I spent time today relearning IRC. Some very nice folk over at #chat on Libera introduced me to ZNC, and so I got that working, then Weechat on the Mac and the uConsole.
From there, had some fun building a plugin for sopel to relay some info to me on a private chat.
I haven't seen IRC for a long time; I'm enjoying being back. Good communities there.
I've been reflecting on Disciplined Initiative and noticed a common failure. When discipline is lacking, disorganization often appears, especially when actions resemble a game of tag. Here’s how it plays out: someone owns a problem, decision, or situation. They recognize it needs attention, but progress depends on
Fascinating concept in Hacker News today about the idea of the "Thought Terminating Cliche"; which gets defined as : 💡The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly reductive, definitive-sounding phrases, easily memorized, and easily expressed. They become the start and finish of any ideological
I think about the messaging I wish I'd gotten at certain points in my career, and then I write it. This is the speech I wish I'd gotten. Hello there, welcome to the Management path our company. You're a newly anointed leader of people,
When it comes to how people handle knowledge in their professional lives, you find two ends of the spectrum: Dragons and Minstrels. Dragons love to hoard what they know. They tend to amass a wealth of useful information, and if you get the chance to look at some of the