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Re: A Product Journal: As A Working Manager

sudarkoff — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:25:01 -0000

I'm a working manager, a scrum master for the team and I manage a 50% product development slash 50% operations team (I'm committing multiple sins, as you can see) so I can very much relate to your struggles. What I've been more or less successfully doing in the last couple of months was nail down my schedule 2-3 weeks in advance. Even if I don't always stick to my plan or get interrupted during, having a slot in my calendar pre-allocated for a certain activity dramatically reduces my cognitive load and allows me to focus on doing the work rather than deciding what to work on. Also, multitasking does work if one of the activities is completely automatic.

Re: How I learned to stop worrying and love Vim buffers

sudarkoff — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:24:44 -0000

I use vim almost exclusively myself and I do love it dearly. But let's be honest here, when it comes to buffers vs tabs thingy vim is just old and stuck in its ancient ways. And that's no a good thing. Not good thing at all.

Re: Kit-A-Day Giveaway: MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D Printer (#5 of 5!)

sudarkoff — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:20:13 -0000

Oh, this thing would make prototyping parts for my weather station and other projects SO MUCH EASIER!

Re: Kit-A-Day Giveaway: MakerBot Thing-O-Matic (#3 of 5)

sudarkoff — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:57:01 -0000

Man, it would make prototyping parts for my weather station SO MUCH EASIER!

Re: Climbers Are Sexy, But Is The Sport Getting Too Sexy??

sudarkoff — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:07:38 -0000

Beautiful, I wish I could present my arguments that succinctly! (And I definitely need to read more about 3rd wave feminism.)

Re: Climbers Are Sexy, But Is The Sport Getting Too Sexy??

sudarkoff — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:22:47 -0000

I wish people would stop perpetuating this pseudo-feminist meta-Christian BS. Human body is beautiful (male or female), human body in motion more so. That's one of the things we come to see at sporting events. No one is crossing any unidentifiable lines by choosing to dress the way they do. And there are no self-respect issues for women who feel good about their bodies and choose to wear less. If certain things arouse you AND you choose to feel ashamed about that - it's all the crap in your head and YOU should learn to deal with that and not blame it on OTHER people ("she was asking for it" I call this attitude).

Re: Climber’s Guide to Joshua Tree Camping – Part 2

sudarkoff — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:34:52 -0000

I've created a couple of packing lists for myself, feel free to clone and modify or use as is: http://www.packwhiz.com/l/3... - general packing list, http://www.packwhiz.com/l/3... - climbing pack.

Re: Fear of falling, part three... taking it outside

sudarkoff — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:07:16 -0000

I'm also a "silent screamer" like vegastradguy. But I'm thinking, the next time I fall, I'll try to produce a loud YEE-HAW and see what it does to my psyche.

Re: In the gym... and a fear of falling update...

sudarkoff — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:49:14 -0000

I'll quote my lead instructor again (and I hope it makes sense without any visuals). Imagine that the slack between you - the belayer, and the first bolt is a smiley face. Then, the higher your climber goes, the happier your smiley face should be. It worked like a charm when I was catching the falls of the climber almost half my weight. Just don't go too happy, you still have to catch your climber.

Re: In the gym... and a fear of falling update...

sudarkoff — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:10:29 -0000

Our lead class instructor made us climb hard stuff so we'd fall unintentionally. And all our practice falls (intentional, that is) were whippers by design.

Re: Red Rock Trip Report March 2009, part 3: Eagle Dance

sudarkoff — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:18:51 -0000

Wait a second, Shawn ascended the stuck rope? What would have happened if the rope cut loose in the middle of his ascent?

Re: Is blogging about climbing bad for your tendons? Coping with climbing injuries.

sudarkoff — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:15:19 -0000

I never tape or wear braces to *prevent* injuries. Because in the end you only weaken the joints/tendons and stabilizer muscles by not giving them a chance to develop. Taping/bracing while rehabbing is a slightly different story, but still should be accompanied by strengthening exercises.

Re: Is Ice Climbing Stupid?

sudarkoff — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:22:19 -0000

Even though I was born in Siberia, for me being exposed to temperatures below freezing is a big deterrent. Though I am thinking of climbing Mt Whitney next summer. Only because of http://www.climbingforkids....

Re: Masonic Apple

sudarkoff — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:22:39 -0000

I traveled the same path a few years back: http://george.sudarkoff.com...

Re: Military Clip

sudarkoff — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:23:24 -0000

It sounds like you just don't have a balance in your life. Be careful, you might start hating your job in a few years.

Re: 9 Ways To Start a Fire Without Matches

sudarkoff — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:15:04 -0000

There's also a whole slew of chemistry-based fire making methods. Like mixing potassium permanganate with glycerin - both commonly found in first aid kits. Or if you have a broken internal combustion engine by your side, you might be able to extract a few grams of sodium from its valves, then just spit on a small chunk of it and it will burst into flames (cover your eyes).

Re: 10 Essential Outdoor Survival Items

sudarkoff — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:36:56 -0000

Guys, all these items will be useless if you do not have the one and the only truly essential survival tool on your person - knowledge in your head. If you have that, anything else could be improvised on the spot.

Re: Should Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail block Facebook?

sudarkoff — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:31:42 -0000

First of all, of course they should block Facebook.

Second, can I have your SSN number, your date/place of birth and your mother's maiden name, please? I promise I will not remember them after I try something here.

Re: LibraryThing

sudarkoff — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:22:18 -0000

Sony Reader, despite all its shortcomings (the UI is horrible), is the closest thing to what I want an ideal book reading device to be. It's nearly perfect for fiction (I am talking mostly about EInk technology). And it's okay for most non-fiction. Large illustrations, color graphs, wide tables, etc. don't look their best on the EInk screen. But my biggest grip is with people, not the Reader. I wish more authors who tend to write long articles had "plain" or "printable" view on their websites. Or at least included full articles in their RSS feeds! It would make extracting and formatting text for the Reader so much easier.

As for collecting books -- it's just a bunch of dead trees with dust on them. Get over it! :)

Re: Global Warming

sudarkoff — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:43:57 -0000

I am convinced, that "global warming" is real. I am not convinced that humans have anything to do with it.

Re: Leopard Tech Talk, Jan 19: LA

sudarkoff — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:39:21 -0000

I most probably will be going. Though I am new to the area, so I don't know anyone else.

Re: Where’s My Flying Car Part I : KABOOM!

sudarkoff — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:21:16 -0000

Here's your flying car: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

But seriously, I don't care for flying cars - I want to live forever! That's what I would call a technological advancement.

Re: Textpond, Lilymate

sudarkoff — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:07:53 -0000

Have you done any work on this? I was also thinking about implementing lilypond support for TextMate. Maybe we could combine our efforts?

Re: Instant Messaging and Trashing Google

sudarkoff — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:15:35 -0000

Interoperability is a must. Any company that pushes the industry in that direction, does the right thing.

Re: Getting things done with Automator and Spotlight

sudarkoff — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:54:21 -0000

I use similar aproach, only I tag files with either @action, @waiting or @someday keywords and I use Quicksilver to help me with tagging.