Checked in at United Airlines .
33.943175-118.3995801
Checked in at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) .
Credit where credit is due. LAX is not as much of a hellscape as it usually is this morning.
33.9433243-118.405602
Checked in at THE KINNEY .
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Checked in at C & O Cucina .
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Checked in at Firestone Walker Brewing Company – The Propagator .
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Checked in at THE KINNEY .
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Checked in at United Airlines .
33.943175-118.3995801
Checked in at Denver International Airport (DEN) .
Why am I here again already??😭 DEN:LAX
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Checked in at Birdcall .
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Pretty amazing view back towards Reykjavík this morning, from Mt. Esja. #hiking #winter #windy #iceland
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Checked in at Terminal West .
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Checked in at Immigration & Customs .
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Checked in at Gate D33 .
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Checked in at Keflavik International Airport (KEF) (Keflavíkurflugvöllur) .
Home time!
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It’s hard to appreciate the immense scale of Gullfoss. Truly epic. #iceland #djimavicair #dronephotography #dronestagram
64.3259666-20.1223183
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Geysir from above. #iceland #drone #dronephotography #dronestagram #djimavicair
64.3142117-20.3009283
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G’Day Geysir! #iceland
64.3142117-20.3009283
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#iceland
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Taking photos at the edge of the world. #iceland
64.8305556-17.9866667
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Classic Reykjavík view. #iceland
64.14246-21.9289
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Church in Reykjavík. #iceland
64.14246-21.9289
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Checked in at Secret Lagoon (Gamla Laugin) .
64.13739-20.3095876
Checked in at Syðra Langholt .
64.0870656-20.42162
Checked in at Reykjavík Roasters .
Cute little spot on the way to Hallgrimskirkja. Excellent soundtrack.
64.1436141-21.9264236
Good morning, Reykjavík. #dronestagram #djimavicair
64.1333-21.9333
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Checked in at Keflavik International Airport (KEF) (Keflavíkurflugvöllur) .
I’m in Iceland!
63.9953387-22.6238537
You’re Just Not That Strategic: Seven Objections You’ll Have to Overcome to Get to the Top
You’re Just Not That Strategic: Seven Objections You’ll Have to Overcome to Get to the Top
Bridget Frey
Sep 20, 2016
In my early 30s, a group of executives decided to overhaul the strategic direction of my team, and I wasn’t even in the room. One day, my team was working on a certain project, and the next, we were working on something else.
I was a trusted manager and engineer. I’d built a great team that had shipped a bunch of hits. And I had plenty of ideas. So why wasn’t I at that meeting? It stung. But now I know one reason I wasn’t included is that I just wasn’t providing the type of strategic thinking that the execs needed to make a decision.
(more…)Thoughts to Ponder
Loved these thoughts from the outgoing Chief Data Scientist of the White House:
The card I’ve carried in my notebook#YesWeCan pic.twitter.com/0XsDwdRWQw
— DJ Patil (NARA) (@DJ44) January 11, 2017
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Dream in years
Plan in months
Evaluate in weeks
Ship daily
Prototype for 1x
Builder for 10x
Engineer for 100x
What’s required to cut the timeline in 1/2?
What’s required to double the impact?
h/t ma.tt
Checked in at Atlas Physical Therapy .
39.740028-104.955447
Why Managers Should Take Notes
Why Managers Should Take Notes
“I have a very specific management style. I put my team in charge of it all.” He said as he put his feet on the table, leaning back with his hands crossed behind his head, elbows out to either side.
He didn’t believe he should take notes, and believed his hands-off approach allowed, “a very specific kind of person to thrive.” The rest, as he put it, “weren’t a fit to my management style.”
(more…)
Here Come the Frogs (Fully Remote Organizations) – Greg Caplan – Medium
Here Come the Frogs (Fully Remote Organizations) – Greg Caplan – Medium
Greg Caplan
Feb 11
Fully remote organizations, or Frogs, are quickly emerging across all categories of knowledge work. From software to social impact and fashion to financial services and everything in between, these Frogs are popping up and winning the talent war against the incumbents. With that advantage alone, they are growing much more rapidly and will soon dominate the marketplace.
(more…)The Never-Ending Now
Instagram. Snapchat. Twitter. Facebook. You name it. We live in a “Never-Ending Now.”
