Month: July 2024

July 31, 2024

Greg Thomas

New Keyboards

I’m picky about my keyboards. I don’t like when they are too loud. The formatting of the fingers are very important (a year ago I switched to the Natural keyboards and love them). If possible, minimum lighting is preferred (only on the pesky lock buttons), everything else can be dark. And that’s all they need to do because that is all I need or want from a keyboard. When I buy a new keyboard I like, I buy two of them so when one goes (and sadly, they all go), I have a spare one on hand so I can

July 29, 2024

Greg Thomas

Can you Handle a Blip?

Not everything can. We used to have a great test to see if our code could survive. We pulled the network cable. That’s, no other fancy actions, just pure and simple, we pulled the cord to see what good our app would be if we yanked out the cord that powered everything. And better yet, we plugged it back in to see how it came back to life (if it did). You will suffer blips in your career, the cord will be yanked from you, you can also plug it back in to get back online. It’s not easy, but

July 28, 2024

Greg Thomas

Being Efficient… is Not Easy

It is an uphill battle. It will require phone calls and waiting for people to answer. It will require presentations and banging your head against the wall. It will require repeating yourself over and over again. It will take patience. It will time. It won’t happen overnight. But you will get there… and maybe you’ll bring some others there with you.

July 27, 2024

Greg Thomas

Do Flyers Still Work

I go to the mailbox and there is more flyers than mail crammed into that tiny little mailbox. My mail gets scrunched up because of these flyers.  Because they are being so scrunched up, sometimes they are ripped and not worth reading. 80% of these flyers don’t get opened – the only decision I make is whether I should keep them for camping to start fires with or recycle them. So where is their value? How long will it take to get rid of them?  In any movie I’ve watched that takes place in the future, no one is reading

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