Few months ago I published a list of books that I really, really wanted to read in 2015. 2015 is finished so I can now tell you how it went. …and there isn’t much I can be proud of. Out of the 14 books I read.. well… around 3. Not exactly 3 because in fact…
Author: Tomek Kaczanowski
Retro Game – New Year Predictions – Results
One year ago I blogged about a game we played during retrospecitve. A year has passed and it was time to open this “time-capsule”. No one guessed the right answer to all 13 questions, but some people were pretty close on many of them. Some questions got kind of outdated – e.g. we asked about the number…
42?! Great, But Now Explain Please
Your response is not valid until you can explain it.
Soft Assertions? Rarely Useful
I remember some time ago I was really excited about the idea of soft assertions. The latest blog post by Rafał Borowiec reminded me about them. …but wait, if I was so crazy about them some time ago, then how it happened that now I need to be reminded about their existence? So first of…
Rubber Duck Not Only For Code Reviews
We all know that rubber duck is programmer’s best friend (it was also proven that such duck should be yellow for maximum effect). Not surprisingly I have also a yellow toy on my desk. But it is not a duck. It is a little yellow human-like figure. Usually it sits and waits for me to…
Drive by Daniel H. Pink – Book Review
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink. The book is all about motivation. It explains why the old way of carrot & stick does not work any more. And it shows the new motivation based on three pillars: autonomy, mastery and purpose. I will not repeat what the book says,…
Books To Read 2015
When listening to talks during the last conferences I attended – ACE! Conference and GeeCON – I have noticed that there are some books which titles reappear here and then. I guess this is because they are worth reading. And I plan to read them in 2015 (omg, need some extra time for this!). I…
Sign Your Work
Few days ago I learned a very simple, yet powerful trick which saved me some time. To make long story short, it happened on a test environment shared between few projects. I deployed a new version of one application there, and after some time received emails with errors. Uh-oh, apparently I have broken something! Hmm……
ACE! Conference 2015
ACE! Conference 2015 is (unfortunately) over. Great time, great people, great event! It was the first time I attended an agile conference, and I have to admit, I enjoyed it. I listened to few really interesting talks, and I had some interesting conversations with other attendees. There were also some very interesting discussions during the…