March 16, 2023

Greg Thomas

But What’s Happening?

If you receive different answers and varied responses to the question “What’s Happening?” – then the answer is – “No one knows.” And that’s where you need to start to make things better.

March 15, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Last Bug

The Last Bug is always the most satisfying to fix. It doesn’t matter what status it has associated with it, what state it is in, or how long it takes. It’s the icing on the cake and it’s the greatest feeling to ship it and call it a day. Until the next bug comes in and you have to start all over again… then that becomes the last bug.

March 14, 2023

Greg Thomas

Hurdles on Hurdles

They don’t do Hurdles on Hills. Probably because it would be insanely difficult. No one would ever think to try it. You would probably get hurt more often than not. But if you did do it, you would probably develop muscles you never knew you had to propel yourself further up the hill, against gravity past the hill.  You would probably need to be more aware of your surroundings when pushing up and you would most likely need to pull in your legs much closer when you leap. It would be that much more difficult to accomplish, but when you

Growth Training

The implicit goal behind any training is growth. It can mask itself in a job, in a game, or in the final outcome of a hobby. But it’s everything before that, which is growing and which matters to those big moments. And yes, training is hard, that’s because you can’t always see the end while you’re doing it. That’s why it’s called training.

March 12, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Wrong Remote

How many wrong ways are there to do remote? So many.  I don’t know if it has gotten worst or better.  I miss the days of Remotely Prepared and all the conversations we had because I learned so much about what I should and should not be doing. I feel like we learned so much being in that bubble. And yet, I feel like we still have so much to learn. Like for instance – how come online meeting software is so bloated when it’s use is meant to be so simple? Simplicity, that’s what remote was meant to be,