Asking for help. Once you start thinking about it, it is really hard to do. It doesn’t really matter what you need help with, it is hard once you start wondering whether you should ask. In The Art of Asking Amanda Palmer writes about Anthony. Anthony is a professional therapist who helps people in hard…
I’ve written on this topic before, but as Amanda Palmer touched the topic in her book I felt it was a good idea to write about it again, this time on my blog. Especially since the angle is slightly different. In my contribution to Stuart Herbert’s book I talk about the need to be proud…
In her book, Amanda Palmer talks about DIY, and how when you start asking for help, Do It Yourself is a strange term. Instead, she suggests UWYC, which stands for Use What You Can. I think software developers can learn a lot from this mindset. As Palmer says: I have no interest in Doing It…
With Ingewikkeld we’ve sent out a gift to some customers and other contacts. A book that has nothing to do with PHP. While this may seem odd, it definitely isn’t. What book? The Art Of Asking by Amanda Palmer. Amanda Palmer? Who is she? Amanda Palmer is an artist. Performance artist, musician, cabaret punker, living…
A sad thing happened earlier this week to the (d)vcs hosting service Code Spaces. An unauthorized person gained access to their Amazon controlpanel, and after an attempt to extort money out of Code Spaces to stop a DDoS on their services, (s)he started deleting their Amazon instances. Everything. At the point where the Code Spaces…
Yesterday, @phpsw tweeted: also, still looking for people to speak about testing/CI in July/August, if anyone wants to volunteer before we start searching/goading 🙂 I, sort of jokingly, responded with: @phpsw if someone can give me a good reason to travel there I could 😉 I say “sort of jokingly” because: The discussion went on…
There are many people (myself included for a long time) that will work more and more when they have more stress. Whether it’s a deadline or simply too much work on your hands, you just start working longer, open your laptop when at home just to finish that one feature, skip lunch or ignore your…
Today I spoke a short bit at the funeral of my grandmother. I told my family about an important lesson I learned from my grandmother. I’d also like to share this lesson with you, as I think it is an important lesson for everyone. When I was a teenager, I suffered a lot from acne.…
Last month we announced WeCamp, an event where developers can improve their skills not just by listening to people, but also by actually doing things. Response has been amazing: Many people love the idea, we’ve already sold quite a few tickets, and we’ve even got Magma giving a ticket as a price (At the time…
Earlier today I got pointed on Facebook to this article by Shamoon Siddiqui on Medium.com. I would very much recommend this article to both developers and managers. This is an excellent read. It also made me think about my role. First of all: I’ve been on both sides of the above story. I’ve been the…