The Optimum Team Size
The optimum team size is 5. Johanna Rothman at ITJOBBLOG has a great article called Why Team Size Matters. Her argument is that teams of more than 9 people lose the intimacy required to function effectively due to the
Standing Desk - Part 1
Sitting is Killing You
For desk jockeys everywhere, check out this infographic: I have been thinking about standing desks for a while. Now it’s just a question of buy (cheap one), build, or the tacky but functional box-on-the-desk.
When Standards Attack
What's in My Toolbox
In the interest of science and whatnot, here are the shiniest tools in my toolbox at the moment. Hardware: The Dark Tower (Core i5 Quad, 8GB RAM, ASRock P55 Pro, Intel SSD 40GB system, generic 250GB spinning platter
I Don't Agree, But I Understand...
…to paraphrase that most eminent of philosophers, Chris Rock. ExpensifyBlog recently put up a post titled Why we don’t hire .NET programmers. It got picked up by Reddit and was flamed, reflamed, flambéed, and respondablo
IE9 RC1 is Out - And It's Pretty Good
Saying nice things about Microsoft chafes me a bit. The feeling it evokes isn’t as bad as, say, Linda Blair getting spritzed with holy water, but I’d rate it worse than barking my shin on the coffee table. That being sai
Yet Another Reason to Dislike Certifications
It’s no secret I’m not a fan of ~95% of the certification industries that sprout up, GIS ones included. One of the lesser reasons, but perhaps the most irritating to me personally, is this: certification industries often
The Only Way to Kill a Project
I do hate steam launches: I suppose every rowing man does. I never see a steam launch but I feel I should like to lure it to a lonely part of the river, and there, in the silence and the solitude, strangle it. Three Men
Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays from all of us here at Fuzzy Tolerance. Which means me. To get you in the holiday spirit, check out AudioTuts+ 10 Outstanding Carol Performances on 10 Different Instruments, which includes this gem, afte