Articles for category: Initiative

April 9, 2020

Greg Thomas

How do you Google?

That seems like a strange question but for real how do you do it? Do you type in the first random thought in your head and then see the results are nothing what you hoped for? From there you keep on refining your search, refining your thoughts, focusing your query on what you want and need until you discover what you were looking for? Did the “suggestions” from Google actually help you or just send you down a completely wrong path? Years ago, the error messages to programming bugs were contained in these massive books, they were finite. Someone took

March 31, 2020

Greg Thomas

Know Thy Tools

Working remote isn’t the easiest thing in the world to do, many do and are struggling with it. A quick way to get over the hump of it is to take a moment and learn the tools you need to use to be successful. You’ve already learned these tools in the office setting – how to say Hi to people at the beginning of the day, how to greet people when they enter a meeting, how to walk over to someone’s desk and ask them for help – you’ve learned all these norms because you took the time to learn

March 25, 2020

Greg Thomas

Stay Still

With all that is happening in the world around us, everything is being affected, even our daily discourse and what we write about. Staying still is very hard to do. Our parents have been trying to get us to do it since we were kids – “Sit Down, Stay Still, Don’t Move!” How long did you last? Not long I imagine, I sure didn’t. But now we are having to stay still for a different reason, one that not only affects us but those around you. It’s hard, but if you think of those around you, it gets easier. Code

March 24, 2020

Greg Thomas

Can you Hear me?

Instead of saying this before every call, perhaps something different… Most conferencing platforms have a “sound check” piece built into them where you can validate your settings in advance. When you have a computer with a webcam, speakers, separate mic and stereo port, this can be a welcome addition. Log into each meeting a bit early, save five minutes, and perform your sound check. When other people start arriving, instead of saying “Can you hear me?” – go right to “Hey, how’s it going?” It has the same effect, but gets the conversation starts sooner and if you’ve done your

March 18, 2020

Greg Thomas

The Hard Part about Community

Building and forming a community is hard, more so today, then normally. The hardest part about getting involved in a community? Realizing that we all have a part to play, we all can’t do the same thing, and that to be successful we all must realize that we’re in it together. Online communities flourish because those that join, want to do all of those things – they see a community which is modeled to their wants and desires and are drawn to it. Today though, we aren’t being drawn to our communities by want or desire, but by need and

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