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Everybody thinks they're above average...

5 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
A post inspired by 1.00 FTE: This is a bit of an aha moment - I'd especially recommend reading the comments about what happens when the perceived capabilities...

Link: link-building and SEO

4 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
It's fairly old, but this is still a good basic reference to SEO and link-building Just be aware that IPL2 is no longer accepting link submissions. You...

Link: The hungry programmer

4 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
The hungry programmer compares healthy eating to healthy code-practices, discussing the code-quality equivalent of the "healthy eating continuum". In brief...

Project Euler Upgrade

4 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Just a quick post as a follow-on to my project Euler post a while back. Project Euler have had a site revamp. A bit of a nicer UI prettier progress-tracking...

Link: Rough Estimation Oath

4 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
OMG how much do I love this oath!!! I might put it in my standard contract going forward :) ...

Estimates and hiking

4 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
A fairly standard question on quora: Why are software development task estimations regularly off by a factor of 2-3? has sparked some discussion. The best...

Link: Who should learn to code

3 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Who should learn to program presents a brief look at the reasons why everyone should learn to program, and also a very good reason why not. Worth a look...

Industry-average productivity?

3 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
An interesting point here that is quite true. Effort isn't enough... however - is it really possible to compare groups of IT guys against "industry average...

I'm on AllTop for ruby

3 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
I made it to the AllTop ruby feed.Apparently this is a big deal? They even have badges (see my ever-growing pile of badges at the bottom of my left-nav...

Are "Women in tech" really in tech?

3 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Anneke Jong has posted an interesting article called why we need to rethink women in tech, which points out the real reason for the seeming disparity in...