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2022-05-09

A picture is worth a thousand words

Sometimes following your own advice makes you realize that the advice is good. This is one such story.

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2022-04-14

Using variables in Smartsheet task names

Using variables in Smartsheet makes copying new schedules easier and less error-prone.

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2022-03-11

It’s Never Too Late to Fix Your Versioning

Release numbers should clearly communicate the scope of changes. If they don’t, you can fix that any time.

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2022-02-02

Use individual accountability to avoid the bystander effect

When you have a team of equals, taking turns being accountable for the tasks reduces confusion and improves sustainability.

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2022-01-28

Using conferences for connections

I no longer primarily attend conferences for the talks. Now I attend to make and reinforce connections with community members.

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2022-01-19

Spreading the work with infrequent contributors

Over on The Pragmatic Programmers, I wrote an article about spreading the work fairly when you have infrequent contributors. This is a common issue in open source projects that have people who work on them as their full-time job. Contributors are the lifeblood of an open source community. You want to attract and retain people so that the project is...

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2022-01-12

Picking the right animal metaphor

“Herding cats”, “aligning ducks”, “Nemoing tuna”. There are so many animal metaphors for program management. Which one works best?

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A picture is worth a thousand words

Using variables in Smartsheet task names

It’s Never Too Late to Fix Your Versioning

Use individual accountability to avoid the bystander effect

Using conferences for connections

Spreading the work with infrequent contributors

Picking the right animal metaphor