Research Shows a Simple Way to Increase Your Engagement at Work
I’ve read this article By Michael Parke, Justin Weinhardt:
We found that increasing your engagement and productivity at work could be as simple as making a plan for the day
They talk about two types of planning: time management and contingent planning. The latter is about considering possible disruptions or interruptions they may face and a plan to tackle them (if they happen).
They argue that the latter is less frustrating than the former based on the non-accomplished tasks in the former. That the former is less effective when facing a high level of interruptions, as compared to the latter, equally effective no matter how many interruptions.
They suggest contingent planning for the days with high expected interruptions, time planning for the rest. But always use planning, for higher output, happiness at work
Tags: engagement, work, productivity, michael-parke, justin-weinhardt
I’ve read this article by Elizabeth Grace Saunders. In it, she points that:
- Planning will trigger pain — at least initially
- Things tend to go better when you plan
- Planning becomes the canary
She suggests that planning can help you become more productive, even considering the sunk cost of planning itself.
Tags: elizabeth-saunders, planning, hbr, management, time-management, plan
Read this quarter:
Note: re+read means I’m re-reading this book. The (+) stands for one-or-more times, as in the regexes.
Note: the tag “guillem” is for books suggested by Guillem Fernandez
- Odessa; Forsyth; non-technical, own-it
- Bogle on mutual funds: new perspectives for the intelligent investor; Bogle; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Perros de la guerra, los; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- avaro y el oro, el; Esopo; non-technical
- Aulularia; Plauto; own-it, non-technical
- Tus zonas erróneas; Dyer; non-technical, own-it
- Alternativa del Diablo, la; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- Guía, el; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- Pied piper; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- Hunt for the Red October, the; Clancy; own-it, non-technical
- Peopleware; DeMarco, Lister (+); own-it
- Time to kill, a; Grisham; own-it, non-technical
- Ética promiscua; Easton, Hardy; own-it, non-technical
- Checklist manifesto, the; Gawande; own-it, non-technical, guillem. How complexity can be managed by the lowest-rung workers by using a simple process: a checklist. The checklist is not a how-to list, but a list of well-known terms in the user jargon to remind them about actions to be performed. These recipes are a source of knowledge, therefore can be shared among users
- Team geek (+); guillem, own-it
- Kata de la voluntad; guillem, non-technical
- Phoenix project, the ; Kim, Behr, Spafford; own-it
- Obstacle is the way, the; guillem, non-technical
- Guide to stoicism, a; Stock; own-it, non-technical. A quick guide into the Stoic philosophy. Interest in the authors, the way they structure knowledge.
backlog (partially sorted):
- unsorted V
- The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production
- Haskell Programming
- Software Architecture in Practice
- The five disfunctions of a team: a leadership fable; Lencioni
- lucha por la desigualdad, la; Pontón; non-technical
- psicología del dinero, la; Hammond; non-technical
- Invirtiendo a largo plazo; García Paramés; non-technical
- Well-Grounded Java Developer, the; own-it
- Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; own-it
- camino al 18J, el; Payne; non-technical
- Cartas desde la revolución bolchevique; Sadoul; non-technical
- Java Performance: The Definitive Guide
- Why programmers work at night
- Shogun: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu; Sadler; non-technical
- Scrum and XP from the trenches, 2nd edition;
- Els jueus i Catalunya; Villatoro; non-technical
- El problema de los tres cuerpos; Liu; non-technical
- Amazon Web Services in Action; own-it
- Clojure Programming - Practical Lisp for the Java World
- Mature optimization
- XUnit Test Patterns
- Let Over Lambda
- The Haskell Road to Logic, Math and Programming
- Types and Programming Languages
- Fundamentals of Object-oriented Design in UML
- Clojure for the brave and true
- How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
- Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories
- Understanding Computation: From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs
- Programming in Haskell
- Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation
- Doing Math with Python
- Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing
- Computability and Complexity - From a Programming Perspective
- Thinking Forth: a language and philosophy for solving problems
- Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming
- Bridging the Communication Gap; Adzic
- Specification by Example; Adzic
- Cucumber book, the; Adzic
- Software Architecture for Developers; Brown
- Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities, and Collaborations
- RESTful Web APIs
- RESTful Web Services Cookbook
- Building Maintainable Software
- Serverless - Patterns of Modern Application Design Using Microservices (Amazon Web Services Edition)
- A Pattern Language; Alexander
- Types and Programming Languages, TAPL; Pierce; own-it
- Speed Reading Book: Read More, Learn More, Achieve More, the; Buzan