A story for you: Earlier this year, I attended a comedy show at The Stand with a handful of digital natives (my term for the post-millennial generation). The comedy club was across town so we split an Uber SUV. I sat in the back. You know… all the way in the back of the SUV, where the seats are so narrow that you have to do gymnastics just to fit back there.
(more…)How to begin the invisible work of change management
How to begin the invisible work of change management
Someone once said to me “you’re good at change management” and I was like, what?
I sat with the idea for a couple of weeks and eventually realized: Oh! That is what I do! I take teams that are struggling and help them focus, align, and start delivering at their potential, i.e. change management.
The thing about change management is that it involves a lot of invisible work that’s hard to follow from the outside. The two things that people see in change management are the change (toward the end, if they are paying attention) and when it goes (sometimes horribly) wrong. Here are some lessons I’ve learned from the change-management trenches, whether as the manager or the changee.
(more…)The 50–500–5000 Principle – DEV.BIZ.OPS – Medium
The 50–500–5000 Principle – DEV.BIZ.OPS – Medium
DEV.BIZ.OPS
Feb 5
I was greeted today by headlines that Facebook turned 15 years old on this date. I feel old just saying that, especially when I remember also having Friendster and MySpace accounts.
Before Facebook became the enemy of the people undermining democracy and selling out their users, they were a company to marvel and admire. I remember distinctly the moment when I knew Facebook was going to take the world by storm.
(more…)Checked in at Modera River North .
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Checked in at Mestizo-Curtis Park .
39.7605118-104.9771538
Checked in at Nordstrom Rack .
39.688784-104.9423662
Checked in at BMW of Denver Downtown .
39.6976853-104.9400398
Checked in at Rivers And Roads Coffee .
39.7647012-104.9565211
Checked in at Turing School: Guaranty Bank Campus .
39.7509173-104.9967927
Checked in at Birdcall .
39.7545251-104.9767796
Denver 2049. Clearing up after a snowy day today. #djimavicair #drone #dronestagram #dronephotography
39.7391-104.9836
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Checked in at Mollner Dentistry .
39.7318382-104.986682
Checked in at Atlas Physical Therapy .
39.740028-104.955447
To Improve Your Team, First Work on Yourself
To Improve Your Team, First Work on Yourself
Howard George/Getty Images
A colleague and I were recently meeting with a CEO and his leadership team, observing them as they discussed how to improve their annual planning process. As the team of ten explored their current process, the conversation got heated. The team had been talking for 45 minutes, but it wasn’t clear who was leading the discussion or what their objectives were. Many comments were off-topic, and they were not getting closer to answers.
(more…)How to make effective decisions by comparing alternatives
How to make effective decisions by comparing alternatives
Not better, not worse… just different
“React.js is so much better than Angular”, “Java sucks, no one uses it anymore… we should use Golang”, “Pineapple is the worst pizza topping”. You’ve probably heard one of these very straight opinions — one option is the best, the other is the worst, X is better than Y and so on. But Java is still one of the most popular languages in the world, Angular gives a decent fight to React.js, and pizza with pineapple… well, that’s ewwww.
(more…)Los Angeles Is the Face of Climate Change – 2069 – Medium
Los Angeles Is the Face of Climate Change – 2069 – Medium
In July 2018, the air temperature in Woodland Hills, a Los Angeles neighborhood some 20 miles north of the Pacific Ocean, peaked at 117 degrees Fahrenheit . For 63-year old U.S. Post Office carrier Peggy Frank, that Friday marked her first day back at work after recovering from a broken ankle. At 3:35 p.m., Frank was pronounced dead after paramedics found her unresponsive in her non-air-conditioned truck. In September, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office confirmed what seemed a forgone conclusion: Frank died of hyperthermia — she overheated.
(more…)The infrastructural humiliation of America – TechCrunch
The infrastructural humiliation of America – TechCrunch
The infrastructural humiliation of America
@rezendi /
2 hours ago
I’m flying back to the USA today, and as an infrastructure aficionado, it’s nice to be going home, but I’m dreading the disappointment. I just spent two weeks in Singapore and Thailand; last year I spent time in Hong Kong and Shenzhen; and compared to modern Asia, so much American infrastructure is now so contemptible that it’s hard not to wince when I see it.
