I’ve been doing Monday – Friday morning Zoom calls for more than a month now as the Irregular.Cafe project. These have been a lot of fun for me, but interest …
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Playing with Levels of Fidelity
When building software as a team, you need to pay attention to the levels of fidelity of your representation. Developing software to be shared with the world can be a …
Community Development on the Brain
Yesterday, I read a piece by Jay Clouse on building community. I’ve been reading Brad Feld’s new book, The Startup Community Way. I’m currently in Seth Godin’s Creative Workshop. I’ve got community …
Simple Founding Principles for Driving Change
I spent a few years working at 18F/General Services Administration and I’ve run our local Code For America brigade in Dayton, Ohio. I believe in the power of civic tech …
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The CRAFT Model for Better One on One Meetings
The CRAFT Model is a model I am roughly using for the one on ones I run with my own team. It’s a backronym of my own devising. Connect – Don’t let …
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Time Management for Team Leads
Now that I’m a team lead, how do I manage my time between doing my work and mentoring my team? Step one is to be intentional about how you are …
No-Coding the Blog
The idea of not spending a lot of time writing code to support a blog isn’t innovative, but it can be hard. I identify as a software developer. It can be hard …