Open Source Projects and Poisonous People

Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman, authors of the new O’Reilly book, “Team Geek: A Software Developer’s Guide to Working Well with Others”, had a great talk at Google I/O 2008 that is a must watch, Open Source Projects and Poisonous People:

There is great value in taking advice like this and turning it towards myself. By working to not be poisonous, I can encourage, lift up, empower and embolden. It’s a balancing act I’m working on and is reflected in Joe Campbell, a friend and co-worker, recent post “Gentle Strenth – Wizdom Applied”.

I’m looking forward to reading “Team Geek: A Software Developer’s Guide to Working Well with Others”.

(original post about the book is via Boing Boing)

Some Great Advice For Developers Joining A New Team

Rafe has a short writeup with terrific advice for a developer joining a new team: “rc3.org – How to make it as the new developer on a team”.

Video: Creating a Culture of Change

YouTube: John Rauser from Amazon at Velocity 2010: “Creating Cultural Change”:

  1. try something new
  2. create a group identity
  3. welcome newcomers
  4. be relentless
  5. be excited

(via Jon Moore)