denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: The State of Agile Software in 2018
yeah it’s complete buyin from senior execs to business leaders, to business side employees who are tasked with being product owner. no such thing as a tech lead, organization got flattened out etc.
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: The State of Agile Software in 2018
my gigantic org is transforming to agile pretty well to be honest. wish there was some positivity in here. biggest problem is lack of technical excellence but people understand the point of agile pretty well and we are working through what makes it difficult to "be agile"
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: Why open office design makes people less productive
my enterprise has gone full tilt. open offices, w/ hot desking and instead of laptops its a thin client. so yeah when you need or want to work from home you have to use the slow citrix client. fun..
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employees work remotely
no, the issue is that part of the team ends up in one conference room with 1 shitty conference phone. people don't speak up loud enough, don't speak into the mic, etc.. look up cisco ix5000 which is what I'm talking about. it's a whole 'nother beast.
yeah when everyone is on a headset it's fine as long as people mute themselves but when it's a few people on a headset and most in a conference room it's terrible.
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employees work remotely
yeah it's still going to be a problem. fortunately I don't care all that much. my HR manager is here locally and there are other teams working on same project around me so I have a spot to jump to eventually. This team is way better than the local ones so I take what I can get :)
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employees work remotely
we do that on many days, but the audio quality is so much better on the "mainframe" cisco setup.
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employees work remotely
Yeah the conference rooms sound terrible from an audio stand point but we have these rooms with these huge cisco telepresence things. the audio is incredible. the video is good and helps because I can see body language.
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: InVision has no physical headquarters and all 700 employees work remotely
I'm in that situation now. Well kind of. I am in the only team member not colocated with the rest of the team.
At the start it was really hard. They would all be in a room together and I could barely even hear them over the phone, much less speak up and say something over their rapid fire conversations. It's gotten better since I've brought these concerns up I'm only on week 4.
We've setup twice a week cisco telepresence meetings and the plan is I fly out every few months for a week.
I'm not too keen on this long term but at least the team is really experienced so I stand to learn a lot. I hope I can take what I learn to my own team soon.
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: McMansion envy spreads as Americans demand more bedrooms and baths
yes they do. in Dallas i’m next to a 900 home development. many of the homes are 1 story with a yard only big enough for maybe keeping a dog
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: Telltale Employees Left Stunned by Company Closure, No Severance
my company is big enough they self insure. aetna, etc exists to administrate the program
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: iOS 12 released
yup just got the email earlier today too
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: Woman Rides Bicycle to 183.9 MPH, a New World Record
likely done on disc wheels so no spokes
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: iOS 12 released
it’s not in waze beta yet either though
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: Bicycle Technology (1973) [pdf]
rohloff has a 14 speed hub
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: How America lost its love for the stick shift
I went to the junkyard got a manual and pedal and put it in my car.
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: Beijing’s Three Options: Unemployment, Debt, or Wealth Transfers
some of the spending just saw on my trip was mind blowing. Acres of granite pavers and timber decking in new parks. Huge new city walls in place of ancient ones. (protecting them they call it)
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: Meet the busser who’s worked at the same pancake house for 54 years
better way of saying it is that they make at least minimum wage or tips plus small amount
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: The Illegal Ramen Vendors of Postwar Tokyo
Thanks we went to Fu unji and it was great too. My wife got the dipping noodles and I got the regular. I did like the pork at menya musashi a lot and the overall flavor of Ichiran the most though. Can’t believe I got some random shinjuku advice when I just happened to be visiting.
Annoyingly some other americans next to us at Fu unji were complaining about the pork in the ramen.
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: The Illegal Ramen Vendors of Postwar Tokyo
we went to menya musashi tonight
denimnerd
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7 years ago
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on: Apple and Google Face Growing Revolt Over App Store ‘Tax’
like that’s a good experience
