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Opinion articles

Remote work tips & tricks

The article was first published here on the 16th of March 2020.

In these exceptional times of global crisis, we are changing the way we work, focusing on remote work, or work from home scenarios across the IT eco-system.

Here are a couple of quick thoughts :

Regarding Meetings

If you’re on a call with more than one person, please mute by default, out of courtesy.

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mental note Opinion articles

Using Video to Be Virtually Present for Your Team While Working Remotely

A guide to staying connected, safe, engaged, productive and empathic during critical situations with the help of video.

The article was first published here on the 18th of March 2020.

During these exceptional times of a global crisis, companies are changing the way they work, shifting to working remotely, or working from home scenarios across the IT ecosystem.

Companies everywhere are currently shifting operations for safety reasons to temporary remote operations-creating a couple of challenges in staying connected, engaged and productive.

In response to those challenges, the opportunity now is to lead with calm and inspire confidence in these times of crisis,  providing the context for team members to feel safe and contributing to initiatives while facing the challenges of remote work and global safety issues.

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Development Opinion articles

2021 Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2021

Must read materials regarding 2021 top strategic predictions & trends from Gartner and New Relic.

My opinion is that this quote from Gartner will be key in filtering the companies that will succeed or fail at the end of 2021 :

Organizations are often dragged down by “organizational debt,” which includes technical, process, data, architecture, talent, security and social debt. Collectively this debt affects value proposition and brand. The cause is an extensive and expensive set of business processes underpinned by a patchwork of technologies that are often not optimized, lean, connected or consistent.

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Development mental note

Weekend curated links #23

Do These Things Before Going to Bed and You’ll Wake up Energized for Tomorrow

How to Read Two Books a Week

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Quotes

Quote of the day

“As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you must also understand the art of delegation.”
— Richard Branson

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Development mental note

Weekend curated links #22

A Simple Productivity Secret People Never Talk About

How to Overcome Loneliness

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Development mental note

Weekend curated links #21

Mark Cuban’s Most Recent Money Advice is Ridiculously Simple and Super Important

This Is What Causes Energy Leaks in Your Life

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Development mental note

Weekend curated links #20

Life is Too Short…

The Most Underrated Productivity Technique Is Also the Simplest

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Development mental note

Weekend curated links #19

These 3 Practices by Bill Gates Will Change How You Read

The Coronavirus Is Never Going Away

Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful

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Development mental note

Weekend curated links #18

I Sold My Entire Investment Portfolio One Hour Ago – must read!

I Hire Software Developers. Your Resume Is The Reason You’re Not Getting Interviews