Have you heard the term “PowerPoint poisoning“?
I have come to dread presentations especially those that involve PowerPoint: this fear has developed over the years mostly due to sitting through way too many terrible presentations. Here are several trends I have noticed in these painful presentations.
Reading the slides to the audience.
This is my number one complaint, [...]
Some of the web pages I found most interesting this week:
Mentoring Other Developers
Mentoring is something we do not see enough of in this industry especially compared to other industries e.g. tradesmen where new workers have to serve under a master tradesmen till they learn their craft. I personally find one on one sessions very valuable [...]
I have made an interesting discovery since I started taking our new puppies to work with me: I actually seem to be more productive now than I was before I started taking the puppies to work! The pups generally need to be taken outside to relieve themselves and run off some energy every hour or [...]
Starting to write something new like a new application, class, feature or any written work like an essay or blog post even can be very daunting. Defiling the blank screen or sheet of paper with your first scribblings can be very intimidating as you know you probably will not get it right the first time. [...]