The era of bespoke apps
The future is wild. Things can just exist because we want them to. It's still hard for me to wrap my brain around.
Mike Crittenden
Call me Critter
Latest posts
What makes up an organization’s culture?
Saving this quote from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership.
My favorite Panera interaction
To break of the monotony of a home office, I work from a Panera (coffee shop and restaurant) most days and take advantage of the Unlimited Sip Club. A couple years ago, I had an interaction that I still think about all the time so I finally decided to write it down.
The unreasonable effectiveness of lightning demos
If you're an engineer building a thing, I suggest recording a couple per week and posting them somewhere visible.
Kanbanish, a side project
Last week I shipped the Kanban board I've always wanted for retros and other structured discussions but never could find time to build myself
Beware any dopamine hit that doesn’t require effort
If something gives you a hit of dopamine that you didn't work for, that's a smell worth investigating.
The art of pre-meeting chatter
Look for unique and situational topics based on what you're seeing as people join the meeting.
My core values, round three
It's been a while since I've done any serious thinking about myself. Lately I've felt like I've been going through the motions and lacking much purpose or excitement. So it seemed like a good time to figure out what I value these days.
Do you talk to think or do you think to talk?
I've rambled a good bit about whether I'm an introvert or an extrovert. The other day, this test from Scaling People by Claire Hughes Johnson stood out to me.
“Let go of the idea that gentle, relaxed people can’t be superachievers”
I want to believe that's true, but the line between "gentle and relaxed" vs. "lazy and apathetic" is not obvious.