Small Improvements Mini Blog


We code most of the time. But every now and then we feel we have something to say. Then we put it here.


General News

Mobile Edition: Small Improvements on Small Screens
Our "Angry Goats" campaign
We're an official Atlassian Partner now!
Atlassian picks Small Improvements, wins Human Capital Institute M-Prize

About Performance Management

The Performance Review is dead — long live the Performance Review!
How to write great 360 degree peer review feedback and actually make a difference. In German
What to write about in a peer review. Some ideas on making sure you don't forget half the picture
360 degree feedback sucks (...if you get it wrong)
Scary: How to write 360 degree feedback about your boss or manager

About Recruiting

Hiring Great Developers. Part 1: Tuning the work environment, writing the ad
Hiring Great Developers. Part 2: The Pre-Screening


Technical Bits

Performance tuning our App Engine application
Dealing with App Engine downtimes in an Apache Wicket application Two maintenance windows are approaching. Can your Wicket application stay up?
Tuning Wicket session size Crucial to make it work reliably on Google App Engine.
10 things I love about Apache Wicket (and I wish I had known earlier).

General Ramblings

Interview with the Small Improvements CEO
Why you should use web based performance review system for that upcoming review, and not MS Word
What is better, continuous feedback or annual reviews? Apples or oranges?
Where to find free performance review software?
Stop doing annual reviews. Do them more often!
Employee performance appraisal software

Also, we have a look at what others write! Check out our recommended reading list.


Our weekly status update

This week in Small Improvements - 13th November 2011
This week in Small Improvements - 20th November 2011
This week in Small Improvements - 27th November 2011
This week in Small Improvements - 5th January 2012. New 360 degree feedback features!