Articles for category: Drive

March 28, 2024

Greg Thomas

When the Connection Drops

I do everything by way of the Internet. Very little I do does not require the cloud or internet or need to be synced up once back online. Writing Blogs, Writing Articles, connecting to cloud services, writing code, combing discussion forums, finding inspiration, all of it – requires a connection. Going offline is not as easy as it once was where I could take a high-powered laptop, load it up with Virtual Images, and work disconnected. So when the connection drops, as it did yesterday, for a few hours, everything backs up, and the machine comes to a stop, waiting

March 26, 2024

Greg Thomas

It’s Not about How Long it Takes

Take as long as you need. But get there. If you’re not planning on getting there, abandon it. There are things that have a time crunch on them, figure out if it’s for you or not (perhaps it’s not). That’s okay. What isn’t okay is rushing to get things done and making a mess of it.

March 24, 2024

Greg Thomas

See all the Angles

You only have the solution to the problem when you see all the angles to the problem. And you only see all the angles to the problem when you admit you don’t know everything and you need to figure out a different way to make it work. Seeing all the angles starts with admitting you don’t have the answer.

Old Ideas, Can Live Again

Old ideas don’t die. They get re-packaged, updated, built upon, and shipped in something different and better than before. They evolve. Just because you did something before and it didn’t work, doesn’t mean it won’t work this time with a few tweaks to it.

March 19, 2024

Greg Thomas

Fall back, Launch Forward

Last week, we turned the clocks back – cue all the noise about Daylight Savings. The thing is everyone fell back. The question is whether you were willing to launch forward while everyone else was.