
An office might not seem like an unhealthy working environment when compared to factories and car garages. Working in an office demands sitting for long...
0 replies - 1793 views - 03/25/13 by David Shaw in Articles

The proclamation by Marissa Mayer last month, informing Yahoo employees that working from home is no longer an option, really seemed to bring an important...
0 replies - 2299 views - 03/20/13 by Mike Cottmeyer in Articles

Free Works
Marco Arment has some thoughts on the “monoculture” created by free products like Google Reader, and the complicated consequences that ensue....
0 replies - 6295 views - 03/20/13 by Allen Coin in Articles

My colleague Kristina Chodorow wrote a post on working at 10gen with which I was a bit obsessed when I applied for a gig here in late 2011. Recently I've had...
0 replies - 5159 views - 03/19/13 by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis in Articles

The Effective Engineer’s Handbook
You don’t need to read dozens of books to be an effective engineer. Just stick to following these three pieces of...
0 replies - 3996 views - 03/14/13 by Allen Coin in Articles

As part of the SmarcoS project, we have been investigating how to make workplaces smarter through sensors and context awareness. Here is a video showing what...
3 replies - 2214 views - 03/11/13 by Henri Bergius in Articles

Someone has called me a liar and a thief, and has failed to produce any explanation or evidence. Nonviolent Communication suggests that I ask, “what is it...
1 replies - 2542 views - 03/07/13 by Jurgen Appelo in Articles

4 Reasons Why It’s Hard To Find and Hire Good Developers, and 4 Ways To Get Them
The competition for courting great developers is fierce, but if you have...
0 replies - 3786 views - 03/05/13 by Allen Coin in Articles

As the API Ecosystem grows, at 3scale we often asked where growth is fastest and how to characterize certain trends. While this is challenging to do, sites...
0 replies - 3087 views - 03/04/13 by Steven Willmott in Articles

I’ve been interviewing people for programming jobs for five years and I’ve recently gotten a look at the interview process from the other side. Here are...
0 replies - 23174 views - 02/28/13 by Kristina Chodorow in Articles

ScaleBase Overview – Your complete scale out partner
Watch the Video below to learn how to scale out your MySQL Database with ScaleBase. Cost-effectively...
0 replies - 312 views - 02/22/13 by Kelley Gemma in Uncategorized

With the term startup we usually associate starting a new company and pursuing a new idea with a small, creative team. While Scrum has been used for many...
2 replies - 6785 views - 02/18/13 by Roman Pichler in Articles

Steve Yegge's Predictions from 2004
Now this was a fun little blast from the past. Steve Yegge (who I think is awesome) made some interesting...
0 replies - 2571 views - 02/18/13 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Want to really set yourself apart as a leader? Try telling your employees, "Don't bring me problems, bring me solutions."
This phrase will absolutely set you...
1 replies - 1480 views - 02/13/13 by Michael Norton in Articles

For a while I've been thinking about what makes me like or dislike a project. Having spent a very big part of my career working for consultancy companies, I...
5 replies - 5436 views - 02/12/13 by Sandro Mancuso in Articles