Libin says there’s an even better way to keep employees happy: Give them the freedom to use the software they actually like. This, of course, flies in the face of the stereotypical IT department, which take a top-down approach that tends to forbid any unapproved gadget or app. Their knee-jerk response to any request is […]
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Simple. Brilliant. From a very interesting post about the history of to-do lists which also offers a jumpstart on how to begin writing to-dos to organize your life.
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people > craft
Crucial insight that, based on experience, I totally support: The person who gets the gig is the person who knows how to hang. Nobody hires you because you’re the best musician. – Larry Legend. Be sure to hone your people-skills, because 99% of the time you will need to work with a team and convince […]
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Zoomdata: BI without ETL
This weekend I took a few minutes to test Zoomdata. And when I say minutes, I literally mean minutes. These guys have done an amazing job to provide a quick mobile-ready demo that you can download as a VM, or as I did, install from an RPM package in a fresh Linux system. After the […]
I just finished the developer and DBA tracks of the two online MongoDB on-line trainings. The courses are excellent, providing all you need to know to start working as a developer or DBA with MongoDB. And, uh… they’re free! I have taken several online courses and seen a lot of tutorials. One thing that always […]