Articles for category: Drive

July 21, 2020

Greg Thomas

Getting Punted from RDP

When you’re working on a problem with someone, trying to figure out what is going, what is happening, who is going to do what, what’s next, etc, etc. Whatever it is, whenever there is someone else working on the problem with me, when I see that prompt that I’m about to get punted from a Remote Desktop Session… I feel a wave of relief knowing I’m not alone and there is a team working with me to get the problem done. From there, we’ll figure it out. But you need a team, that has that trust in each other, to

July 20, 2020

Greg Thomas

Your Next Great App

If you want the next app you write to be the greatest thing since slice bread there are two things you need to build into it. One solve a problem, this is key, if you’re not solving a problem, you’re building a game, that’s okay, but we’re in it to solve problems. Next once you solve that problem, create a way for them to bring their team into the mix. Not their friends, but their team. This isn’t a social app you are creating (unless it is), it’s a killer app. Solving a problem, knowing that the problem belongs to

July 17, 2020

Greg Thomas

Always Make a Mess

We worry too much about messing things up. When we should be worrying about holding back and not messing it up in the first place. It’s the mess that shows us how best to clean things up and make them better then they were before. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US).  I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.

July 8, 2020

Greg Thomas

Updates all Day, Every Day

There was a time when we complained about how long Microsoft Windows Updates would take to download and install to our machines. We setup “update” evenings to process all the updates that were in the backlog. Updates that were looked at and evaluated for close to three weeks before being applied to the servers. Now you wake up and 15 updates have been applied to your phone and a new feature has been installed to your desktop. Now the question isn’t the updates, the size of the updates or the frequency – it’s how to prepare your users and your

June 25, 2020

Greg Thomas

What do you need me to build?

In starting work on a new feature, story, use case, issue, etc, etc – there is generally some point where you are going to get confused. Perhaps it’s a new requirement, perhaps its a new concept you’ve never heard of or maybe, despite all the time that’s been invested, it’s written in such a way as to not evoke clarity in what you need to work on, there is one simple question which will give you what you need. “What do you need me to build?” If the answer is not an immediate, direct response, there is a problem –

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