http://morgane.com All over the world Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:37:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm going to quote "woynam" from the scrum mailing list: I like to use the (American) football analogy that managers are like offensive linemen. Their job is to knock the defensive players on their asses so that the high paid running backs can run into the end zone without getting grass ... http://morgane.com/2009/12/15/in-scrum-or-agile-in-general-what-are-managers-good-for/ Don't laugh, this could happen to you: http://hashedbits.com/the-birth-of-the-grumpy-asshole-programmer/ Stage 1: The happy creative programmer Stage 2: The proud father Stage 3: The product guru Stage 4: The grumpy asshole programmer http://morgane.com/2009/10/18/how-to-turn-a-happy-programmer-into-something-else/ 4 years ago I had this pile of books waiting to be read: http://morgane.com/2005/11/ The current list looks like this: Some things never change... http://morgane.com/2009/10/18/pile-of-books-4-years-later/ Some ways of using here-docs: [cc lang="ruby"] name = "bob" [/cc] [cc lang="ruby"] # interpolation doc = http://morgane.com/2009/10/18/here-documents/ Cyberduck won't start on Snow Leopard. Install the new beta to fix it: http://cyberduck.ch/ http://morgane.com/2009/10/18/cyberduck-and-snowleopard-dont-like-each-other/ [cc lang="ruby"] as assert(test, "Failure message.") [/cc] [cc lang="ruby"] ase assert_equal(expected, actual) [/cc] [cc lang="ruby"] tc require "test/unit" require "library_file_name" class TestLibraryFileName < Test::Unit::TestCase def test_case_name end end [/cc] [cc lang="ruby"] : :key => "value", [/cc] http://morgane.com/2009/10/16/some-awesome-textmate-shortcuts/ It seems that I still don't have a stable system, since I've upgraded to Snow Leopard a few weeks back. Running db:migrate or entering cmd-R from TextMate fails with the following error: uninitialized constant MysqlCompat::MysqlRes I did a few different things, but I it boils down to having to do ... http://morgane.com/2009/10/10/uninitialized-constant-mysqlcompatmysqlres/ 1) Make sure you're all upgraded (10.5.x) before moving to snow leopard. If you aren't, the installer will have you do it, so it's all good. 2) Log out all but one user. If you don't things will still work, but the installer won't continue until you do, so do that ... http://morgane.com/2009/08/29/upgrading-to-snow-leopard/ Skorks says his 3 pillars are money, people and type of work. Rod Hilton says it's people, project and the company. I say it's the people, the technology and the appreciation you get. People: If the people you work with are nice, or your friends, or rich & famous, or funny, or easy ... http://morgane.com/2009/08/27/3-pillars-of-job-satisfaction/ A couple of weeks ago I asked on twitter/facebook for examples of awesome companies(*) built with TDD, and never got a satisfying answer. As a TDD advocate and practitioner, I want those companies to exist. TDD (or at least "an insane amount of tests") has been working for me for ... http://morgane.com/2009/08/14/what-are-some-examples-of-awesome-companiesproducts-built-with-tdd/ A few weeks ago a co-worker of mine came across this PG's essay and sent it to the rest of the company. It sparked a conversation which was great. I was surprised that "the other side" didn't already know this stuff. Especially useful because everyone seems to "get it now". Sometimes ... http://morgane.com/2009/08/08/on-paul-grahams-makers-schedule-managers-schedule/ Brian Harvey's Simply Scheme fantastic book is now available online. Brian Harvey just announced it a couple of days ago on comp.lang.scheme and it got me all excited. I already had a paper copy but being able to walk around with a much lighter version is really appealing to me. Both ... http://morgane.com/2009/07/07/simply-scheme-is-available-online/ http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/why-youre-not-happy "Why do you think monks and nuns shave their heads, he asks? For one, it simplifies their lives" http://morgane.com/2009/01/08/be-happy-simplify/ textmate footnotes is a nice plugin for debugging your web app. Unfortunately it makes the app super slow in "development". you should only activate it when you really need it. Luckily I work with people smarter than me, who thought that maybe the reason for the slowness was this plugin. now I ... http://morgane.com/2009/01/08/textmate-footnotes-makes-rails-in-dev-super-slow/ Just listened to Obama's speech. Wow, that's what smart presidents are supposed to sound like. I had almost forgotten it. It's good to be an American. http://morgane.com/2008/11/04/obama-the-president/ A friend gave me Tender Prey 20 years ago for my birthday. I had never listened to Nick Cave before and overnight Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds became my number #1 rock band to follow. Though I still go to to rock concerts (even to go see lesser bands), though ... http://morgane.com/2008/09/21/nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-the-warfield-in-san-francisco/ My *small* investments with microplace (*) have already enabled 4 loans to the working poor. Some would argue that when one borrower gets a micro-loan, not only will the borrower start their own business and therefore help themselves out of poverty, but their family will also be helped. I like ... http://morgane.com/2008/09/12/my-micro-investments-have-enabled-4-loans-so-far/ I got apple keyboards for my peeps @ work. I think they'll like them too. http://morgane.com/2008/09/06/i-like-the-apple-keyboards/ google chrome comic book http://morgane.com/2008/09/05/google-chrome-comic-book-is-excellent/ New design and better search are the two big features. Now you can search for investments based on different criteria: interest rate, level of poverty, women impact, etc. Of course you can also still search for investments in your favorite region. http://microplace.com Now to celebrate ... http://morgane.com/2008/07/08/microplace-20-is-live/