Simple Makes [Life, Software, Everything] Better.
Simple Makes [Life, Software, Everything] Better.
The Common Mission Project partners with governmental agencies to have students try to tackle tough problems, mostly centered around Climate & Sustainability. They’re a unique partner for the UW-Madison Capstone course that is worth spotlighting this semester.
What are we missing out on when we spend most of our time in meetings and answering emails? Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport answers that question and helps us get back to focused work.
Last year, I published my first book through Amazon’s KDP and later also published it through Ingram Spark. This post describes the publishing process for Ingram Spark.
In 2023, I did a lot of reading. I only reviewed a small fraction of my favorite books last year, so here’s the full list of books worth reading.
I teach UW-Madison’s Computer Science Capstone each fall. This year, we had 10 capstone partners, 17 teams of students, and almost 50 mentors & sponsors helping to bring these projects to life.
I was a guest on The Agile Wire Podcast talking with hosts, Chad Beier and Jeff Bubolz, about my book, Agile Discovery & Delivery!
What if every single one of us were able to get our jobs done in less than 40 hours per week? What would we be able to use our free time for? Could working less actually make society better?
My self-publishing series may is complete for now and I’ve published a new self-publishing series page this week.
This is the final article in my self-publishing series. Here, I discuss my self-publishing timeline, then (with the benefit of hindsight) what I would have done differently and how that would have changed my self-publishing path.
According to Seth Godin in his post entitled Advice for Authors, the best time to promote your self-published book is three years before it comes out. Most of us are woefully behind, but here’s what you can do to promote your self-published book.