(more…)Kyle Zeppelin Wants to Build a City of the Future. Is It All a Pipe Dream?
Kyle Zeppelin Wants to Build a City of the Future. Is It All a Pipe Dream?
On a brisk afternoon, Denver’s self-proclaimed “punk-rock urban real estate developer” visits the latest stud in his leather jacket. The Source Hotel is all wooden planks and polished concrete, a nod to the industrial roots of its home in River North, a former warehouse district and grimy artist enclave that’s now a playground for Denver’s twenty- and thirty-somethings.
(more…)Checked in at Colorado Mills .
I’m not even supposed to be here today — with erika
39.7321119-105.1583783
Checked in at The Blue Cow .
39.6538274-105.1914272
My Leadership Philosophy
For no fewer than three years, my twitter bio has included the statement “I’m bad at writing recipes, great at cooking the food.” When I set out to define my leadership philosophy, I didn’t realize how true that statement would be.
I’ve been guiding and advising future leaders for many years, as a mentor and overall advocate, and my advice hasn’t changed much in that time. My concept of good leadership is informed by being a woman in a male-dominated field, a person of color in a primarily white-dominated world, and a general faith in the power of a good-hearted group of people.
(more…)Checked in at Lewis BBQ .
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Hi Charleston! #dronestagram #djimavicair #dronephotography
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Checked in at The Battery .
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Checked in at Nico .
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Checked in at Hyatt House Charleston/Historic District .
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Checked in at Hyatt House Charleston/Historic District .
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Nice sunset Denver! #dronestagram #sunset #skyline #cityscape #djimavicair #nofilter
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Checked in at Sherlock Hound .
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Introduction to systems thinking.
Introduction to systems thinking.
Many effective leaders I’ve worked with have the uncanny knack for working on leveraged problems. In some problem domains, the product management skillset is extraordinarily effective for identifying useful problems, but systems thinking is the most universally useful toolkit I’ve found.
If you really want a solid grasp on systems thinking fundamentals, you should read Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows, but I’ll do my best to describe some of the basics and work through a recent scenario where I found the systems thinking approach to be exceptionally useful.
(more…)Metrics for the unmeasurable
As organizations grow complex, they’re managed through incorporeal abstractions that drift increasingly from the reality they represent.
On the smallest teams, decision-makers might be deep in the code on a daily basis. A bit larger, and you’re talking about tasks in sprints. More growth, and you’re talking about collections of tasks, and adopting fancy words like “epics.” At a hundred-plus engineers, you’re likely talking primarily in themes of work with focus on a couple key initiatives . At thousands, you might be talking about your investment framework for resourcing decisions.
(more…)Jack Dorsey Has No Clue What He Wants
Jack Dorsey Has No Clue What He Wants
A conversation with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey can be incredibly disorienting. Not because he’s particularly clever or thought-provoking, but because he sounds like he should be. He takes long pauses before he speaks. He furrows his brow, setting you up for a considered response from the man many have called a genius . The words themselves sound like they should probably mean something, too. Dorsey is just hard enough to follow that it’s easy to assume that any confusion is your own fault, and that if you just listen a little more or think a little harder, whatever he’s saying will finally start to make sense.
(more…)Checked in at Mestizo-Curtis Park .
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On Sizing Your Engineering Organizations
On Sizing Your Engineering Organizations
One of the most frequent conversations I have with teams is how to think about organization size. Or rather we have a conversation that goes something like, “We need to double/triple/quadruple our engineering team next year, and now we need to hire a leader who has done it before.” And to have that conversation well you need a theory of organization size.
In the abstract it seems obvious that you don’t grow a team to grow a team. Rather growth is a tool to solve some other pressing issues. In practice, across conversations with hundreds of engineering leaders and CEOs, facing a variety of challenges, the conslusion, “We don’t have enough engineers (and we don’t have the right engineers)” has nearly universal coverage. And while I’m on record saying that most teams don’t spend enough time on hiring, this model of growing the team as a percentage (or multiplier) of headcount is fatally flawed.
(more…)“The Linux of social media”—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging
“The Linux of social media”—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging
Enlarge / No spoilers, but with the departure of a certain high profile fantasy writer, LiveJournal seems to have been left like Jon Snow here.
