Tag: video
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Scott Adams’ User Interface for Reality
This is a true, true, gem. Whenever people mention Scott’s work, I mention this video. Now it has a link in my yard, so I can share it more easily. Since you are here, I recommend you watch it and make notes — they can be “one-liners” — on how each one of those “buttons”…
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I am Not a Black Belt
I am a black belt. I am a second dan (nidan 二段) Aikido black belt with the original school of Aikido, the Aikikai Foundation. I started Aikido practice in early 1997 after a holiday trip to the US. When Aikido was introduced in Brazil, it had inherited local rules from the Judo federation back then,…
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His Secret Sauce
His secret sauce is people, not money. It’s finding the best talent, attracting it and retaining it. Then, success comes from molding corporate culture to accommodate that talent so it can bring value through inovation.
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Visibilidade e Responsabilidade
Esse tema nunca foi tão atual. Em tempos de trabalho home based, a visibilidade é prejudicada e, com ela, a responsabilidade pela entrega do trabalho. Imagino aqueles que vivem sozinhos sem ter uma viva alma por perto para lhe impor algum tipo de olhar. Nesse contexto, não só a responsabilidade pelo trabalho fica comprometida, mas…
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The Framework is your Learning Framework
The creator of PHP, Rasmus Lerdorf (video below), has an interesting take on development frameworks. “They all suck”, as he says. I had mixed feelings the first time I watched this video. In fact, I felt kind of frustrated. At the time, I was learning CodeIgniter and believed it would be easier to stick to…
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Exceptions
— “What if we make an exception for this particular user? He said he wanted to use our product in a different way, his own way.”