Articles for category: Ideas

3 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

The Login Problem

Despite everything we have advanced in application, the one that still lags behind as a brutal throwback to the earliest websites are login pages. Username, Password, Forgot Password. Sure, we have mixed and matched them with expiry links and codes (oh so many codes), but the structure and nature of the page is still the same – username and password. Nothing here has changed; sure, we have authenticator apps and codes – but the concept of login pages has spun out entire software product lines to manage the myriad of passwords we have. In whatever you are building, you are

3 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

I’m Reading a Textbook

Yes, I picked up a textbook (2 actually) on learning a new software language, and I love it. I love having everything in one place. I love reading the sidebars and comments on how things work and how to get started. I love hearing about a person’s learning journey from beginning to end. I love being on a logical roadmap instead of trying to figure it out on my own. And I enjoy the feeling and satisfaction of completing a chapter. Also, I like turning the page to something new, something a blog post will never be able to replicate.

4 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

Your Best Time

Your best time is the time that everything will forever be compared to. Forevermore, you will fight to beat and surpass it. Maybe you will, maybe you won’t. You might share it; many do, just as many don’t. Why? Because it’s their best time; it doesn’t need to be shared. Your Best Time is forever yours and yours to do with as you see fit. Surpass it, share it, hide it, admire it, let it rest, brag about it, don’t talk about it, leave it or forget it. It’s Yours to do with as you please.

3 months ago

Greg Thomas

Finding a Process Champion

Believe in the Process. Trust the Process. These are all good; these all make sense, as long as someone is a Champion of the Process and able to evangelize it in a way that makes people want to stay on board, makes them want to learn more, leaves them hungry with questions to ask. You need someone to lead the process for people to follow it; without someone to lead it, no one will follow it. The proof? How many times have you read the installation manual before trying to install whatever it is you’re working on? Want your process

3 months ago

Greg Thomas

The More You Know

NBC used to have these great slogans at the end of shows in the 80s/90s – “The More You Know”. They would generally be about drugs or drinking. But now, more than ever, the More You Know, the better you are positioned for what comes next. The More You Know was the driver to keep learning and get better at what you are doing because when you know more, you can solve more.

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