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June 2, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Week Before Vacation

You know that feeling – the Friday before you head out on vacation, perhaps maybe for a week or two. You stay late and rush to get everything done so you don’t have to think about it for the next two weeks. You run at a pace that no one has ever seen you run at in a long time. You give as though there is nothing left to give in your tank. And when it’s all done, even before you go on your vacation, you think of nothing but how much you accomplished in such a short time. So

June 1, 2017

Greg Thomas

Stop Reading, Start Doing

It’s so easy to receive that umpteenth email about a great course you have to watch, a book you need to read and a lecture you need to attend. Maybe you’ll finally receive that one last golden nugget of knowledge that will make you a success. Or maybe it’s time to stop worrying about what little bit you are missing and start building, creating, trying, failing, breaking and most importantly just doing. You can only consume so much content, so set the playing field before you begin, read these 3 books and then start? Okay do that, but don’t get sucked

May 31, 2017

Greg Thomas

New Experiment – The Daily Coder

I’ve been trying to get my coding blog going bit by bit but I’ve struggled with it a bit – www.forgottencoder.com – perhaps it’s due to to not enough focus, perhaps it’s due to not having enough time, whatever the case, I’m starting a new project with this blog at it’s core. For the month of June, I will be committing to doing an hour of code a day and blogging about it. The rules are; One hour of day of code per day. Cannot be part of a professional project – must be my own project. Learning doesn’t count, i.e.,

May 30, 2017

Greg Thomas

Sharing your Work

I wrote a LinkedIn article about a month ago and then decided to share it across a number of groups – groups that had 70,000+ members associated to them. As I wrote some clever summary I worried about how it would be perceived, what would people think?  Would they love it?  Would they hate it?  Would they tear it apart? I could feel my brow furrowing and sweat starting to form as I clicked “Post”. And then I waited… Waited… Still waiting… Nothing happened, a few people liked it, but that was about it. No viral sensation, no interviews, no public

May 29, 2017

Greg Thomas

It’s a little Rough around the Edges

Good. That means there is still work to do and you’re still plowing through to make it happen. That means that despite your setbacks, whether they are internally driven or externally received, you are not stopping. That means that when you first compile, it doesn’t always work and you need to put a little more polish into the finished product. That means you are still going. Being rough around the edges means there is still work to do, pieces to fix, problems to address – it means perfection isn’t there, but the components and ingredients are. It simply means –