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Everyone should use encrypted messaging
Encrypted messaging systems, such as Signal and Matrix, even to a somewhat lesser extent, iMessage – are important to all people because they help to protect the privacy and security of your communications. When you use an encrypted messaging app, your messages are transformed into a secure, encrypted code that can only be read by…
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Simple steps for an effective backlog session
Backlog grooming, also known as backlog refinement, is a meeting held in the Scrum framework to review and prioritize items in the product backlog. The goal of backlog grooming is to ensure that the items in the product backlog are clear, well-defined, and ready for the development team to work on. To conduct an effective…
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Simple steps for an effective sprint review
A sprint review is a meeting that takes place at the end of a sprint in which the team demonstrates the work that has been completed during the sprint to stakeholders. It is an opportunity for the team to get feedback and for stakeholders to ask questions about the work. To conduct a sprint review,…
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Start (or at least start using again) a Fucking Blog!
https://startafuckingblog.com/ This is a fucking blog, and it’s wonderful. It’s perfect. It allows you to share your words, in your own voice, with no corporate fuckery to fuck it up for you. Blogs are very fucking important, because they allow you to own your content. Whatever you share, it’s yours and no fucks, like Elon…
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Congress wants DoD’s telework policies set in stone | Federal News Network
Good luck with this. Getting the military to move quickly with regard to policy changes is not something that you typically see. In today’s Federal Newscast, emphasizing the availability of telework for federal jobs may lead to better recruitment and retention. Source: Congress wants DoD’s telework policies set in stone | Federal News Network
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Simple steps for an effective retrospective
A retrospective is a meeting held at the end of each sprint in the Scrum framework. The purpose of the retrospective is to allow the development team to reflect on the past sprint and identify ways to improve the process going forward. To conduct an effective retrospective, the Scrum Master should follow these steps: By…
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Employees are getting happier working from home as the pandemic drags on, and companies are getting worried
Well no kidding. No commute, no packing lunch / eating out… this is quite obvious.
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The NSA phone surveillance program was illegal and expensive: And it did not stop a single terrorist attack.
The National Security Agency (NSA) is a U.S. intelligence agency responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S. government communications and information systems. In the course of its work, the NSA has been known to conduct surveillance on U.S. citizens, both inside and outside the…
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54 Percent of Americans Want to Work Remote Regularly After Coronavirus Pandemic Ends, New Poll Shows
Researchers at Tufts University found America was ready to move to a remote work experience, but not ready enough. Source: 54 Percent of Americans Want to Work Remote Regularly After Coronavirus Pandemic Ends, New Poll Shows As someone, who has finally got my first taste of remote work – this seems a bit low to…
