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Late Night Links – Sunday September 14th, 2014

It’s late night links time again! Let’s get this going.

And that’s it! We’re all done for another seven days. Next weekend Flo is away for work, so I should have plenty of time to get LNL done on time – unless I’m overwhelmed with trying to entertain dog, and make sure that he’s appropriately fed and watered.

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Too Much Planning is Indistinguishable From Procrastination

First of all, sorry about the lack of blogging last week. I was a challenging combination of busy and sick. Close to death, in fact, just ask my girlfriend.

Anyway, let’s get back to business with this interesting lifehacker article I read last week. I’m a little concerned that a project I’m currently assigned to falls into this category – everything is meticulously planned, but nothing of substance ever happens.

Discuss.

Too Much Planning is Indistinguishable From Procrastination

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Late Night Links – Sunday September 7th, 2014

First of all, apologies that there was no late night links post last weekend. I was sick. Close to death, in fact, just ask Flo.

As usual, we much to get through. Let’s get on with it.

And that’s it! Until next week, then.

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I’m Perfectly Imperfect, Flawlessly Flawed

Following on from yesterday’s post featuring “lowest common denominators,” I was once assigned to a project in which “flawless execution” was a stated requirement.

Not a goal, or a vision, or something to strive for – there it was in black and white, right in the requirements document: Fail to execute flawlessly and we may as well not have bothered even showing up.

If I could have gotten away with just walking out immediately then I would have. Instead I snidely commented that I’ve never done anything flawlessly before, so I was excited to start.

Everyone stared at me blankly for thirty seconds and then we all moved on to the next item on the agenda.