usedtolurk

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Comment · 5 months ago
Lonely Mountain Downhill, also Soduko & Wordle
Comment · 8 years ago
High turnover may indicate problems with culture/management/remuneration or a change in market conditions. It could just be coincidence. Or maybe they have learned great skills and are now in high demand.

My advice:

1) Keep an eye open and try to understand why people are leaving. If you haven't worked at many other Ozzie companies it will be difficult to gauge what it's like elsewhere. (But also remember the grass always seems greener on the other side).

2) If you're happy where you are it might pay off to stay put for a while - high turnover often brings opportunities for advancement and/or increased responsibility.

Comment · 13 years ago
This list summarises some of the most important lessons I've learned in life.
Comment · 14 years ago
There must be a host of legitimate uses for the same data. The obvious ones: 1) Verifiy or correct the date/timestamps on recordings. 2) Geo-locate based on hum signature. Could apply to recordings or "live" conversations (e.g. skype). 3) Synchronising recordings.
Comment · 14 years ago
I'm often disappointed to find comments veer off track and never return. In rare cases the digressions are more valuable than the original article, but it sure would be great to be able to collapse ego wars, etc.
Comment · 14 years ago
Thank you - the light just went on for me! Is this what is meant by Domain Specific Languages (DSL's) ?
Comment · 14 years ago
A good architect doesn't pretend to have a monopoly on ideas or trending technologies. Their job is to make sure that the really good ideas aren't ignored and get adopted more broadly.
Comment · 14 years ago
In the beginning "likes" had value because there was no incentive to lie. Now they are so gamed they've become meaningless. Couple that with the sheer number of "friends" who are little more than strangers and it's no wonder social reputation counts for very little. You get better recommendations from experts in forums - in the form of text, not scores.
Comment · 14 years ago
That's a great analogy. It will be interesting to see if agile storytelling becomes as popular as agile development, and how both those approaches will have evolved in 10 (or 20) years time.
Comment · 14 years ago

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