http://compoundthinking.com/blog Thinking about programming in new ways Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:28:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/26/the-tech-of-the-new-sourceforge/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/13/a-peak-at-a-new-sourceforge-net/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2010/06/29/people-vs-process/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/17/premature-optimization/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/14/how-do-we-expand-open-source/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/09/rule-mongo-with-an-iron-fist/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/09/python-template-languages-part-1-django/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/02/thinking-about-the-dip/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/01/things-ive-learned-about-time-management/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/30/power-authority-force-and-the-politics-of-software/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/28/coupling-django-style/ Power, dominance, and responsibility are hot button issues which hover over and around every action leaders take like ghosts. And those who ignore them -- who wield power without thought, who see only the ends, and ignore the means -- put their projects at risk. I think it's a truism that there is no single barrier to project success more powerful than bad management. There are dozens of ways in which bad management directly and indirectly decreases productivity, and undermines the possibility of success. ]]> http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/28/morality-and-software-development-leadership/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/18/serving-developers-and-users-at-sourceforge/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/16/turbogears-on-sourceforge/ http://compoundthinking.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/22/turbogears-201-now-available-on-pypi/