Last April, famed writer and hero-murderer George R.R. Martin announced that he was hoisting his ancient blog from his moldering LiveJournal onto his personal website. For casual Game of Thrones fans, it was a minor hiccup at best—most clicked the new link and never looked back. For a certain strata of enthusiasts, however, this was a far more momentous move. Described as “the last holdout” by longtime LiveJournal volunteer-turned-employee Janine Costanzo, Martin’s blog was perhaps the once-blogging-giant’s last bond to the world of great pop culture. So while the author may never finish his most beloved literary series, his simple act of Web hosting logistics truly marks the end of an era.
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Through the looking glass.
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Why Open Source Failed – John Mark – Medium
Why Open Source Failed – John Mark – Medium
John Mark
Jul 30, 2018
(If you like this essay, you may be interested in my follow-up, “Save Open Source, Save the World ”)
2018 is the 20th anniversary of the term “open source”, and a good number of articles have been written and conference talks given about this landmark year, the vast majority of which have been of the self-congratulatory, navel gazing type. Unfortunately, open source proponents seem unable or unwilling to tread into reflective contemplation about the actual impact open source has had on society at large, resulting in a rather large blind spot. I’m afraid, dear reader, that the world has left it to me, the guy who brought you such hits as “There is no Open Source Community ” and “It Was Never About Innovation ”, to tell you about the gross failure of open source as a mechanism to unlock a more equitable society and why we all need to be better. We may not be entirely responsible for either the problem or the solution, but we’re certainly complicit and, thus, responsible for helping to resolve the issues.
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Checked in at Riverside Baptist Church .
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Checked in at The District .
Lunch. This place has changed to a bit of a market style setup?
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Checked in at Fairfield Inn & Suites Denver Downtown .
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Checked in at Dunbar Kitchen & Taphouse .
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Don’t know what happened here, but I like it.
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How I Know Your Product Messaging Isn’t Working: A Framework — Nandini Jammi
How I Know Your Product Messaging Isn’t Working: A Framework — Nandini Jammi
I’m a copywriter and contrary to what you may believe, my most significant responsibility is not to write. It’s to delete. Mercilessly.
It can be a deeply disconcerting experience to watch a copywriter delete your words and sometimes your ideas, but it’s a very necessary step to clearing the way for an effective product message.
I don’t do this because “less is more” (although this is often true) and I don’t do this to hurt anyone’s feelings (although I have).
(more…)7 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was a Younger Product Manager
7 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was a Younger Product Manager
Yulia Semenova
Jan 9
“Who is that stranger?” Do you ask this question remembering yourself a few years ago? I think you do. To me, it happens all the time and I like to consider it as a proof of continuous growth.
Just recently I‘ve been remembering the start of my PM way. Oh God, how many things I did wrong! So in order of learning, I sat and wrote down my thoughts about that time. In the end, I got 7 pieces of advice for a younger version of myself. She’ll never be able to read this, but maybe my experience helps you.
(more…)Gov. Jared Polis unveils ambitious, expensive plans in first State of the State. Here’s the speech, annotated.
Gov. Jared Polis outlined an ambitious — and equally expensive — agenda Thursday in his first State of the State address.
The tenor of the 55-minute speech, interrupted dozens of times for applause, left the Democratic majority hopeful, but also anxious about how to deliver on all the policy priorities. Republicans, too, wanted more specifics on Polis’ plans, which included tax reform and leaps into renewable energy.
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Checked in at Outer Range Brewing .
We made it up to the mountains — with erika
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How to rein in Big Tech
January 11, 2019 at 12:00 pm
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Cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg were placed outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 10, the day Zuckerberg testified before Congress.
Every month, new controversies emerge regarding Facebook, Google, Twitter and other Internet-based companies. Self-regulation clearly has not worked, and this slow-dawning reality has led to a number of proposals to rein them in.
(more…)Checked in at Chipotle Mexican Grill .
This place is a circus with school kids.
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Remote Habits
a website all about working remotely. Working remotely is a new thing, and it can be kind of tricky. RemoteHabits helps by interviewing remote workers on things like What’s your typical work routine? and What do you not like about remote work?