Friday, October 10, 2014

Interesting Talks and Articles

What Your Culture Really Says
Talks on the Science Behind Motivation, or why bonuses don't work
Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation (transcript):
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation?language=en

Kathy Sierra: "The Secrets of the Whisperers" (motivation and gamification)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNsl5D-V8T0&app=desktop

For Best Results, Forget the Bonus
http://www.alfiekohn.org/managing/fbrftb.htm

Why Bonus Systems Don't Work
http://brodzinski.com/2013/11/bonus-systems-dont-work.html

Joel on Software

Whaddaya Mean, You Can't Find Programmers?

Alex St. John: OpenGL vs Direct3D
http://www.alexstjohn.com/WP/2014/03/25/opengl-vs-direct3d-yawn/

Alex St. John: "Recruiting Giants"
http://www.alexstjohn.com/WP/download/Recruiting%20Giants.pdf

Paying Down Your Technical Debt
http://blog.codinghorror.com/paying-down-your-technical-debt/

Your Most Important Skill: Empathy
http://chadfowler.com/blog/2014/01/19/empathy/

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of C
http://damienkatz.net/2013/01/the_unreasonable_effectiveness_of_c.html

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