Interesting links of the week (11/28 – 12/04)

Here are some articles and blog posts I’ve run into over the last week that I found interesting.

Note: starting with this week, I'll be doing a better job of tagging with the correct categories. :-)

Non-Technical

• Will Reading Fiction Make You a Better Programmer?
• 4 Ways You Didn't Realize Imposter Syndrome Affects You
• 3 Better Ways to Start a Networking Email Than “Remember Me?”
• Want to be a better speaker? Choose your words less carefully.
• The Emotionally Intelligent Person's Guide To Disagreeing With Your Boss
• What Happened When I Spent A Week Keeping My Mouth (Mostly) Shut

Technical

• Hype Driven Development
• .NET Standard 2.0 - Making Sense of .NET Again
• Why are software development task estimations regularly off by a factor of 2-3?
• 5 tips to help developers keep up with changing technologies
• Let’s stop copying C
• Reactive programming vs. Reactive systems
• Be the Automator
• How to Properly Delete Calendar Spam in iCal
• HTML 5.1 is the gold standard

Random

• How we grade bourbon
• Why I’d Love to Be a College Student Again
• DC Rebirth – The first six months