Managing knowledge workers

Flow and productivity vs multi-tasking

• Jeff Atwood's summarises relevant research
• Aaron Swartz reminds us time is not fungible
• Lars Wirzenius summarises Eric Raymond, Tom DeMarco and Tim Lister

The Mythical Man-Month

• Outdated in some ways, but the book's central claim is still strong

Laziness as a virtue

Probably the first, most basic rule of programming is to avoid duplication of code [and effort]* at all costs. This is sometimes called the DRY rule: Don't Repeat Yourself.

I usually think of it another way: a good programmer cultivates the virtue of laziness. (But not just any laziness: you must be aggressively, proactively lazy!)

(Source: Learn to Program by Chris Pine. * My addition.)