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Not-To-Do Lists Are Just as Valuable as To-Do Lists

To-do lists focus on tasks you have to do in the near term. Not-to-do lists, by contrast, tend to focus on more general things you want to banish from your life. Your objective in using a not-to-do list could be to achieve greater productivity, manage your time better, or discontinue a bad habit.

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Naomi Karten
Is Scaling Agile an Oxymoron?

The success of agile methods has meant that larger projects also want a share of the benefits. But as compelling as the idea might be, is scaling agile an oxymoron? Isn't it contradictory to expect large and complex projects to be agile? Or would such an attempt inevitably lead back to waterfall?

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Louis Taborda
Driving a Successful Media Strategy for Your Product

Implementing a media strategy has become essential to creating a space for a business in the marketplace. The company’s brand, the platform, the content, and the authors who create the content are all collectively important—and interdependent, to a great extent—when creating a successful media plan.

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Mukesh Sharma
Common Perils that Persist for Programmers

We round out the discussion and tie up loose ends in the perils of programming productivity pitfalls. Read on to find solutions to the problems that could be plaguing your work.

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Stumbling Blocks to Becoming a Better Programmer

We continue our journey into the pitfalls which productivity programmers are susceptible to. In part two of this three-part series we delve into some more of the problematic habits and situations programmers can face when it comes to productivity

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Cameron Philipp...
Pitfalls Programmers Should Avoid

Programmers can find themselves entrenched in productivity pitfalls without even knowing it. In this first installment of a three-part series, we outline the pitfalls of programming productivity and give some solutions for avoiding or fixing them.

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Cameron Philipp...
When to Use Rituals and Regular Routines in Your Team

Rituals and routines can help us be more effective and concentrate our effort on the things that matter, but applying rituals without thought can constrain us. Rituals are most useful when they help a team do the right things for the right reasons.

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Steve Berczuk
New Malware Prototype Doesn't Need Internet Access to Run Amok

Researchers in Germany have discovered a new way to transmit information between computers infected with a proof-of-concept malware prototype that does not need to be connected to the Internet to run amok. All it needs is access to a computer's microphone and speakers.

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Jonathan Vanian