Articles for category: Initiative

September 12, 2020

There is nothing worse than having a train of thought in a meeting that you are trying desperately to get through only to have someone interrupt and say any of the following; One second, there is someone at the door. I can’t hear you, can you hear me? I couldn’t hear that last part. Hold on, my eggs are burning Such is the world of online meetings (and that last one is legit, happened in a meeting). We can no longer run remote meetings as we ran them on-site. Are shorter meetings the answer? Perhaps. Are more efficient meetings the

September 9, 2020

Greg Thomas

Delivery Initiative

Make a Little Noise

There is a lot going on in the world. In your office. In your team. And all I can think of today. Is that maybe it’s a good time… To make a little noise.

September 6, 2020

Greg Thomas

Drive Initiative

The Power Outage

The only way to keep going in a power outage is to have a generator waiting behind the scenes ready to go when you lose all connectivity. Except it’s possible to maintain complete connectivity in an outage, regardless of batteries or UPS. Eventually the internet will drop, eventually you’ll have moment to power down all of your devices gracefully and eventually it will be just you and the pen. What are you going to do when you can’t connect to anything? What will consume? What will you do?

September 4, 2020

Greg Thomas

Growth Initiative

Running a Technical Interview

I’ve tried everything when it comes to interviews for developers. What I’ve found over the last few years as to what sticks and what really shows me what you know that you are doing? Is for you to talk. I want to hear you talk about applications you built. I want to hear you say what went right and what went wrong. I want to hear what you would change. I want to know why you went with a certain framework and not another one. I want to know why you didn’t do performance testing. I want to know how

August 28, 2020

Greg Thomas

Drive Initiative

Finding the Time

Everyone is busy working on everything that they are doing. You’re busy trying to keep your head above water. That list of things you want to accomplish isn’t getting any shorter. So now, is the perfect time to prioritize what you need to do and get it done. When are you at your best to get things done? Great, schedule that work to happen there and no where else – that is when you are at your best. Does this mean you might sign on 15 – 30 minutes later for work? Possibly, but if that is all the time

Meeting Interruptions

Make a Little Noise

The Power Outage

Running a Technical Interview

Finding the Time

I’m Just Getting Started

Tracking It

Gearing up for Winter