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Is the era of management over? | World Economic Forum

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/01/12

Hopefully the next few years will finally show what the incremental software development and evolutionary management has been trying to advocate since the late 1950s and 1970s: hierarchies do not work and purpose works better for the vast majority than being in a triangle.

The first slide below is from Thoughtworks who has been doing these changes for several decades now.

Traditional hierarchies are giving way to more open and creative workplace cultures.

[WayBack] Is the era of management over? | World Economic Forum

That’s the only way to cope with complexity as talent dilutes in growing organisations.

Via:

–jeroen

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Bol.com E-waste: recycling old electronics

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/01/08

I know Dutch electronics companies are obliged to provides this service, but bol.com makes it really easy:

Lever je oude apparaat kosteloos in bij bol.com en wij verwerken het op een milieuvriendelijke manier. Zorg ervoor dat het klein elektrisch apparaat geen vloeistoffen en vetten meer bevat. Verpak het tot een stevig pakket en vermeld het bestelnummer van je nieuwe artikel in de linkerbovenhoek en onderstaand adres:

Bol.com E-waste
Antwoordnummer 2002
2130 RH Hoofddorp

–jeroen

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jessie frazelle on Twitter: “Hire the people who will automate themselves out of a job, then just keep giving them jobs.”

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/31

This is what DevOps is all about: [WayBack] jessie frazelle on Twitter: “Hire the people who will automate themselves out of a job, then just keep giving them jobs.”

I had seen the tweet before, but forgot to save it. Jonas Bandi reminded me of it at [WayBack] Weekend Reader: End of Year Edition – reality-loop.

Jessie is doing great work. For instance, she developed and published contained.af, and nobody captured the flag yet: [WayBack] jessie frazelle on Twitter: «A year ago I made contained.af and it’s launched over 128,000 containers & no one has retrieved the flag».

The game runs in a container, gives you console access and has a bunch of questions. Still need to dig deeper in it, as it is a fascinating set-up. If you like to try it:

Wishing you a year where nobody captures your flags (:

–jeroen

via [WayBack] I just published my “Weekend Reader: End of Year Edition” – Jonas Bandi – Google+

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Dutch daily weather data: KNMI – Daggegevens van het weer in Nederland

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/29

Cool data, in large parts suitable for statistical processing: [WayBack] KNMI – Daggegevens van het weer in Nederland

Thanks to Helga van Leur:

–jeroen

 

 

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Maximum filename length 60 characters, le-sigh

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/26

It is still better than a maximum password length of 20 characters, but limits like these keep being reason for frustration:

  • : De bestandsnaam, inclusief extensie, mag maximaal 60 tekens lang zijn.

–jeroen

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Wasgij Destiny 17 INT ‘Paying the Price! 1000pcs – Jumbo

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/26

My mentally retarded brother got himself the below puzzle below. It’s a tad too much complicate for his IQ of ~50 as his ability for relative time is very very limited, so he cannot make most transitions from “then” to “now.

Imagine how the petrol station might look today. The cars will have changed, the fuel will have increased in price, but what about other things? Imagine the differences, and the similarities, between then and now.This is the scene you have to puzzle.

Source: [WayBack] Wasgij Destiny 17 INT ‘Paying the Price! 1000pcs – Jumbo

Luckily, I found Wasgij destiny 17 – YouTube who had the solution image and mailed it to me.

Now my brother can finish his puzzle: he is so exited!

–jeroen

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The fireplace yule Log visualiser in Google Play Music works, but only from web-browser, not from app

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/25

Kristian Köhntopp:

Dear Lazyweb, years ago I turned on the Yule log visualiser in GPMAA, Settings, Labs. Current Google music has no Labs. So how do I turn on cover art?

…

Turns out, the Settings -> Labs switch exists in Desktop Google Music only, and does not (longer) exist in the App.

Sad.

via: [WayBack] Dear Lazyweb… how do I turn on cover art? – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+

The setting is at https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser&u=0#/accountsettings

More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYkyOaSNLb8

–jeroen

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hardware rec – When to stop using a hard drive? What rules/software apply? – Super User

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/22

A kind of repeat of a 6 year old post, as by now this has much more information: [WayBack] hardware rec – When to stop using a hard drive? What rules/software apply? – Super User.

It is a continuation for another drive of my 2011 post hard drive – When to stop using a HDD? What rules/software apply?.

Basically I was unlucky receiving a brand new drive that appeared exceptionally slow and doing some ticking.

So I ran these on it:

–jeroen

Sorry for the “missed schedule”, but WordPress.com is acting up again:

Since I ran this machine on Windows and I didn’t have time to run locally, these are the tools I used:

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Zaterdag 16 december 2017 Informatiemarkt Badhoevedorp | Gemeente Haarlemmermeer

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/13

Programma informatiemarkt 16 december Informatie over:

  • Jaaroverzicht 2017
  • Planning 2018
  • Centrum
  • Lijndenhof – Groene singel
  • Park de Veldpost en sportpark de Veldpost •Park Quatrebras •Het Lint
  • Participatie Badhoevedorp •Sloop A9 •Tijdelijk gebruik oude A9
  • Woningontwerpen Park Quatrebras( (AM en Bohemen)

Rondleidingen:

  • 13:30 – 14.00 uur – Wandeling park en voorzieningengebied Wandeling met de projectmanager door Park Quatrebras.
  • …

Source: [WayBack] 16 december Informatiemarkt Badhoevedorp | Gemeente Haarlemmermeer

via: [WayBack] Informatiemarkt Badhoevedorp

–jeroen

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LPT: When struggling to hang a picture or mirror on a screw on the wall, push the spikes of a fork down over the screw,with the handle pointing up. Then slide the picture string down the fork down onto the screw.Then remove fork. : LifeProTips

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/08

Brilliant tip:

[WayBack] LPT: When struggling to hang a picture or mirror on a screw on the wall,
1. push the spikes of a fork down over the screw,with the handle pointing up.
2. Then slide the picture string down the fork down onto the screw.
3. Then remove fork.
LifeProTips

–jeroen

via:

Original:

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