Achievements this week included: - completing the review cycle - finding some magic funding (and things to do with it) - further refining of the social media "big ideas" - thoughts on a presentation for seedhack - creative conversations with folk from my old place, Mike at IDG, the guys at Metia and @andrewdotcom (he … Continue reading Weeknote 64: reviewed
There are some things in life that seem logical, but are just wrong. I remember early in my study of Sociology one lecturer defining this as the Common Sense trap - that there was no such thing as common sense, and that often what appeared to make perfect sense actually didn't. I guess that in … Continue reading The performance management myth
Realising that I haven't updated it for a while... you can find out more about me: On LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattballantine On Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ballantine70 Or on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/mattballantine I'm on Google+, but quite frankly...
Achievements this week included: - further review meetings - thoughts crystallising on how to exploit social media in a way that isn't just as another media channel - a good catch up with Lucy George @wordville - and a house move (at last!)... - ... although that means a three-week home broadband lull Next week: … Continue reading Weeknote 63: all move
I studied maths until the age of 19. It's no great academic achievement (my A levels were like a night in a 90s nightclub... lots of Es), but it did mean that I did more than my share of Statistics. I don't remember much about it, more than anything because in my subsequent academic endeavours … Continue reading The death of causality
Achievements this week included: - conversations around the motivations for developers - a need to rehouse my blog as a result - further review meetings - a good day in London meeting various folk - man flu Next week: a rehousing of another sort (hopefully)
The recent article I wrote about what motivates developers, plus my new-found association to Microsoft, means that I’ve found myself in the interesting position where, from an average of around 300 users a month, I’ve hit around 6,000 in two days. My blog provider went pop as a result. I’ve been thinking about moving away … Continue reading Stop Gap
There was quite a debate in the office with the announcement of Amazon’s HTML5 version of the Kindle Reader at the beginning of the month. Initially, it focused on whether this was just a direct two-fingers to Apple’s rules and regulations about commission on in-app payments for content, and then on the reasons why Chrome … Continue reading When to app…
I found myself in a meeting yesterday listening to a colleague talk at length about how fundamentally software developers were driven by the need to make money. As I get further into my career, I've learned how to both sit on my hands and bite my tongue - not a comfortable experience, but one that … Continue reading What motivates developers?
Achievements this week included: - first draft of a new editorial process for use in the team - remaining monthly project reviews - short-listed on the recruitment process, and began final interviews - some thoughts on how to better work with the Most Valued Professionals community - and some ideas for a series of editorial … Continue reading Weeknote 61: Productivity
