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My Engineering Values | Mike McQuaid

mikemcquaid.com/2020/12/15/my-engineering-values/
I’ve been encouraged by a mentor to think about what my core (engineering) values are (in the context of being recently promoted to be a “staff engineer” and having my eyes on being a “principal engineer” one day). This felt like something that could be of wider interest so here we go:

Hello Kinopio – Kinopio

kinopio.club/
Kinopio is the visual thinking tool for new ideas and hard problems.

The Focus to Say No

fs.blog/2011/09/steve-jobs-saying-no/
Confusing speed and velocity causes trouble. When you say yes to something it should move you closer to your destination. Sometimes we say yes to things that just move us in a circle — we work hard but we don’t get anywhere.

Logical Fallacies - List of Logical Fallacies with Examples

logicalfallacies.org/
A comprehensive list of logical fallacies, with definitions, explanations, and examples that are easy-to-understand.

archives.design

archives.design/
An organized collection of graphic design related items that are available on the Internet Archives

A Tiny Twist on Street Design: The One-Minute City - Bloomberg

bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-01-05/a-tiny-twist-on-street-design-the-one-minute-city
While the “15-minute city” model promotes neighborhood-level urban planning, Sweden is pursuing a hyper-local twist: a scheme to redesign every street in the nation.