Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. He calls out the two main offenders (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make the workplace actually work.
By no means should be this regarded as truth, but rather a model that I’ve found extremely helpful in understanding and finding better ways of writing code. I think one of the things every programmer…
Trying to find old files is like trying to read your own mind. Where would I have saved those pictures from Australia?!? you think, before spending a frustrating half hour digging through folders and folders of miscellaneous images. What would I have called that report I wrote in August 2012...
To move your big idea toward realization, you must pinch a manageable task out of your vision and perform it. Ask yourself, “What’s one tiny step I could take?”
We all have things that we want to achieve in our lives. Usually, the path to those things starts by setting goals. But there is a better way to do it.
P. Bitzer, F. Weiß, and J. Leimeister. Eighth International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST), Helsinki, Finland, (2013)