Elf Sternberg
Done, and gets things smart.
Archive for April, 2015
Magazine, newspaper, and book publishing, in both fiction and non-fiction, all have two specialized roles that the work goes through before it reaches it’s final form: The Project Editor and the Copy Editor. Software teams have a project editor, although usually he’s called the project manager. In literature, the project editor doesn’t usually edit; his […]
List three to five goals for the next year. These goals must be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-Oriented). Include both those goals that would help you in your current role as well as those that prepare you for future roles in the organization. Few work-related things fill me with greater dread than this annual […]
I have two modes of learning, and one I enjoy, and one I resent mildly. A-HAH! “A-hah!” learning happens from time to time while I’m working through a larger problem in my head. One might call it the holistic learning moment; I’m reading a textbook or paper and suddenly I get it. I not only […]
Recent Entries
- "What Motivates You?"
- Re-reading Naur, Programming as Theory Building
- Orgzly & Syncthing equal Almost Perfect
- How we talk when we talk about programming languages
- The missing conversation about anti-if patterns.
- The DIM Epiphany
- Your first garbage collector, now in C++17
- "Why Do You Care So Much About Code Quality?"
- The horrifying truth: most programs work by coincidence, not planning
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