I do wish Windows Phone had taken off better.
I had a job once that issued me a Nokia Windows phone and I was stunned by how much I actually sort of enjoyed the experience. Granted all I did was check emails, ACK alerts and message coworkers on it, so admittedly a very intentionally on my part pared down user experience. Sadly Windows phone didn't last long enough to figure out if that was the result of Microsoft, or the result of Nokia.
Writing mods and server plugins for counter strike 1.6 is what got me into it.
Fox Television Studios not cancelling a show right as it starts to get good challenge.
I jokingly suggested a similar crusade against sprints, because the nature of my team's work isn't prohibitively time-boxed either.
Wasn't expecting the people sitting on that zoom call with the power and influence to make such a change to actually agree
Thanks for that!
Dunno, but I would like to know more about your lamp
Chaotic neutral on my work desk, lawful good on the gaming desk. Priorities.
That's not a hot take. That's a damned gospel and I am singing baritone.
Rejected an offer because the work spaces for developers were even worse than open plan.
I am incredibly curious to learn more
"I'm in this post and I don't like it"
I recently re-read the book and had a similarly traumatic episode from all the managers over my career that read the book and somehow took the wrong lessons from the dysfunction portrayed.
https://selectstarsql.com/ is one I point folks to quite often