“The poor souls who have become affected with Klout_OptOut_Itis must now rely on their actual experience, credentials and real-life accomplishments to establish their social value.” http://twibbon.com/join/Klout_OptOut_Itis-2 Related articles How to Cheat at Klout (socialmediatoday.com) Are you a Douche Bag, I mean Klouchebag? (ios-empire.com) Is Your Social Media Presence Hurting Your Job Prospects? (clutchmagonline.com)
Month: April 2012
Tobias Meyer: Timebox != Commitment
“If you are using a timebox to force commitment in order to meet externally imposed goals, and you are not changing your behavior when this becomes apparent…” http://agileanarchy.tumblr.com/post/21470929747/timebox-commitment
Ken Judy: Estimates and the desire to be lied to
“When people are under pressure they embrace certainty – even when they know none exists. Short of that certainty they want to know their staff cares, will work hard and is committed to delivering for them.” Estimates and the desire to be lied to
Scott Anthony on the minimum viable product
“Sometimes, though, a Minimal Viable Product turns into a Mediocre Value Proposition…” http://blogs.hbr.org/anthony/2012/04/the_dangers_of_teh_minimal_via.html Related articles Minimal Viable Product or Mediocre Value Prop? (spin.atomicobject.com) MVP vs. Minimal Product (svpg.com) Signs You Aren’t Really Building a Minimum Viable Product (22ideastreet.com)
NYTimes: Zynga’s Tough Culture Risks a Talent Drain
“While such a culture is not uncommon in the game industry, it can create problems. Employees at Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard have filed lawsuits against their employers, with claims of hostile work conditions and withheld compensation.”
Flashback malware: what didn’t help is the way Apple deals with Java
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-57410050-248/mac-flashback-malware-what-it-is-and-how-to-get-rid-of-it-faq/ Related articles More Than 600,000 Macs Infected With Flashback Malware [REPORT] (mashable.com) Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs and counting (arstechnica.com)
Dan Mezick on top down agile adoption
http://newtechusa.net/agile/the-recipe-for-botched-agile-adoptions/ Related articles Is ‘Agile’ important? (digitalbydefault.com)
The potential for harm and for benefit
As our identities and activities become wed to software systems, developers have begun to affect our lives in ways and to degrees we hadn’t anticipated. “In the discreet world of computing, there is no meaningful metric in which small change and small effects go hand in hand.” – (Dijkstra 1989. p. 1400) … the normally […]
Software Ethics and Essential Complexity
Ethics is the consideration of what one ought to do in a given circumstance within a context of society’s and one’s own values. Ethics within a given discipline takes into account considerations specific to that discipline and values shared among trained and experienced practitioners of good will within that discipline. “(Ethics) refers to moral values […]
The essential complexity of moral action
Haidt and Joseph identify five psychological systems, each with its own evolutionary history, that gives rise to moral intuitions across cultures. Haidt and Joseph’s Five Psychological Systems Foundation Origin/Expression Harm/Care People have a sensitivity to cruelty and harm, they feel approval toward those who prevent or relieve harm, and this approval is culturally codified in […]