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The AwkEng Reads Books So You Don't Have To
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Following up on themes of internet addiction and distraction, I read several books in the personal productivity space. Nir Eyal's Indistrac...
The Awkward Engineer Evades the Spousal Veto
Today's post is about ideas that went to review with my executive advisory committee, passed, and came to fruition. I've written twice in the past about how the committee often fails to see the brilliance of my project proposals, but the committee wields the power of the "spousal veto" judiciously, so it only seems fair to talk about what has been approved.
The AwkEng Doesn't Believe in Requirements Docs
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Here's a contrarian opinion, but when practicing product development, I don't think you should be using requirements documents at all.
This...
The Awkward Engineer and The Grounding Procedure
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Today's post is a bit on the nerdy side, but with the dry winter air in New England, I'm reminded of some old on-the-job training I receive...
Buyer's Delight
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Short post today. I want to introduce a term I call "buyer's delight".
Buyer's delight is simply the opposite of buyer's remorse.
I ...
The AwkEng Encounters the Spousal Veto (part Deux)
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In a previous post, I wrote about how my best ideas were often killed in their nascent state. Typically, I'll brief the chairperson of my e...
Ideas for the AwkEng to Try (If anyone would let him!)
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Today's post shares some management ideas I'd like to try (if only anyone would let me). I don't have any pressing needs or problems which ...
The AwkEng Cooking Cheat Sheet v2
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Today's post is an update to my cooking cheat sheet. This revision was inspired by a colleague, who told me she had a list of 40 or 50 meal...
The AwkEng Makes a Chrome Extension and Experiments on Himself
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Today's post is seeking like minded Gmail/Hacker News/NY Times readers (3 of my top 4 most frequented websites. I'm still working on Reddi...
The AwkEng Estimates Things
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Today's post is about an estimation technique that I like. I'm not sure this particularly variation has a name, so I'll call it Wideband De...
The AwkEng Tries a Different Approach
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In my previous post, I shared some of the things I've learned talking to people about their struggles with internet and phone use. In this ...
The AwkEng Flexes Some UX Research Muscles and Asks More Questions
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This post is about developing my UX research skills and how I've practiced those skills to learn about internet/phone addiction. In short, ...