Platforms Go Boink

When there is seven different ways to accomplish the one task you are trying to do and none of the people that build the platform, sell the platform, develop the platform, deploy the platform, test the platform or even manage the platform know which option is the best? Boink.

April 29, 2020

Greg Thomas

Start Before You Show Up

Before you get to the next meeting, learn about what it is about. Take 5 minutes and think about what is being asked of you. What questions will you ask? What questions will be asked to you? What materials would prove useful to bring? What will you be required to do? How will you present yourself? The goal of any meeting is to accomplish a particular objective and not to have the meeting. The need for the meeting is greater than what can be accomplished via an email. So before you get there, show up and be ready, only then

April 28, 2020

Greg Thomas

Learning New Platforms

When building software on a new platform there is only one thing you need to understand. The Platform. This goes for writing requirements. This goes for doing trials. This goes for testing. This goes for selling it. This goes for marketing it. This goes for running performance tests. This goes for deploying it. This goes for building software on it. If you don’t understand the platform, if you can’t communicate the platform, if don’t know where to tweak the platform and if you aren’t going to learn about the platform. Then you probably shouldn’t be delivering a solution on the

April 27, 2020

Greg Thomas

We Can Code Anything

Guess What? We can code it all. You might be surprised, but you shouldn’t be. Anything you can come up with, we can figure out a way to build it. It might not look like what you want, it might be a little different based on what we can do. But I guarantee we can code anything you come up with. Depending on how far-fetched it is, it might take some mass amounts of wealth and time to get it done, but it can be done. When building a new application, start your requirements with that level of confidence –

New Perks

Isn’t how it is going to go this week. You are going to need to up your game to show your team how well they are doing and how much they are valued. The old perks are gone while we all work remote and in there lies an opportunity to develop a new set of perks for your team that will show you how much you appreciate them. The problem for many, is that these new perks are steeped in authenticity, trust, appreciation, honesty and humbleness. They are not easy to come by and much harder to display then say