Henry PoydarinThe Status Hero BlogHow Does Your Framework Make You Feel?Over the years, I’ve been a part of many decisions (and lively debates) around the choice of software development libraries, tools, and…Jul 16, 2021Jul 16, 2021
Henry PoydarinThe Status Hero BlogOn Meetings and Wasting TimeI’m a software developer, and I hate meetings. All software developers hate meetings. Stop scheduling them, and stop inviting us to them.May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
Henry PoydarinThe Status Hero BlogHow and Why to Keep Your Team Out of Communication Debttl;dr — You need to actively manage the barrage of incoming notifications and messages your team is subject to in order to keep them happy…Apr 19, 20182Apr 19, 20182
Henry PoydarinThe Status Hero BlogMonday Routines: Patrick Campbell, CEO of Price IntelligentlyThis is the third installment of “Monday Routines,” in which software people like you recount their Monday rituals. The goal is to peer…May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
Henry PoydarinThe Status Hero BlogDaily Goals and Software Teams: Why and HowPeople who make stuff, like programmers, writers, and designers, are limited to working on one or two intellectual tasks per day. That’s…May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
Henry PoydarinThe Status Hero BlogMonday Routines: C. Todd Lombardo, Chief Design Strategist at Fresh Tilled SoilThis is the second installment of ‘Monday Routines’, in which software people like you recount their Monday rituals. The goal is to peer…May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
Henry PoydarinThe Status Hero BlogMonday Routines: Mike Baukes, Co-CEO at UpguardThis is the first installment of ‘Monday Routines’, in which software people like you recount their Monday rituals. The goal is to peer…May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
Henry PoydarinThe Status Hero BlogPeople and places, not time zones and offsetsDo you work in a command control center with a bank of analog clocks covering the south wall, each with an official looking placard…May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
Henry PoydarinThe Status Hero BlogHow to Dial-In a Productive Slack ConfigurationWe’ve been using Slack for a over a year now at Status Hero HQ. After quite a bit of trial and error, we think we’ve hit upon a setup that…May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
Henry PoydarinThe Status Hero BlogOn Office Holiday Parties and Remote Teamstl;dr: Have some kind of holiday/end-of-year activity with your remote team. Get them together physically if you can, but if you can’t…Dec 6, 20161Dec 6, 20161