Some thoughts on SAFe: Remember the original Agile Manifesto? It was written by engineers who wanted to get things done. Agile (TM) today is a cottage industry of consultants, certifications, and 'thought leaders'. I'd even assert that the commonly-associated practices run counter to the original intent. It is possible to fall into an anti-pattern of taking this too seriously! A corollary of Goodhart's law

Coincidentally, scarcity of resources is why organizational politics arises in the first place. There is no escaping this fact.

You can do it

Legend says, There is a religion somewhere Where the sacred object Is a chart That goes Up and to the right. Observers of this religion May deny their eyes Stamp their feet And cover their ears To continue this trend. The line is a lie.

You're cozy in bed. It's a Sunday. Gently snowing outside. Nothing to do today but spend time with the fam. Make some food, read a little, go for a walk. You've made it.

CANOLLI

The job will not save you - Lester Freeman

Idea for a photo service that locks your pictures and videos away for a long time, so you can only view them in the distant future. Like stumbling upon a box of old photos.

Everyone talking about housing prices. No one can seem to put their finger on the root cause ...

Bom dia

From NYT “Texas still has problems, but there’s a lot to learn from how the state makes it easier to build clean energy,” said Devin Hartman, director of energy and environmental policy at the R Street Institute.

All of the social media platforms are information minefields, rife with deceptive content from state actors, corporations, paid influencers and others. Their algorithms fuel our worst impulses by highlighting content that promotes anger and outrage. They strip mine our data to make money. Forcing TikTok to merge with another data-hungry social media platform won’t solve any of that. What will make a difference is establishing base-line privacy rules that prohibit companies from exploiting our data and that give us control over the algorithms used to manipulate us.

Big Dogs