A good friend of mine (who also happens to be a solid people manager) once told me that there were very few dumb decisions made in an office. At first, this struck me as completely false. Don’t people make dumb decisions all the time? Managers hide information from subordinates. Marketing doesn’t talk to engineering or […]
If you’ve been reading the blog, you’ll notice I have a healthy skepticism of deadlines. It’s not that I don’t think that you shouldn’t use them or they are not useful. Far from it. It just seems to me that so many companies pursue a deadline as if it were the end goal. But the […]
In her last guest blog, Cara told us a humorous story of toddler entrepreneurship. In this second blog, she uses her experience to outline four key elements of great team communication. Got any to add to her list? The core of standard teamwork is most simply defined as people working together. Good teamwork is about […]
Today’s guest blog is written by Cara Transtrom, a lively and adventurous spirit that I met while working at TorquePowered.com. Cara maintains a very humorous blog on life called Caramia, where she uses personal experience to make observations about life, love, and everything in between. Her blog is one of my all-time favorites, and I’m […]
I wrote an article for a really neat little site called The Change Blog. Check out my post: Throw Away Your Labels and Accept Change in Others Although I wrote it about personal relationships, it applies to teamwork too. First impressions are an important part of how we judge people, but we need ways to […]
I took a break last week to read over the last six months’ of Fellowstream blogs. I didn’t know what this blog was going to be about when I first started. I knew I wanted to talk about what I’d learned as a project manager for the Torque game engine series. I knew I […]
We were already pretty excited about Fellowstream getting reviewed by game developer Scionwest on Monday, but the week’s been a banner-awesome for us. We’ve been relying solely on word of mouth to get the word out about Fellowstream since we opened our beta doors in May. We’ve seen a nice steady trickle of people come […]
Okay, so I’m more than a little excited that I discovered Fellowstream’s very first customer review. Click here to read his thoughts. Scionwest is a game developer and knows his fair share of programming. He found out about us through Jacob and my past affiliations with the Torque Game Engine series. (Quick plug: If you’re […]
It’s my honor to introduce Jake LaCaze, self-described “social media introvert.” He and I have become tweet buddies over the past several months, and he’s got a fantastic blog and insight into social media. He took a break from his personal blog to share some thoughts on team management. Enjoy! Everyone has his own management […]
It’s been almost 3 months since Fellowstream first saw the light of day. And my, how our little baby has grown. From kitchen table concept to beta, Fellowstream has evolved in ways we never expected: from user feedback, from our own personal experience, and through the process of throwing bytes onto our server. Just like […]
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