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    Wunderlist to Microsoft To-Do Preview Release

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    April 19, 2017
    Wunderlist to Microsoft To-Do Preview Release

    Wunderlist joined Microsoft in 2015 and they will begin retiring Wunderlist as you know it today. In the future it’ll be named Microsoft To-Do, and they’ve just launched the first preview release and the screenshots of the new app look fantastic: This preview is available for download today and there…

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  • Career

    What Empathy Is Not

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    March 24, 2017
    What Empathy Is Not

    Communication can not work without empathy and that’s why empathy is hopefully the most important factor in your company’s culture. Every once in awhile, someone does a talk or writes a post about why empathy is important and why it should be your number one skill. These are very informative,…

    Continue reading →: What Empathy Is Not
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    Write better with Grammarly

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    March 15, 2017
    Write better with Grammarly

    You may not know this, but I have a secret weapon that helps me write better. I use it daily to audit blog posts, emails, issue comments, and more. Anywhere I need to write my digital editor, Grammarly, keeps me in check. I first found this service over a year…

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  • Career

    Empathy: the Cornerstone of Your Company Culture

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    March 3, 2017
    Empathy: the Cornerstone of Your Company Culture

    Hard skills change constantly. Every year, developers must level up their skills to keep pace with the ever-changing landscape that is hardware and software. Technology moves so fast many of us have to upgrade our wearables and handheld devices every 18 months—and sometimes sooner. Having a good base of knowledge—or,…

    Continue reading →: Empathy: the Cornerstone of Your Company Culture
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    No Really, It’s Okay to Be Unavailable

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    February 24, 2017
    No Really, It’s Okay to Be Unavailable

    We live in an uber-connected world. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve complained about shoddy Wi-Fi or the fact that Twitter is down. As much as I love the connection provided by the web and various technologies, somewhere along the way we became terrified of being unavailable. We…

    Continue reading →: No Really, It’s Okay to Be Unavailable
  • Career

    Handling Conflict: How to Talk to Your Coworker

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    Eric L. Barnes

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    February 17, 2017

    Turning Conflict to Conversation Conflict is a natural part of any relationship, especially those people we spend the majority of our time with. It’s no surprise, then, we might occasionally find ourselves in conflict with our coworkers. As uncomfortable as those moments of tension can be, they can be as…

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    Keeping the Creativity in Code

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    Eric L. Barnes

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    February 3, 2017

    A January 2016 New York Times op-ed piece by Wharton professor, Adam Grant, discusses why the most successful adults are generally not child prodigies. He reasons the vast majority of highly and unusually gifted people are exceptionally good at following the rules. You give them a problem and they solve…

    Continue reading →: Keeping the Creativity in Code
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    Habits of Highly Productive Tech Teams

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    Eric L. Barnes

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    January 20, 2017

    Are you holding three-hour team meetings that could be finished in 45 minutes? Or doing everything via Slack and never allowing your team to turn off notifications? Learn how to get your team to be more productive.

    Continue reading →: Habits of Highly Productive Tech Teams
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    Create Medium posts from Markdown

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    Eric L. Barnes

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    January 18, 2017
    Create Medium posts from Markdown

    Writing on Medium is a great experience that many people love. However, if you are writing code heavy articles pasting in code blocks sort of stinks. By default, a rendered article doesn’t include syntax highlighting and if you are sharing more than a few lines of code it’s not that…

    Continue reading →: Create Medium posts from Markdown
  • Career

    Finding Suitable Work: Landing the Job

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    Eric L. Barnes

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    January 13, 2017
    Finding Suitable Work: Landing the Job

    Suitable is defined as “right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose or situation.” Suitable work means thinking about more than just skill level. It’s about the strengths you possess beyond the technical talent. How much communication is involved? Are you comfortable with that? Do you have to face clients…

    Continue reading →: Finding Suitable Work: Landing the Job
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