WorkChat History 2013

This page is for the 2013 archive of the weekly WorkChat discussion topics and links. See also WorkChat History 2014.

Having kids can be more work than work, celebrating accomplishments from 2013, various aspects of blogging
 * Friday December 27, 2013 - #17
 * Links: WorkChat channel on appnetizens

Wrapping up the year, working or not over vacations and breaks, New Year's resolutions related to work, going paperless, PDP - Personal Development Plans
 * Friday December 20, 2013 - #16
 * Links: Chris Downey TED talk - an architect who lost his sight

Office/work group moves, PC tower vs. laptop, career decisions between the safer vs. the more risky route, holiday parties, architecture industry in Iran, open-source architecture
 * Friday December 13, 2013 - #15
 * Links: Wikihouse

No chat No chat How does Information Security affect your work? (NDAs, Data Loss Prevention - DLP, slow pace of enterprise software upgrades, constraining technology vs. enabling it)
 * Friday December 6, 2013
 * Friday November 29, 2013
 * Friday November 22, 2013 - #14
 * Links: Check Point, Is your organization holding you back?

Internships, productivity, managing tasks and projects How was your week, meetings, work politics (definition of, dealing with, managing a team, trust, size of company), psychological contracts, trust and temp workforce
 * Friday November 15, 2013 - #13
 * Friday November 8, 2013 - #12
 * Links: Tribal Leadership

How was your week, personal productivity, career histories
 * Friday November 1, 2013 - #11
 * Links: Getting Things Done - David Allen, Remember the Milk, Bullet Journal, Todoist, Any.DO, Clear

Physical offices v.s home, interruptions and etiquette in open floor plans, music for working, stand up desks, dual monitors Fixing code someone else wrote, leadership training cont., the word "minion", network experiments/emulation How leaders develop, software development tracking tools Manager/supervisor style and control over work decisions, processes for better functioning Work/life balance continued Staying productive, getting enough sleep, children and family Distributed teams and bridging the distance/location Work/life balance Responsibilities on project teams, team emphasis in architectural design and similarity to software development Paired programming, job titles, levels, pay, career paths, impact of reorgs, adaptation and feedback processes
 * Friday October 25 2013 - #10
 * Friday October 18 2013 - #9
 * Friday October 11 2013 - #8
 * Friday October 4 2013 - #7
 * Friday September 27 2013 - #6
 * Friday September 20 2013 - #5
 * Friday September 13 2013 - #4
 * Friday September 6 2013 - #3
 * Friday August 30 2013 - #2
 * Friday August 23 2013 - #1