- Cómo crear mapas mentales (Crecimiento personal); Buzan
- First things first; Covey
- What’s best next; Perman
- problems of philosophy, the; Russell
- Requiem for the American dream; Chomsky
- sun also rises, the; Hemingway
- travels, the; Polo; non-technical
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow; Harari; non-technical
- Books by Aristotle; non-technical
- Books by Plato
- Books by Descartes
- The idea of culture; Eagleton
- Hereditary Intelligence; Galton; non-technical
- Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit; Poppendieck
- Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure; Garcia Martinez
- Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash; Poppendieck
- Joel on Software; Spolsky
- Death March; Yourdon
- Psychology of Computer Programming, The; Weinberg
- Introduction to General Systems Thinking; Weinberg
- En defensa de los ociosos; Stevenson; non-technical, own-it
- Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way; Tzu, Le Guin; non-technical
- Gay Science, the; Nietzsche; non-technical
- Being Geek; Lopp
- Finance for Freelancers; Retallick
- Object-oriented software engineering: a use case driven approach; Jacobson
- Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture; Fowler; own-it
- Thinking fast and slow; Kahneman; non-technical
- Emotional intelligence; Goleman; non-technical
- Ética a Nicómaco; Aristotle; own-it, non-technical
- Romeo y Julieta; Shakespeare; non-technical
- Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective; Bryant, O’Hallaron
- My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City; David-Néel; non-technical
- Cathedral and the bazaar, the ; Raymond
- Coding dojo handbook, the; Bache; own-it
- Making software; Oram and Wilson; own-it
- Code complete; McConnell; own-it
- Soft skills; Sonmez; own-it
- DSLs in action; Ghosh; own-it
- Purely functional data structures; Okasaki; own-it
- Working effectively with unit tests; Fields (+); own-it
- First Nazi, the; Ludendorff; non-technical
- Greatest story ever told … so far; Krauss; non-technical
- Master algorithm, the; Domingos; non-technical
- Invention of Science, the; Wootton; non-technical
- Tesla: Inventor of the electrical age; Bernard Carlson; non-technical
- Psychology in minutes; Weeks; non-technical
- Alan Turing: The Enigma; Hodges; non-technical
- How to think more about sex; de Botton; non-technical
- Piccolo manuale di persuasione; Taylor; non-technical
- arte de la guerra, el; Sun Tzu; non-technical, own-it
- Piccolo manuale di leadership Confuciana; Adair; non-technical
- How to Stop Worrying and Start Living; Carnegie; non-technical
- Uomo - Guida allo stile; Roetzel; non-technical
- Unwritten Laws of Engineering: Revised and Updated Edition; King
- Test-Driven JavaScript Development (Developer’s Library); Johansen
- Test Driven Development: By Example; Beck
- Arquitectura Java JPA Domain Driven Design; Alvárez, Peláez
- End of loyalty, the; Wartzman; non-technical
- Basic Economics; Sowell; non-technical
- Introduction to Economic Analysis; McAfee; non-technical
- Patterns of Software; Gabriel
- Coders at work; Seibel
- Clean architecture; Martin
- How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life; Pigliucci; non-technical
- Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming, an; Budd
- Gafas de la felicidad, las; Santandreu; non-technical
- Ser feliz en Alaska; Santandreu; own-it, non-technical
- Mochila para el universo, una; Punset; non-technical
- Gods themselves, the; Asimov; non-technical
- Panamá papers, the; Obermayer, Obermaier; non-technical
- Originals; Grant; non-technical
- Optimism over despair; Chomsky; non-technical
- SCIENCE OF BREATH: A Practical Guide; Ballentine, Hymes; non-technical
- Yoga Explained: A New Step-by-step Approach to Understanding and Practising Yoga; Mehta, Arjunwadkar; non-technical
- Wanderlust: A Modern Yogi’s Guide to Discovering Your Best Self; Krasno; non-technical
- How to Think About Money; Clements; non-technical, finance
- By Way of Deception; Ostrovsky; non-technical
- Printemps des sayanim, le; Cohen; own-it, non-technical
- Deep work; Newport; non-technical, own-it
- Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products; Eyal, Hoover; non-technical
- Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked; Alter; non-technical
- The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads; Wu; non-technical
- Willpower: Why Self-Control is The Secret to Success; Baumeister, Tierney; non-technical
- Principles of Psychology, the; James; own-it, non-technical
- Our mutual friend; Dickens; non-technical
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition; Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler; non-technical
- Amusing Ourselves to Death - Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business; Postman; non-technical
- Mastery; Greene; non-technical, own-it
- Silence in the age of noise; Kagge; non-technical
- Functional programming simplified; Alexander; own-it
- Your money or your life; Dominguez, Robin; non-technical, finance
- Batalla del Ebro, la; Reverte; non-technical
- Historia de la guerra civil española; Rojo; non-technical
- Lucha por el poder, la; Evans; non-technical
- Revolución rusa, la; Pipes; non-technical
- Holocausto, el; Rees; non-technical
- Martín Lutero, renegado y Profeta; Roper; non-technical
- Siglo de la revolución, el ; Fontana; non-technical
