Articles for category: Drive

January 8, 2020

Greg Thomas

Teach Your Own Course

It’s easy to sit back and complain that there are no courses for you, that nothing that you want or need is out there. It’s a whole other ballgame to realize this and decide to teach your own course. To put together the materials. To figure out the resources that are needed. To figure out who you need to learn from and get information from. And maybe, when you’ve finished doing this, you’ll realize, that you’re not the only one who needed this course and now you have a new opportunity in front of you. But it all begins with

December 13, 2019

Greg Thomas

Be the Worst

Another Todd McFarlane video for you. It’s a great discussion on being an artist (and hey I think being a Software Developer is like being an Artist). In the video, McFarlane makes a point to those starting out try to not emulate the BEST but rather emulate the WORST and it’s for one simple reason. If you can look at the WORST, find a way to do it better then them, then you are already ahead of them. If you are able to get ahead of them, well then you’re on your way to getting better each time. Who the

December 9, 2019

Greg Thomas

Now What do I do?

If you don’t know, then you haven’t been paying attention. It’s that simple. If you have to ask, then you’ve been ignoring what’s happening with the rest of the team and have only been focused on your own work. At the end of the day, it’s what the team delivers that matters, not what the individual does. Whether it’s agile, scrum, waterfall, nimble, bimble or my favourite – simple – it’s all a measurement of what the group accomplished and what the group delivered – right down to how work is prioritized and organized. With that in mind if you

December 6, 2019

Greg Thomas

One Word

That is what it came down to… one word that ended… well it ended a writing streak that lasted 240 days. A streak where I turned in pages every day writing about anything and everything, some with focus, some without but all of it with a purpose. The goal is to write a minimum set of words day each to get the streak going. I got up to 240 (ish) days and then missed out on it by one word. One word. So now, it’s back to the beginning and starting all over again. I’d be lying if I said

November 26, 2019

Greg Thomas

Everyone Loves a Good Chart

And why not it shows progress, it shows movement, it shows direction, where things are headed and what our goals are. Except when the data is bad. When the data is bad, all it is is a picture with arrows.