Monthly Archives: September 2009

Engineering Team Communication: Using Mailing Lists Effectively

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Most teams in business today rely on email.  Though imperfect it is ubiquitous for electronic communication.  It has proven the lowest-common denominator for communication between team members. The question of how to organize email … Continue reading

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Tweets for week ending on 2009-09-27

@wvaladez Damn, everyone's gotten so much better looking… great picture. If only Hooman was in pajamas, but a t-shirt from 2002 is close. in reply to wvaladez #

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Successful Teams have High Bandwidth Communication

Going to college during the dot-com boom meant that we had lots of opportunities to play buzzword bingo.  This post talks about one of the buzzwords I remember hearing repeatedly from that time – synergy.  This word was used to … Continue reading

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Tweets for week ending on 2009-09-19

@vickm Yeah totally, when were you thinking? Friday night, Saturday night? in reply to vickm # Loving the USOpen.org coverage of the finals – USOpen radio is pretty sweet. Haven't heard tennis like this before, worth listening. # Luke warm … Continue reading

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Tweets for week ending on 2009-09-12

@rlabarca NICE! I miss hackathons a lot. I'd love to get a chance to do those again – maybe something StartPad could facilitate in Seattle. in reply to rlabarca #

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Tweets for week ending on 2009-09-05

@dansinch If it is your server then I recommend Live Sync or DropBox. in reply to dansinch # Am I the only one that thinks aardvark and StackOverflow should merge together? Or at least integrate / work together? #

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