November 10, 2024
Heard this from a friend the other day in regards to not getting something you wanted. You have two choices for you respond. Tell me why I didn’t get what I wanted? Tell me what I have to do to get what I want? One puts the blame on others, the other puts the growth and accountability on you. Which do you want to be?
November 7, 2024
Another set of SPAMMY emails I receive. “Can I have a moment?” Well if we’ve never met, and you emailed me out of the middle of nowhere (honestly I have no idea where you live, for all I know you could be on a space shuttle), chances are no we can’t have a moment? Because a moment, that word, means something treasured, something of value, some level of trust that has built up over time that I give to people who have earned it and that I get back from people where I have earned it with them. You can
November 5, 2024
The weeks leading up to a big event are stressful. Everyone’s trying to get organized, the lists are never-ending, new items are getting added daily, it can feel like you’ll never be ready. And maybe you won’t, and here is the day, and all you can do now is… Enjoy it, support it, work through it, roll with it, learn from it, and grow.
November 4, 2024
The same development problems, happen irrespective of the languages and platform you use; Delivery schedules Ticket Management Code Re-use Technical Debt API versioning Branching strategies Templates and Re-Use Data Access When we get past those problems, then the game will change.
November 4, 2024
Communities are everywhere you look. Software, sports, hobbies, gaming, building, bird-watching, coding, thinking, etc, etc. But are they communities? Do they all share the same characteristics and agree to the same norms? Or are they all thrown together with the hope that they someday might become a community, that one day they could come together? I’ve always looked at a community as not something you sign up for, but something that comes together, when you’re not expecting it, like a team culture, it happens and then it’s there. Everyone signing up or joining, that’s not a community, that’s a club,
