Human Factors (Peopleware)

To what extent are your teammates trying to help
each other, or team as a whole, to get to grips with the work?

A friend (and former boss) has put together a list of books and links that he finds useful. There is some good stuff, thought I'd share it here.

http://cazano7.spaces.live.com/

Chris Morris's recent post about self-management techniques has provided good food for thought. In particular, one idea from Chris's list--saying "Thank you" in response to someone's discovery of a defect in your code--reminded me of a lesson that took me many years to learn for myself: being open. What I mean is, being open to a direction or idea that is suggested or inspired by someone else. It's easy to remain "closed," a state in which the default posture is defensiveness, or insecurity, or fear, or control, a state in which the default answer is "No."

My thoughts on Web 2.0. Let me know what you think...