- Història de la revolución rusa; Trotsky; non-technical
- Dispossessed, the; Le Guin; non-technical
- Left hand of darkness; Le Guin; non-technical
- Lathe of heaven; Le Guin; non-technical
- https://www.amazon.com/Schopenhauer-Cure-Novel-Irvin-Yalom/dp/0060938102/
- https://www.amazon.com/How-Schopenhauer-Through-Mid-Life-Crisis-ebook/dp/B00QXNB5PC/
- Books in general – Epstein
- Affluent society, the; Galbraith; non-technical, finance
- Philosophy of the Buddha; Bahm; non-technical
- Tribe of mentors; guillem, non-technical, own-it
- 5 dysfunctions of a team; non-technical
- Ziglar’s Top Performance; non-technical
- Pragmatic Programmer (+)
- High Output Management; Grove; non-technical
- First Break All the Rules; non-technical
- Managing for happiness; Appelo; non-technical
- How to be a stoic - Pugliucci; non-technical
- Why budism is true; Wright; non-technical
unfinished (unsorted):
- Effective Java; Bloch; own-it
- Functional Programming Patterns in Scala and Clojure; own-it
- Release It! - Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software; own-it
- Refactoring (+); Fowler; own-it
- Leprechauns of Software Engineering (+), the; Bossavit; own-it
- Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software; Vernon (+); own-it
- Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware; own-it
- Readings in Database Systems, 5th Edition; own-it
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP); Abelson, Sussmann, Sussmann; own-it
- La Sociedad De Coste Marginal Cero (Estado y Sociedad); Rifkin; non-technical
- Odisea; Homero; non-technical
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard; Heath, Heath; own-it, non-technical
- Como leer un libro; Adler, van Doren; non-technical, own-it
next (2):
- Who rules the world?; Chomsky; non-technical
- Working Effectively with Legacy Code (+); Feathers; own-it
- Nonviolent communication (+); Rosenberg; own-it, non-technical
- Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices, an; Harvey; non-technical, own-it
- Meditations; Marcus Aurelius; non-technical, own-it
wip (2):
- Continuous Delivery; Humble, Farley; own-it
- Prince, the; Macchiavello; non-technical, own-it
done:
- Senior software developer, the; Copeland; own-it
- Scandal in Bohemia, a; Doyle; own-it
- Getting things done, …; Allen (+); own-it, non-technical
- Nature of Software Development, the; Jeffries; own-it
- Team Geek; Fitzpatrick, Collins-Sussman; own-it
- Aprendo Yoga; Van Lysebeth; non-technical, own-it
- Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, the; Martin; own-it
- ML for the working programmer, 2nd edition [5th chapter only]; Paulson; own-it
- Lazarillo de Tormes, el; anónimo; non-technical
- Tom Clancy’s power plays - Politika; Preisler; own-it, non-technical
- Moon is a harsh mistress, the; Heinlein; own-it, non-technical
- Old man’s war; Scalzi; non-technical, own-it
- Nightfall; Asimov, Silverberg; own-it, non-technical
- Interface; Stephenson, George; non-technical, own-it
- Man who sold the moon, the; Heinlein; own-it, non-technical
- Agents of innocence; Ignatius; own-it, non-technical
- Fist of god, the; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- Avaro, el; Molière; own-it, non-technical
- Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing, the; Larimore, Lindauer, LeBoeuf; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Lazyperson’s guide to investment; Farrell; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Millionaire next door, the; Stanley, Danko; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Little Book of Common Sense Investing; Bogle; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Monje que vendió su Ferrari, el; Sharma; own-it, non-technical
- Siddhartha; Hesse; non-technical, own-it
- If you can: how millenials can get rich slowly; Bernstein; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Odessa; Forsyth; non-technical, own-it
- Bogle on mutual funds: new perspectives for the intelligent investor; Bogle; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Perros de la guerra, los; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- avaro y el oro, el; Esopo; non-technical
- Aulularia; Plauto; own-it, non-technical
- Tus zonas erróneas; Dyer; non-technical, own-it
- Alternativa del Diablo, la; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- Guía, el; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- Pied piper; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- Hunt for the Red October, the; Clancy; own-it, non-technical
- Peopleware; DeMarco, Lister (+); own-it
- Time to kill, a; Grisham; own-it, non-technical
- Ética promiscua; Easton, Hardy; own-it, non-technical
- Checklist manifesto, the; Gawande; own-it, non-technical, guillem
- Team geek (+); guillem, own-it
- Kata de la voluntad; guillem, non-technical
- Phoenix project, the ; Kim, Behr, Spafford; own-it
- Obstacle is the way, the; guillem, non-technical
- Guide to stoicism, a; Stock; own-it, non-technical. A
rejected:
- Stanger in a strange land; Heinlein; own-it, non-technical
lists:
I’ve read this bliki article by Martin Fowler on how to test the integration with external service providers. On how it should be integrated into the building pipeline, but maybe not fail exactly as the rest.
Tags: bliki, martin-fowler, contract-test, microservices, pact, integration-test, pipeline, continuous-integration