Get ready for a productivity party as Ian and Ash dive into the chaotic world of getting stuff done! From Ash's Trello-powered life management system to Ian's valiant attempts at David Allen's Getting Things Done, our dynamic duo explore the highs and lows of personal productivity.

Warning: may contain traces of work-in-progress limits and an unhealthy obsession with database administrators.

But wait, there's more! Brace yourself for a mind-bending journey into Conway's Law, where organizational charts meet software architecture in a cosmic dance of confusion. Watch Ian struggle to grasp Ash's examples (don't worry, he gets there eventually) as they unravel the mysteries of monoliths, microservices, and everything in between.

With a sprinkle of neoliths, megalithic humor, and a dash of LinkedIn bot paranoia, this episode is guaranteed to leave you questioning your team structure and reaching for your Trello board. Remember folks, in the world of What A Lot Of Things, everything changes while staying exactly the same!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Links

• In Defence of Productivity by Jason Swett
• The Protestant Work Ethic by Oliver Burkeman
• David Allen’s Getting Things Done
• 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman, and his TEDx Manchester talk Why Patience is a Superpower
• Productivity software: OmniFocus 4, Trello
• Outside Context Problem, from Excession by Iain M Banks
• Windows Recall: How to turn it off and why you should at Tom’s Guide
• The DevOps Handbook by  Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis, Nicole Forsgren
• Strangler Fig blog post by Martin Fowler, and his post on Conway’s Law.
• Conway’s Law and Mel Conway's paper How Committees Invent
• Dealing with Creaky Legacy Platforms by Jonny LeRoy
• Team Topologies by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais, Wardley Maps by Simon Wardley and The Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks.
• When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink
• Hachyderm

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