It gets Cold in Canada. Very cold. On the day I am writing this, it is very cold and I had to go outside early this morning. Getting out of your warm bed/house to go do whatever it is you have to do can be an assault on the senses. But it also breaks us out of whatever we were thinking about before, whatever thoughts were rambling around in our heads because all we can…
When faced with an unsurmountable pile of tech debt there is one question you have to ask yourself first. Do we need this? If the answer is no, then chances are you don’t need it and the energy you are putting into it (mental and physical) isn’t worth it. At that point it isn’t Tech Debt anymore, it’s just stuff that’s there that you don’t need anymore. No one puts effort into “things” they don’t…
We had snow yesterday. Tons of it. The type of snowstorm where you finish shoveling only to realize you need to go again to get it all cleaned up. The type of day where you can shovel, eat, sleep. Everything is covered in a massive blanket. It’s awesome. If only because something so wild and crazy, changes everything you were thinking about, your entire focus, what you might have been worrying about in life to…
Every goal you have has many little steps. The first ones will always be the toughest because you have so many more of them in front of you. So many more of them you haven’t seen or don’t know where they are going to end up. All you can do is take that first step, check if you’re on the right path, and take the next one – trusting that you’re on the right path…
The outstanding items are the list of little pins that aggravate you and drive you nuts. They are all the little things that hold you back from accomplishing your goal. They are the little UX bugs that pop up every time you sign in. They are the customer flow that still requires a manual step to be handled by your end user to work perfectly. How do you know whether you should push it or…