Jess Martin writes about task management with Trello (but only tangentially references actually using Trello):
You might think it’s working. You might even be considered effective at your work. Someone might have once called you a rock star or a ninja. You might not find out that it’s not really working until you get that promotion you’ve been craving. Or things get busy at home. And then you’re stuck with a broken system, underperforming in your new role, overwhelmed at home, and you’re wishing you could just go mow a lawn.
I got a new computer and my Nerds on Draft co-host destroyed an old computer. So we both enjoy a beer and talk about starting from scratch with a new Mac.
The latest Nerds on Draft episode highlights Hopstoopid from Lagunitas and Jeff’s recommendations for giving my kid her first computer.
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This article from Lighthouse fits my experience and sentiments exactly. I’ve had many, many jobs in a variety of fields. I’ve been a group manager and a lone wolf. I’ve also been at my current job for over a decade. Everything in this article rang true for me.
This is also something from the article that I’ve told my closest friends when they struggle with their jobs:
Companies have no such relationship with their employees, nor should they aspire to it.
If you use Google or Microsoft 365 calendaring, Meekan looks excellent. It connects calendars and Slack so you can propose a meeting and have it autmatically suggest times where the entire team is available. Slack is so great.
By way of Adam Ludwin on Twitter
From the EFF:
Today, finally, the Federal Circuit overruled that case law and recognized the statute means what it says: if you claim something functionally, regardless of whether you use magic words, you’re likely limited to what you actually describe.
I know several people that work in patent law (it’s even less awesome that it sounds). This is big news.
Flowing Data has an excellent visual analysis of a ton of data. There are no conclusions presented, just data. It’s fascinating to see all of this data on one page. I particularly found the Income charts interesting. It’s hard for me to spend less than an hour looking at these charts.
You may not know it, but this site runs on little blogging engine named Pelican. I like it. Version 3.6 is out now and has a lot of improvements. I really need to update but that’s one of the reasons I like Pelican. It just keeps working without messing with it. I would like the article caching but I never care about how long it takes for the site to build.
I purposely didn’t listen to this podcast until I had an uninterrupted block of time. I’m glad I did because the video is better. It’s well produced with multiple camera angles and great audio.
The entire thing is pretty funny. Schiller is very likable and makes plenty of unexpected jokes and jabs. For his part Gruber does not hold back at all.
OWC makes some good stuff, so I imagine this forthcoming USB-C dock is going to be top notch. From one USB-C connection you get Gigabit Ethernet, two audio, two high-power USB-A ports, two standard USB-A ports, one USB-C port, HDMI, and SD card reader. I imagine every new MacBook owner will want one of these.
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