I’m at BarCampBlock so there’s going to be a bit of a change in format here while I liveblog Michael Schwern’s talk, “Geek to Geek: how we fail, how to fix it.”
What’s this talk about?

We’re good at computer science and bad at people

We have certain patterns of failure and certain ways to fix those

Schwern is [...]

Up or down?
Logic dictates that you leave it the way you like it. If everyone did that, then the toilet seat would be in each user’s preferred position in proportion to their frequency of use.
As usual, logic and etiquette only have the faintest connection. There are any number of arguments I could give [...]

Merlin Mann of geek productivity fame asks, What’s your best “best practice” for email?
The Dress Code Guide answers all your questions about dress codes from White Tie to Casual… as long as you’re in North America or the British Commonwealth.
Lifehack talks about How to exit a conversation.
Web Worker Daily teaches us How to network like [...]

Just wanted to mention that I’m travelling at the moment, which is why the posting schedule here is a bit patchy. I’m in San Francisco, playing tourist and geeking out a lot. Are there any GE regulars in town? Drop me a line if you’d like to meet up. Meanwhile, I’m [...]

I was thinking the other day about coding standards, and what’s considered good coding practice. Let’s consider a handful of examples:

neatly laid-out code (indentation, line length, etc)

informative variable names

inline documentation/comments

When we work in coding teams we tend to hammer this into people. Most software projects have a “house style” of some sort, [...]