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Bragging

Share Your Excitement With Your Team

January 7, 2010 Bragging

I’ve already written about how important bragging is and what a great way micro demos are to brag. Bragging is even more important if you’re a teleworker. Communication takes very little effort when you are in the same office with your team. Your team watches you working, chats in the hallway, and talks around [...]

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7 Tips for Better Bragging With Micro Demos

December 17, 2009 Bragging

I recently posted about how micro demos can help you show your work and how bragging will get your team excited about your work. Are you ready to give it a try? Here are seven tips for making your micro demos successful.
1. Keep it short. A micro demo should never be longer than [...]

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Bragging With Micro Demos

December 10, 2009 Bragging

I recently posted about why you should brag more. Lately my favorite way of bragging is micro demos. A micro demo is a simple and concrete software demo that takes less than 10 minutes. The best micro demos are even shorter. Aza Raskin posts great micro demos about the Ubiquity [...]

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4 Tips for Better Bragging

December 3, 2009 Bragging

Bragging is really important and you probably don’t do it enough. Afraid to brag? Worried that you will look stupid? Don’t want to be the type of engineer who is all talk? Here are four tips to help you start bragging and get more recognition for your ideas and contributions without [...]

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You Should Brag More

November 26, 2009 Bragging

I work with a really great engineer named Simon. He takes complicated problems and designs simple solutions. His code is clean, easy to follow, and just plain works. And I almost didn’t realize it because he doesn’t brag enough.
Bragging makes your work better for two reasons. You will make your code better so [...]

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