I don’t think you can control people. I don’t think you manage people. I think you give people a direction, you give them the resources, you lead by example. That goes from top to bottom, then I think people will manage themselves, they will motivate themselves. John Schnatter, the founder and current CEO of Papa … Continue reading John Schnatter on management
It is the last Friday of July once again, which means it is Sysadmin’s Day. Congratulations to all system, network, and database administrators. Â Have a short day and a long pint! Everyone else should take this opportunity to appreciate the work done by system administrators. Â The nature of this profession is such that most … Continue reading Happy Sysadmin’s Day!
CSS Colorguard – keep a watchful eye on your CSS colors. Here is a better description from the README: Every CSS project starts out with good intentions, but inevitably, one too many people eye-dropper colors into nooks and crannies that you never knew existed. CSS Colorguard helps you maintain the color set that you want, … Continue reading CSS Colorguard – keep a watchful eye on your CSS colors
After reading Mark Story‘s “Coding every day” post, I started checking my own GitHub contributions chart once in a while. Â Until today, I haven’t noticed that the chart has two different modes. Â One is your public contributions, seen by people who are not part of your organization’s and private projects. Â Here is how mine looks. … Continue reading GitHub contributions graph
I am seriously considering going to CakeFest this year. Â Madrid is not too far away to fly to. Â The event takes place over the weekend, so work stuff can be easily arranged. Â And it doesn’t cost too much – a 2-day conference with the 4-star hotel is only $480 USD (early bird prices until July … Continue reading CakeFest 2014 at Madrid, Spain during August 21-24