Wouldn’t it be great if you had a Play By Play announcer following you around every day, tracking your movements, annotating everything you did? Would you change what you’re doing? Would you be a little more daring to liven things up? Would you push yourself a little harder when things aren’t going your way? Would you tell them to be quiet so you could focus and get your work done? Would you see them as…
Is what customers rave about. Is what your developers are proud of. Is what your Sales Team shows first to prospective customers. Is what your Leadership team talks about first at any presentation. Is what drives your organization. Is the foundation of your business. So when it ships, the expectations from your users will always be that this is the most solid, well-thought out, cleanly designed, validated and automated piece of the product that they…
If you are looking to go to the cloud. I mean really go to the cloud, not simply hosting a bunch of VMs in the cloud. Make a small change today to get there. Start deploying test services in the cloud. Don’t deploy anything that requires a local database. Don’t create local virtual machines to work on projects. Start using GIT or TFS Online (or both). Transition from local development, to 100% online. And if…
At least once in your life. Prepare for it with warm clothing, get a tent, figure out what you’re going to eat (I recommend maximum prep and limited cook time – simple is good), bring a friend (and plenty of fire wood along for the ride). Don’t check the weather in advance. It will be cold. It might be wet. It will be cold. Possibly very windy. And a sled, make sure you have a…
How many times have you wanted to have the quick, immediate answer to a question in your head? The quick snappy comeback that people walk away thinking – “okay, I see how this is”. We don’t always have it, we can’t always have it. But if you don’t have it, you could shoot back with one that will make people pause and waiting to hear more. “I have a plan” Now people are listening, now…