I Didn’t Want to Be a Manager Anymore — and the World Didn’t End In 2017, I became an engineering manager at Gusto. One year and many learnings later, I left the role. Published in Gusto Engineering ·
What do we mean by 1:1 (pronounced one-on-one)? This is typically a private conversation between an Engineering Manager/Lead and their Employee. I personally have been a Lead, a Manager, and also an I
From 550 feet in the air, Google's Scott Huffman peers down at the Las Vegas skyline. It's a sunny afternoon in early January and, at the moment, Google owns this town. The search giant has come here
Cover 3 is a weekly feature column written by PewterReport.com’s Tampa Bay Bucs beat writer Trevor Sikkema published every Tuesday. The column, as its name suggests, comes in three phases: a statistic
2019 may finally be the year for ‘The Search Engine That Doesn’t Track You’ Published in OneZero · 15 min read · Jan 15, 2019 -- All photos: Monique Jaques In late November, hotel conglomerate Marriot
Two-week holiday. Walk into my home office with big plans that start with a thorough cleaning of the space. A clean space is a healthy and productive space. A place where proper work can happen. But f
In their inaugural 2017 season, it was pretty easy to describe Atlanta United . Without the ball they pressed high hoping to force their opponents into mistakes in the most dangerous of areas (and then create shots in transition). In possession, they spread out and worked the ball patiently (and…
Photo by Julian O'hayon on Unsplash Yesterday’s updated guidance wasn’t just about China… Published in 500ish · 9 min read · Jan 3, 2019 -- The results are in. Actually, they’re not in. And that was a
For a few days this summer, Alexa, the voice assistant who speaks to me through my Amazon Echo Dot, took to ending our interactions with a whisper: Sweet dreams . Every time it happened, I was startle
Which Is Better, Rewards or Punishments? Neither Rewards and punishments are conditional, but our love and positive regard for our kids should be unconditional. Here’s how to change the conversation a
Pfc. Paul Landenberger, a soldier in Viper Company, on patrol in the Korengal Valley in April 2009. Credit... Tyler Hicks/The New York Times At War War Without End The Pentagon’s failed campaigns in I
The reason you’ve been receiving a steady stream of privacy-policy updates from online services, some of which you may have forgotten you ever subscribed to, is that the European Union just enacted th
It’s a mild, early March Saturday in Nashville: the first real weekend of bachelorette season. By 10 a.m., they’ve already descended on the Gulch, a neighborhood that looks like it was constructed in
It is nothing but a number, no different than 999,999,999,999 for all practical purposes, but we humans are not practical creatures: we attach importance to all kinds of silly things, round numbers ch
When I say “the modern world”, what do you think of? Probably a great city somewhere, with broad avenues, spacious parks, art and culture, old museums, people buzzing about, public transport thrumming
I don’t know how old you are; but, as someone who was born in the late 80s, I remember the rise — and fall — of Firefox well. Firefox emerged as an open source competitor to Internet Explorer 6. It wa
We’re going to play a really simple and really dumb game. I’ll explain the setup and the rules: Two one-person ‘teams.’ On a flat, boring surface, you draw two parallel three feet long white lines whi
Published 3 November 2017 Share page About sharing By Nick Bryant BBC News, New York A year ago Donald Trump produced the biggest political upset in modern-day America, but were there historical clues
With version 4.0 released today, Darkroom has emerged as a photo editing force to be reckoned with on iOS. The highlight of the release is a brand-new iPad app, which is the version I’ll focus on in t
In last year’s Stratechery Year in Review I noted that the predominant theme was the impact of tech on society; perhaps unsurprisingly, the dominant theme in 2018 was tech and regulation. This year I
Atlanta Won the MLS Cup. Is It America’s Most Misunderstood and Underrated City? This sports victory could change the city’s image, once and for all. 4 min read · Dec 9, 2018 -- The airport. Snowmaged
Will Leitch’s Games column runs weekly. Email him at will.leitch@nymag.com . Atlanta United fans during the MLS Cup. Photo: Todd Kirkland/AP/REX/Shutterstock In the press box at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Here are 39 ways to make your blog more entertaining to read and more pleasurable to write. Confidence Don’t begin by telling the reader why you wrote your piece - tell them why they should read it, a
Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it’s anonymous, but the data
Miguel Almiron is not “undersized.” Almiron is downright little — a 5’9 attacking midfielder for Atlanta United so slight and unassuming, and lacking marquee soccer star hair, that he can be easily lo
Home ›› Development ›› Hi, I’m a UX Developer – You’re a what? Hi, I’m a UX Developer – You’re a what? by Tim R. Todish 6 min read June 29, 2011 Share this post on Tweet Share Post Share Email Print S
For sports fans in Atlanta, expectations hardly exist. Atlanta is the plucky underdog. The highlight factory. The talented underachiever. What it is not, is a winner — at least it hasn’t been since Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves won the city’s lone championship in the midst of 14-straight…
Tim Cook, by wrongly accusing Google and Facebook of "selling data", is making discussions about privacy more difficult. Plus, Apple's privacy Strategy Credit. Subscribe to Stratechery Plus to receive
The stranger and more complex story of change in my computing life is the decision to move from an iPad Pro and a Macbook to a Chromebook. My computing is complicated and I wear too many hats but what I’m talking about here is my day-to-day main portable computing device. In late 2015, I decided to…
The most hilarious, exhausting movie of the 21st century was, ironically, conceived as a cool-down. In the mid-2000s, Adam McKay and Will Ferrell were drained. The director and comedian, whose partner
Published in Muzli - Design Inspiration · 8 min read · Nov 7, 2018 -- In-depth design proposal for a slightly better app. A pple Music is relatively new on the music streaming scene. I subscribed from
From tip to tail, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a profound, glorious downer. It is the rare blockbuster video game that seeks to move players not through empowering gameplay and jubilant heroics, but by re
Circle CI: Engineering Competency Matrix Engineering Hiring! Lena Reinhard 2018 San Francisco CC BY-SA 4.0 License A six-level engineering-focused framework from the globally distributed continuous in
The two dominant business models for venture-backed startups are advertising for consumer-focused companies, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for business-focused ones. On one level, these business mo
This post has been updated to include the show’s most recent episodes. “Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.” Now tha
By Jen Doll Illustrations by Giacomo Gambineri Whether you love them or hate them, parties are important. They are where people meet future business and romantic partners and friends, where small talk
The players smelled it. In the locker room at halftime, the stench of impending failure hung as heavily as the humid Caribbean air. Try as he might, U.S. men’s national team head coach Bruce Arena cou
I think Lisa Jackson’s presentation at the September 2018 iPhone launch event was perhaps the most interesting and most profound. Lisa Jackson is Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Soci
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