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Pick Your Path
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Speed Running Buddhism Misses the Point
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No One Likes to Run
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The Brick
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Finding a Process Champion
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The Idea Matrix of Your Team
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The More You Know
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The Direction of AI
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Generating Meeting Value
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You can build it in 2 Minutes
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I just watched a quick synopsis of Microsoft Build this week. I was never big on conferences. I liked attending them with coworkers, hanging out in the evenings, talking about what we learned that day, and also seeing how much swag we could bring home. That was our goal – the swag, and how much per-diem we could save to go out at night. Conferences are a firehose that never stops. The whole time you’re there, it is go, go, go – it’s great, you leave with a bazillion ideas. But there is so much, and there is only so …
6 hours ago
Speed Running Buddhism Misses the Point
Greg Thomas
Cue the commencement speeches for 2026, and this one from Ronnie Chieng. It’s a good watch; there is some NSFW language if you have your speakers on. My favourite comment – “Speed Running Buddhism Misses the Point” – everything is about the journey. It’s about the learning experience; it’s about the path you are on to improve. Great speech (and funny). Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
No One Likes to Run
Greg Thomas
Starting is easy, but midway through, something starts to hurt. Just when you think you’ve mastered a distance, you add on a few more, thinking it will be nothing and hurt even more. Figuring out your pace is hard; some days you are on fire, other days you’re way behind. To improve, you need to show up every day. It’s not only about running, mixing in biking and hills can help, but they aren’t always running, it’s something else. If you’re running for fun, that’s great, but most people have a goal in mind, and reaching that goal can be …
1 week ago
You can build it in 2 Minutes
Yes, with any AI tool, you can build a product in 2 minutes. But what is your ship rate? What is your customer acquisition rate? Even better, what is the customer referral rate? Next, how does it integrate into your existing platform, infrastructure, and workload? Is it still 2 minutes? I’m still wary when a developer says, “I’ll be done in 2 minutes”, because it never is. Nothing takes 2 minutes; pieces of things take 2 minutes, but the entire picture together, that takes longer than 2 minutes. You can build it in 2 minutes, but it takes longer to …
1 week ago
Take that Thinking Time
If you don’t take the time to think through a problem, to analyze what’s in front of you, to figure out your next steps. No one will. There is a time to do, and a time to think. When you know all the elements of the problem, that is definitely the time to do, but when you don’t – that’s the time to think. You can be quiet. You can be reserved. You can go into a cave. You can shut everything out. There is no harm in thinking through a problem and not responding immediately. That is where our …
1 week ago
The Learning Rhythm
When you slip into the learning rhythm, it feels like time has stopped. You’re in the zone, and nothing is impossible. Instead of it being an arduous task, it’s the direction to your future career laid out right in front of you. It’s not easy getting into the rhythm, because it takes humbling and failing – more than we care to admit – but when it works, then we’re on fire, and the rhythm goes from being here and there to being a constant part of your life that everything leaps from. Want more? Check out my book Code Your …