I’ve been involved in the planning of events (presentations, speeches, large demonstrations, etc) over the past year and I’ve come to realize a few things. Of those that register for your event, only 30% will show up. To get the other 70%, follow-up with them, remind them, reach out to them, engage them and you will see this number rise. Subject Matter and Content get people through the doors. Friends are great, but if you…
It’s 9 months into my year long goal of trying to become a better drawer. I can’t use the term artist at this point in time. I’ve taken to calling the moments that I sit down to draw that oh so humbling moment where I close my eyes and see incredibly sketches in my head, only to see them not turn out like that on paper. I haven’t thrown anything out, I’m almost through my…
Since mid-December 2015, I’ve been writing a Rambli once a day, 5 days a week. Sometimes I write them in advance and schedule them up, but everyday was about shipping something out there. Yesterday was the first day that I didn’t ship. Left a hole, feels like something didn’t happen, the whole day felt slightly off kilter. Kind of sad, really wanted to do it every day for the whole year… Even today, here I am at…
Big or small – it’s always been a goal of mine to speak at a developer conference on a topic of pretty much anything where the focus is solely on getting the information out there. Like anything in life you cannot go straight to uber Architect, you need to put in the time and hustle to make it happen. Outside of your place of employment, no one is going to hand it to you, you…
I like the process of making resolutions, keeping them, infinitely harder. Some I am on track for keeping, some I am not. Others I have written down because they are really important to me, others I have not (and by way of not doing so, I know they are not really that important to me). One thing to remember is that it doesn’t matter the scale or size of your goal when you inevitably compare…