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Dr. Leif Singer

Dr. Leif Singer

The Importance of Remote Work and its Potential as an Equalizer

In 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, 2017

The Importance of Remote Work and its Potential as an Equalizer

Dec 7, 2017

Dr. Leif Singer

Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: A Useful Lens For Looking At Developer Tools

Software developers use computers not only for writing programs — they also use them to communicate and collaborate with one another…

Nov 23, 2017

Nov 23, 2017

Dr. Leif Singer

Self-determination Theory: Understanding Human Motivation for Fun and Profit

When you build software, sooner or later you will want to think about human behavior — most notably about what motivates humans.

Jan 25, 2017

Self-determination Theory: Understanding Human Motivation for Fun and Profit

Jan 25, 2017

Dr. Leif Singer

On the Diffusion of Innovations: How New Ideas Spread

If you build software products, chances are that you’ve worried about adoption before.

Dec 30, 2016

On the Diffusion of Innovations: How New Ideas Spread

Dec 30, 2016

Dr. Leif Singer

Working Together Through Computers: 6 Recommendations

Developers use many, many tools to collaborate. Those tools solve problems, but also create new challenges: distractions impede…

Nov 27, 2016

Working Together Through Computers: 6 Recommendations

Nov 27, 2016

Dr. Leif Singer

Fragmented and Overloaded: Challenges in Developer Collaboration

Software developers use many tools to support their work. They coordinate with their teams on code hosting sites, interface with…

Oct 24, 2016

Fragmented and Overloaded: Challenges in Developer Collaboration

Oct 24, 2016

Dr. Leif Singer

New Habits: Nine Tactics That Worked For Me

Studies 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, 2016

New Habits: Nine Tactics That Worked For Me

Sep 19, 2016

Dr. Leif Singer

More Than Just Coding: A Study on Supportive Channels and Activities in Software Development

Software 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, 2016

More Than Just Coding: A Study on Supportive Channels and Activities in Software Development

Aug 29, 2016

Dr. Leif Singer

Open Source Collaboration Practices in Commercial Projects

Lots of research in software engineering is using publicly-available data from GitHub nowadays. But do findings from such studies…

Jul 14, 2016

Jul 14, 2016

Dr. Leif Singer

From Playing The Piano to Algorithms You Can Trust

A 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, 2016

From Playing The Piano to Algorithms You Can Trust

Jun 1, 2016

Dr. Leif Singer

Dr. Leif Singer

Specializing generalist. Code, product, research. @automattic , previously @idonethis , @uvic , @unihannover . PhD of CS, student of life. Remote since 2013

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