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View Source is a community of somewhat technical people who often are interested in building things for the web. We aim to be a place to talk about work, things we're interested in, and whatever else makes sense.

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mootpointer / too_afraid.md
Last active October 5, 2021 01:29
Too Afraid to Try

Too afraid to try: Innovation is impossible without psychological safety

Innovation and creativity are inextricably linked. However, in the murky waters of ambiguity we often lose our way. We cling to what is known and what is safe, and create environments where accountability and preserving the status quo trumps the potential gains of innovation. For us to truly innovate, we need to foster environments of psychological safety: where we are certain about some things so we can embrace the uncertainty of others. In this session we will dig into research, some stories from the trenches and best practices to find how we can unlock innovation and creativity through creating a place where your team feels safe to try.

Resources

Books

The Fearless Organisation - Amy Edmondson: A book from the researcher who brought psychological safety to the fore. Brings stories of what psychological safety looks like (and

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mootpointer / run phoenix on amazon linux.sh
Created February 24, 2016 04:31 — forked from eikes/run phoenix on amazon linux.sh
run phoenix on amazon linux
# app deps
sudo yum install git
# erlang deps
sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
sudo yum install ncurses-devel
# erlang
wget http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_18.1.tar.gz
tar -zxvf otp_src_18.1.tar.gz
Enum.map(params, fn {key, val} -> {String.to_atom(key), val } end) |> Enum.into(%{}) |> BranchSerializer.to_map
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mootpointer / update_user.rb
Created May 6, 2015 02:28
Service to update a user
require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/slice'
module MyCompany
module Services
class UpdateUser
attr_reader :user, :params
def initialize user, params
@user, @params = user, params
end
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mootpointer / gist:1b7114c573870ecad7fb
Created September 22, 2014 05:46
How to watch Sydney iPhone stock
# Install GNU watch
brew install watch
# Watch for updates (they'll be highlighted in white)
watch --difference=cumulative -d -n 60 'curl -s https://reserve.cdn-apple.com/AU/en_AU/reserve/iPhone/availability.json | grep -e "R523\|R238\|R458\|R253" -A18'
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mootpointer / gist:6248052
Last active December 21, 2015 04:18
Things I need to write manifests for boxen for...
  • Macvim icon
  • Solarized theme for iTerm2
  • bundler project
  • osx prefs