April 14, 2017
I had the opportunity to go back to a school and talk some more about code. This time the focus was on IoT and Cloud – amazing to see the growth and development of the kids in the classroom. The full experience is on my LinkedIn article here and the full Slideshare presentation is here.
April 11, 2017
Your boss? Your spouse? Your unfinished manifesto? Your brother? Your team? Your incomplete ideas? Your landlord? Your company? Your dog? Your hangover? Your banged up car? Your tweaked muscle? Or maybe what’s holding you back is that big long list of excuses where you put the blame everywhere else except where it needs to be. Is someone visibly standing in your way telling you not to try out that new idea? Physically stopping you from getting to your keyboard and typing out your ideas? Putting their foot on you while you do that last push-up? We all have things
April 5, 2017
It’s not always right in front of you, it’s not always able to see, but it is paying off, bit by bit. Have faith and keep moving on – keep reading – “How To Know When Your Hard Work Is Paying Off?”
March 27, 2017
Take the day, seriously take the entire day, take the entire day and a notebook and pen. Go somewhere, anywhere, where it’s just you and only you. Leave the phone at home, you’re not going to need it. Don’t forget your lunch, you’re going to get hungry and you don’t want your day to get messed up because you thought to bring your treats. Now wherever you end up, Plan Out You. Plan out where you want to go. Plan out what you want to do. Plan out who you want to be. Plan out when you want to do
March 8, 2017
My favourite part of software development has always been the creative opportunities that it presents… Coming up with new ideas to complex problems. Trying something out simply to see if works. Building something that no one thinks really works and watching it work. Dreaming of an idea and then putting it into practice. I love it, I love every aspect of it, it’s amazing and wonderful and beautiful all at the same time with an artistic wonder that I think is sometimes forgotten. I think it’s the only industry on the planet that offers so much freedom to its community
