Month: October 2018

October 16, 2018

Greg Thomas

Working Angry?

Can you do it? Can you actually work angry? Draw angry? Code angry? Practice angry? Write angry? Create angry? I don’t think you/we can.  I think it’s near impossible.  I think anger can give us a push in the direction to do something, to make something happen, to not give up when it’s all we want to do. But I don’t think we can do all those things angry for the simple reason that when you sit down to work, you take a deep breath, say your mantra and get to it – and everything else falls away. Anger might

October 15, 2018

Greg Thomas

Why not to Listen to the Critics

Before it’s weekend release, the movie Venom (not released by Marvel) received a 30% rating right as audiences were going in the door. At the end of the weekend, it broke all records for an October weekend earning $80+ million. If ever there was an example to not listen to the critics, to do your own thing, to buck the trends, to try something new… this is it. Fun Fact: The Audience Score for Venom was 89% having liked it. Don’t let the Critics get you down.

October 11, 2018

Greg Thomas

The Uninitiated Requested Upgrade

Two instances today of upgrades that went sideways as of late. While running a critical program my desktop upgraded.  I had to dig into the settings to force it to notify me (the audacity) when it can decide to reboot. And restart my program again, losing 8 hours of work. This process could have been tweaked with a simple pop-up – “Hey, it looks like you’re doing some work, want us to wait?”. I have other ideas, but that’s the simplest (and they know work is going on, they built the programs). The second was a request to upgrade a

October 10, 2018

Greg Thomas

Get Yourself a Right-Hand Man

Or woman. Washington knew all about it (as did Hamilton). The tune is great, but the message is even better. You need someone at your side to help you get over the mountain. You need someone to keep you in multiple places at once when you can’t be. You need someone who can zig when you zag. You need someone to grow with you. You need someone to exceed you. Face it, you need a Right-Hand Man (or woman).

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