Dr. Leif SingerThe Importance of Remote Work and its Potential as an EqualizerIn the grand scheme of things, remote work is still a relatively new phenomenon. This is easy to forget when it’s part of one’s everyday…Dec 7, 2017Dec 7, 2017
Dr. Leif SingerComputer-Supported Cooperative Work: A Useful Lens For Looking At Developer ToolsSoftware developers use computers not only for writing programs — they also use them to communicate and collaborate with one another…Nov 23, 2017Nov 23, 2017
Dr. Leif SingerSelf-determination Theory: Understanding Human Motivation for Fun and ProfitWhen you build software, sooner or later you will want to think about human behavior — most notably about what motivates humans.Jan 25, 2017Jan 25, 2017
Dr. Leif SingerOn the Diffusion of Innovations: How New Ideas SpreadIf you build software products, chances are that you’ve worried about adoption before.Dec 30, 2016Dec 30, 2016
Dr. Leif SingerWorking Together Through Computers: 6 RecommendationsDevelopers use many, many tools to collaborate. Those tools solve problems, but also create new challenges: distractions impede…Nov 27, 2016Nov 27, 2016
Dr. Leif SingerFragmented and Overloaded: Challenges in Developer CollaborationSoftware developers use many tools to support their work. They coordinate with their teams on code hosting sites, interface with…Oct 24, 2016Oct 24, 2016
Dr. Leif SingerNew Habits: Nine Tactics That Worked For MeStudies have shown that about 30% to 50% of what we do in a day can be called habitual [1]. However, adopting new habits is hard: at least…Sep 19, 2016Sep 19, 2016
Dr. Leif SingerMore Than Just Coding: A Study on Supportive Channels and Activities in Software DevelopmentSoftware developers use more and more tools in their work. Some are directly aimed at creating software, such as IDEs or editors, but many…Aug 29, 2016Aug 29, 2016
Dr. Leif SingerOpen Source Collaboration Practices in Commercial ProjectsLots of research in software engineering is using publicly-available data from GitHub nowadays. But do findings from such studies…Jul 14, 2016Jul 14, 2016
Dr. Leif SingerFrom Playing The Piano to Algorithms You Can TrustA few days ago, my piano teacher recommended a book to me: Play It Again: An Amateur Against The Impossible by Alan Rusbridger [commission…Jun 1, 2016Jun 1, 2016