#105 May 11, 2019 2019

Weekly Thing #105 / May 11, 2019

I've now officially published the Weekly Thing for two years. 😲 It’s pretty cool to go back [and look at Weekly Thing #1](https://tinyletter.com/thingelstad/letters/weekly-thing-for-may-13-2017-1) and see how far this effort has come! Thank you all for subscribing, and if you know of others that you think would like it please send [them to the Weekly Thing website](https://weekly.thingelstad.com) and they can subscribe.

Now onto the links this week. A little less than normal. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Featured Links 🏅

One-on-ones are my most valuable meetings; here’s how I run them

I like to read about how leaders use one-on-one meetings and this is an excellent, and simple one.

If done effectively, these one-on-ones are an opportunity to show my team that I care about them, their professional success, and their overall happiness. It gives them an opportunity to step back and think about what they need to be successful, and to hold me accountable to setting them up for this success.

Mathilde Collin writes about three distinct types of one-on-ones, with various structure and objectives. This looks amazing, and definitely requires good preparation ahead of time. I’m going to try and cherry pick some things from this. 👏

My Weekly Photo 📷

Looking good Minneapolis!

Looking good Minneapolis! May 9, 2019 at 9:58 AM 333 S 7th St, Minneapolis MN

Notable Links 📌

Chromium Blog: Improving privacy and security on the web

I’m still not going to use Chrome but it’s good to see them finally adopting some of the anti-tracking technology that Safari has had in place for years now.

Homegrown family business embraces EDI to sell to large retailers | SPS Commerce

SPS Commerce customer story that I just loved watching. What a great success story these two young women have created!

LookUp 5.2 Brings New Watch App, Handoff Support, and Instant Search – MacStories

I’m not sure why but I like to have a good dictionary app on my iPhone. I’d previously used Terminology but I really like the modern feel of LookUp.

Trouble with Today Lists | Using OmniFocus

Segmenting and slicing the many, many projects and tasks I have is the primary job of perspectives in OmniFocus.

Crappy Range Imaging for < $175, But Still No Moore’s Law for LIDAR. Yet. | LinkedIn

I met Peter when he was CTO of Datek and I love that he’s still hacking away on tech, this time creating his own low cost LIDAR system to see how it worked.

The 5 Whys of Organizational Design. | Kellan Elliott-McCrea

Some really good prompting questions, particularly for technology teams, about your organizational layout and what could be causing problems. These questions might prompt some good actions.

How to Create a Great Team Culture (and Why It Matters) - ACM Queue

Some solid thoughts and practices on how to create a desirable team culture.

Every day, people are looking for signals in their environment about what is the norm. As a leader, it is part of your job to set the example for those around you.

So very true! 👍

Stripe’s fifth engineering hub is Remote

I like this approach to thinking about remote team members. I also like the structure they’ve put into this.

CC Search

I’m a fan of Creative Commons, and donate to it annually. I’m glad to see them offering an image search service directly.

Give Back 🎁

https://creativecommons.org

Creative Commons helps you legally share your knowledge and creativity to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world — unlocking the full potential of the internet to drive a new era of development, growth, and productivity. I have been a supporter of Creative Commons for years. Larry Lessig, the founder of Creative Commons, has done the world a great thing by creating a legal structure to help authors and creators encourage remix culture. In addition to donating, you should consider making your content under a Creative Commons license. Donate to Creative Commons today!

Yet More Links 🍞

Beam: A Distributed Knowledge Graph Store www.ebayinc.com Interesting to see concepts like RDF and SPARQL from the Semantic Web continuing to move along.
1Password for Journalism | 1Password 1password.com I like seeing 1Password creating programs specifically for people that have higher risks.
Unraveling The JPEG parametric.press Super geeky deep dive into the JPG format.

Microposts 🎈

Thursday @ 1:37 PM

SPS Tech Jam 2019! #TeamSPS #SPSTechJam

Thursday @ 1:36 PM

Great talks at Tech Jam 2019, and incredible breadth. How about a lightning talk on emotional intelligence? #TeamSPS #SPSTechJam

Thursday @ 12:32 PM

SPS Tech Jam 2019! #TeamSPS #SPSTechJam

Thursday @ 11:47 AM

Break time hacky sack - great way to stretch between sessions! #TeamSPS #SPSTechJam

Thursday @ 10:54 AM

Awesome that we have presenters at Tech Jam from Minneapolis 🇺🇸, Kiev 🇺🇦, Toronto 🇨🇦, and New Jersey 🇺🇸! Global teams FTW! #TeamSPS #SPSTechJam

Thursday @ 9:47 AM

Inspiring keynote from Chris Williams of Badass Agile at Tech Jam 2019! Good way to start off the day! #TeamSPS #SPSTechJam

Thursday @ 8:48 AM

A huge thank you to the amazing organizers of Tech Jam 2019! Community events cannot happen without individuals that are willing to put personal passion and energy to make them happen! 👏 #TeamSPS #SPSTechJam

Thursday @ 8:25 AM

“One of these cords isn’t working right!” Thad making it all work for #TeamSPS #SPSTechJam. 🤓

Thursday @ 8:09 AM

I love the creativity that our team puts into our #TeamSPS activities, and I just 💙 this Tech Jam “comic” sticker! So nicely done @ken_korth ! #SPSTechJam

Thursday @ 8:06 AM

Today is #TeamSPS Tech Jam 2019, where we collect as a community to share and learn from each other! We have presenters covering a wide range of topics, and representing many parts of our team! #SPSTechJam