Articles for category: Initiative

December 1, 2020

Greg Thomas

The Features Your Customer Wants

There is always a trade-off between what your customer wants and what you are willing to give them. You want your product to always remain front and centre in their minds so they are always remembering to come back for upgrades, support, renewals and most of all – chatting it up with other people. I like WordPress, but the way plugin companies can now notify you of changes, updates, etc has become a horrific mess. Some of these notifications are quite huge, forcing you to scroll down to get to your own work and most don’t make sense or provide

November 27, 2020

Greg Thomas

Project Fatigue

It always sets in mid-way through a project. You look at the work you’ve done, you look at the work you have to do and you wonder whether you have it in you to get. It’s not easy, it was never meant to be easy, and for the faint of heart, they throw in the towel or move onto something different. But not you. You won’t give up. You won’t throw in the towel. You won’t move onto something else after the first beta goes out the door. You’ll pick up your gear and keep going, keep leading, keep inspiring.

November 23, 2020

Greg Thomas

Mentoring Developers Podcast

I did an interview a while back on How to move up the Career Ladder on the Mentoring Developers Podcast. This is a great podcast for developers looking to learn and figure out their career trajectory, where they are headed and what they can to do get there. Had a really great time on the show. As a bonus, we recorded the video for the episode as well, available here.

November 20, 2020

Greg Thomas

The Lessons You Will Learn

This year, they are not the lessons you set out in your resolutions. They are not the ones you stayed up late at night, excited to accomplish. They are not the ones that will necessarily help in your career path. Indirectly most likely, but not directly. The lessons you learn, will push you harder than you thought possible. They will make you rethink your decisions. They will give you pause. And just when you think you have figured it all out, they will force you to figure it out all again. There are lessons to be learned this year of

November 16, 2020

Greg Thomas

Old Remote Tool Excitement

Yes, we all have remote fatigue. But remember the excitement you had the first time you started up ICQ with this incredibly simple username that was easy to remember that you then used to login and connect with people not only in your office but remotely? I remember the first time I could chat at my desk with my wife at work using GTalk. Maybe what you don’t need is the latest, fanciest and greatest tool for your team so they can have high-def video. Maybe what you need to do is recapture the excitement and fun of being remote.