a longer and deeper read.
An Obsidian user on Medium recently lost an entire vault to data corruption because of an encryption plugin.
I’m very sorry this happened to them, and that they didn’t have a backup.
Truly, if our notes in Obsidian can’t function without features that exist only in that app, we’ve shackled ourselves to the wall of a prison without a door.
Always have an exit plan! Always backup your work! And never lock all your data with a key you don’t own.
For the last year and a half or so I've been basically watching the (metaphorical) tides come in and doing my best to stand on my tippy toes and keep my nose above water.
Last month, my emotional capacity and executive function reached their lowest point in several years.
So today is my first day on a 12 week medical leave.
Hopefully I'll see some reversion towards function...
I wonder if Napier University computer library still has old copies of JOOP and Dr Dobbs. I loved the random stuff I’d find just thumbing through old issues.
I call this the Malcolm Gladwell myth, since it his book the popularized and distorted already questionable research.
As usual, I'm not a psychologist. I don't have a PhD in any science. I do coach Agile and Scrum. I also explode the balloons I call NeuroMyths. As a general rule, if Gladwell writes about it, tread carefully.
In "Outliers", Gladwell suggests that completing 10,000 hrs in their chosen discipline will excel.