Articles for category: Delivery

June 28, 2018

Greg Thomas

The Last Minute Adventure

It used to be that you if you wanted to go see the latest release of a particular movie you would have to wait in line. (I did this once) And if you got there and there were no tickets, you had to figure out what you were going to do as you waited for the next show to start. And even if you bought your tickets, and were late getting back to the theatre (because maybe you were enjoying that drink with your friends) when you got to the theatre you had to separate because there were no rows

June 26, 2018

Greg Thomas

When the Losses are Mounting

I’m big on not giving up on achieving your end goal. If it’s something you want, figure it out, keep trying, but don’t give up, especially when you get discouraged. But switch up your gameplan, don’t keep executing the same gameplan day after day after day after day after day. Tweak each part of your plan a bit, so you can measure success, see what worked and what didn’t and take it from there. That’s what’s matters, are you willing to shake things up when the losses are mounting. That’s growth, that’s change, that’s the ability to flip a problem

June 25, 2018

Greg Thomas

Breaking Down the Noise

The problem with eliminating noise is that you then have solitude which results in a vacuum where more noise can originate from. So now you are in this cycle of emptying the noise and refilling it, emptying the noise and refilling it. Maybe the problem isn’t one of eliminating the noise but rather finding out what noise is good and finding a way to make it work. Maybe what you should be doing is finding a way to Break it Down and find a way to use it.

June 18, 2018

Greg Thomas

The Tractor vs Cadillac Delivery Trap

If you’re a developer, you’ve heard about the argument of delivering the Tractor vs the Cadillac. If not, here it is in condensed form. Tractor – rock solid, gets you from A to B with little fanfare, doesn’t look great, does the job, never falls over, stable as a rock. Cadillac – it looks really pretty, it’ll give you the smoothest ride from A to B (when it works), it has all the bells and whistles (but doesn’t always work). So the question becomes when debating the delivery of a new feature is whether you want it to be solid

June 15, 2018

Greg Thomas

Practice, Practice, Practice

At the time of this post, I have written over 750+ blog entries, another 40 – 50 articles on other sites (Medium, LinkedIn, others) and am still toiling away on endeavors elsewhere. But it’s not enough. I’m not there yet. I’m in that valley of Craptivity, not yet out, still deep, still taking that swing for the fences every day. Just like everyone else who shows up to put in the time, chip away at the beast and make something happen. Don’t stop practicing.  

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