May 2008
3 posts
“Twitter is the Robert Downey Jr. of internet apps”
– Anonymous In all seriousness, it seems to be fashionable to hang shit on Twitter, and I’ll agree that it’s inconvenient for the service to be down all the time, but cut them a break. It’s not personal - don’t turn it into a flamewar. At the same time though, Twitter’s...
Practicing for years won't make you an expert... →
…if you don’t learn anything and refine your technique each time your do it. There’s a difference between been an expert and an experienced amateur, and it’s a distinction that is not made nearly enough. This is why promotion and responsibility assignment based on pure seniority has a tendency to kill companies.
Joel Spolsky on the management consulting racket →
The scary part is that he’s not far off.