Five for Friday – June 9, 2023
It’s been a week. Between sick pets, budget exercises, political indictments, and some odd hate talk getting into my linkedin feed, there’s a lot going on inside the stuff I care about…but I still found a few things I think are worth sharing.
- It’s Pride month. Even if you think you know what it’s all about, these pride facts probably have something new for you.
- Nobody really knows how to use public cloud. That’s not actually true, but I think more orgs need to think about it more. Articles like this one on Why I recommended ECS instead of Kubernetes to my latest customer are wonderful for reminding us how to think about the most efficient ways to build “cloud things” given the massive number of choices we have.
- I haven’t linked to a Mike Cohn blog in a while, but this week’s post is worth a revisit. Why Sustainable Pace Is So Important to Agile Teams
Working beyond a sustainable pace leads to stress, which leads to mistakes.
So True! - Ran across this on The Verge this week – Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore. I think this sentiment is growing in tech companies – but I can’t tell if it’s because they believe (or have data) showing that it’s better (because everything I’ve seen is the opposite), or if companies feel like they’re losing money because nobody is going to the office.
- I’ve read many articles and books on effective meetings. Most are crap and miss the point. This article on How to Have More Effective Meetings is not crap. In fact, it’s clear, concise, and accurate. Read it, and then (like me) look forward to Part 2.
Thanks again for reading. Be nice to each other and have a great weekend.