Articles for category: Drive

August 3, 2016

Greg Thomas

Getting Back Into It

You used to be an expert at something. You were the goto guy/gal to make it happen and get it done. You were an unstoppable force to be reckoned with that jumped in with fearless abandon, each and every day. When the chips were down, you were the person they would call. Now you’ve haven’t been doing that “something” for awhile and you’re starting to feel like you’re not good enough, not smart enough, not brave enough to make that leap. Only you are, you have the wisdom of where to start, the capacity for understanding how to grow and

July 14, 2016

Greg Thomas

The Distraction Subtraction

I’ve taken to using those productivity timer tools of late, being a little weary of what they offer. And what they offer is great. The one I am big on these days is Strick Workflow because it is so simple.  It’s a Chrome extension, so easily installed across my various profiles and it has one job (but does two); Block access to sites for x period of time. Give you a break for x period of time. #1 is what I searched for, #1 and #2 is what I found. When we have so many notifications coming our way on

July 4, 2016

Greg Thomas

Defining your Code Velocity

Some people, generally do some things faster than others and vice-versa. You can estimate all you want and task it out all you want, but at the end of the day, that’s what it comes down. Velocity, when defined, is the speed of something moving in a given direction. The faster someone goes is the easiest (and generally most obvious) way to measure velocity. But it’s not the only way… accuracy redundancy readability transition understanding reduced bug count These are all factors that can shape your velocity and show that what you are shipping is more than simply code before

June 14, 2016

Greg Thomas

Microsoft and LinkedIn and SlideShare – Oh My!

I don’t typically write about industry related news, although I have a couple in my Trello that are waiting to be written so there could be a few coming. However, yesterday’s announcement of Microsoft buying LinkedIn was something that I had to drop a line on as I heavily use LinkedIn on a daily basis and I practically live on Microsoft software. LinkedIn was the first social media network I ever joined and have never looked back at the usefulness that it provides.  Money aside, there is an incredible amount of reach and power between both companies where they can now

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