Some of Our Favorite Reads

In September I joined Engineering Operations at Tasktop as a Senior Software Engineer, helping the company to drive improvements in..... The post The journey of a Tasktopian from Brazil to Vancouver appeared first on Tasktop Blog.... Read more

In September I joined Engineering Operations at Tasktop as a Senior Software Engineer, helping the company to drive improvements in..... The post The journey of a Tasktopian from Brazil to Vancouver appeared first on Tasktop Blog.... Read more

Did you answer that question by saying: “I’m fine”? Maybe you aren’t fine, and answered that you were happy, sad, or angry? Did you stop to think about what you really mean by that answer? How are you really feeling? Why are... Read more

I think we like to ** talk ** about tech ethics, but if it's going to slow the growth and coolness of tech companies, do we care? Continue Reading → The post Wouldn’t “tech ethics” hurt your retirement planning? appeared first on... Read more

We make hundreds of decisions every day at our jobs. Surveys have found that at most companies, the majority of..... The post Centering Data on a Technical Writing Team appeared first on Tasktop Blog.... Read more

"He who dies with the most toys wins." (I would counter that said person is already dead, but who am I?) Continue Reading → The post America is about getting your nut appeared first on The Context Of Things.... Read more

Rigid detailed long-term plans, where progress is tracked based on consumed budgets, are in agile organizations quickly becoming a fading nostalgic memory of the past. They are replaced by forecasts and non-static roadmaps. Gather regularly in front of these visualizations and you... Read more

I spent chunks of my 30s investing in the wrong relationships and elements, and it's important to be transparent on that. Continue Reading → The post The Blunder Years, Episode 15: How to mess up your 30s (and how to get it... Read more

I’ve been meeting new people lately, work-related. And one of my pet peeves has resurfaced with a vengeance… people who don’t listen. Not just not listening, but basically just waiting for their opportunity to jump into the conversation and talk about their... Read more

(This is a contributed post)  SEO often gets a bad wrap in the marketing field. Seen as the strict older aunt to content creation and social media, it is a part of marketing that can often leave us feeling overwhelmed and snowed... Read more

We are so grateful for our lovely U.S. customers and colleagues and, of course, just slightly jealous that today they’re..... The post Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends and colleagues! appeared first on Tasktop Blog.... Read more

Mia Pilebro, agil coach på Arbetsförmedlingen, och jag, genomför ett Scrum Master program med deltagare från två av enheterna på arbetsförmedlingens IT-avdelning. Programmet innehåller sex träffar med en tvådagars workshop som inledning, fyra träffar, så kallade Learning Labs, varannan vecka, och till... Read more

(This is a contributed post) Having a slow running laptop or computer can be frustrating at the best of times, but even more so if you are having to use it for work and you are up against a tight deadline. If... Read more

We'd all love some purpose in our work, but purpose doesn't buy diapers. We need checks too. So let's avoid getting #piped. Continue Reading → The post Stop telling me to bring my passion to work, because dude, I don’t want to... Read more

There's actually 12 minutes cut out of this podcast where we discuss e-mail etiquette and Trump vs. hurricanes. It was that fun to talk! Continue Reading → The post The Blunder Years, Episode 14: Your 20s are a hot mess, but it’s... Read more

These days, business performance is measured not in terms of what organizations do, but how their customers feel.  This was a key message to emerge from the ThoughtWorks ParadigmShift 2019 event in New Orleans, which brought together a global contingent of technology... Read more

Pair programming is far more than two developers sitting together and writing code. - Unknown Pair programming Pair programming is an agile software development technique in which two programmers work together at one workstation. It is a relatively controversial practice among all... Read more

It’s been a year since the launch of Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of..... The post Celebrating One Year of Project To Product appeared first on Tasktop Blog.... Read more

A story of how filmmaking, graphic design, and copywriting all improved a software project—and how similarly diverse skill sets might improve others.... Read more

CircleCI’s director of engineering shares ideas for promoting positivity and inclusion—and shifting away from “culture fit.”... Read more