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Barnes Journal & Notebook menu Primary Menu Home About Projects Uses Menu Search for: Press Enter / Return to begin your search. close search form open search form open sidebar scroll to discover more back to top Follow Twitter Github Dribbble flickr RSS The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger General March 5, 2020 March 5, 2020 The Ride of a Lifetime by Bob Iger is about his business life. How he got his start, how he became CEO of Disney, and some of his thinking behind the purchases he made at Disney. During his tenure that was Pixar, Marvel, LucasFilm, and Fox. The book is sort of a memoir, yet in the opening sentence he says its not. It’s a chronological narrative of his life. From early childhood and his family that is a catalyst for his beliefs all the way through being one of the most powerful CEO’s in the world. But beyond that the book is really a management and leadership book. He covers some of the challenges he’s faced over the years, and how sticking to a few basic principles like honesty, integrity, and humbleness you can make it far. What I find great about the book is Disney is a creative company and he gives specific differences on how to manage creative people which transitions well into software. Here is one paragraph on giving critiques that works for designers, developers, and pull requests: “I never start out negatively, and unless we’re in the late stages of production, I never start small. I’ve found that often people will focus on little details as a way of masking a lack of any clear, coherent, big thoughts. If you start petty, you seem petty. And if the big picture is a mess, then the small things don’t matter anyway, and you shouldn’t spend time focusing on them.” Overall, I really enjoyed this book and if you are in any management role, even if you manage open source software, it’s worth reading and seeing how you can take what works in one of the largest companies to managing a small project. No matter the size the same core values are the same. If you’d like to get a copy it’s on Amazon for around $15 depending on what version (kindle, hardcover, paperback) you prefer. If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel General March 2, 2020 We’ve all seen models of the solar system and they do a good job of representing the sun and the planets, but it’s hard to get a representation of the sheer vastness of space. If the moon were only 1 pixel by Josh Worth he creates a scale model using the moon as 1 pixel. It’s crazy how much scrolling is involved to reach the first planet, and be sure and click the light speed button in the bottom corner. “Most space charts leave out the most significant part – all the space”, and now I’m tired of scrolling. Ebbets Field Flannels Baseball Hat General February 24, 2020 I just got this awesome old school Ebbets Field Flannels baseball hat from my buddy Joel Kuehn with his company logo on it. I love the early 1900’s feel to it and the style. Very memorable company swag that stands out. Salary Negotiation General February 21, 2020 February 21, 2020 Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss is excellent. One of the best books I read in the past year and it has tons of advice on negotiation that is applicable in many areas of your life. Everything from buying a new vehicle, to working with companies, to even negotiating salary. One tip he shares related to salary is to never go first, but if you are cornered then only offer a range. Never share what you are making today. For example: Interviewer: What are your salary expectations? You: At top places like X Corp., people in this job get between $130,000 and $170,000. When doing a range like this the low number is more than likely what they will gravitate toward so be sure it’s a value you actually want. This is just the surface of the book but I believe it’s one you should own and read. I’ve picked up so many tips for negotiating in life from it. Even persuading my kids to do want I want. In your code editor, dock your sidebar to the right Programming February 20, 2020 February 20, 2020 A few months ago I moved the sidebar in my code editor to the right and I love it. In fact, I’m sad I’ve been writing code for 20 years without ever doing this before. If you’ve never tried it, you should and here is a video by Jeff Sagal demonstrating why it’s useful: I have all of my editors, that allow it, set up this way and I don’t think I’ll ever go back to a left sidebar again. Look at how beautiful VS Code is, and no janky code moving when you open it. Does it pass the smell test? General February 19, 2020 Today I received the following email… As I was blazing through my inbox, my first reaction to fire off a quick yes, but then just as I started to reply I noticed the “There” was capitalized. That threw up a flag to my brain, then as I thought for 10 seconds I came to the conclusion that no one with good faith would email this question. Instead, they would say you have a broken link on this page. I deleted this email and didn’t reply, but they almost got me. Of course, now I’m going to spend all day wondering what the goal of this email actually was? Maybe they just wanted to see if the email address they sent it to was active. Who knows. Inspect Browser Software February 18, 2020 Ever wanted to debug a site or web app while on the go, or maybe view it on mobile and do some debugging? As you may know Safari on iOS doesn’t include any form of console utilities but the Inspect Browser makes a great replacement that includes all the basic features to get the job done. Granted this isn’t as powerful as Chrome or Firefox but it includes the main features like a JavaScript console, HTML inspection, CSS inspection and live preview, network panel, responsive design tools, and more. Page navigation 1 2 3 … 71 Next Eric L. Barnes Recently The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel Ebbets Field Flannels Baseball Hat Salary Negotiation In your code editor, dock your sidebar to the right Trending Adding Custom Fonts to Mailchimps Drag and Drop Email Designer How To: Validate an array of form fields with Laravel Operator Mono with Ligatures Call Laravel Artisan Seed From Your Code Eric L. 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