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December 8, 2016

Greg Thomas

True Developer Magic

The pixie dust, the magic potions, the unicorns or rainbows. All developer magic to make what was broken work again. All creative ideas, ingenuity, random thoughts, the willingness to try something new. All within the absence of patterns, factories, frameworks, guidelines and points. But the very best magic, the magic that takes what was broken to working once again – is the magic that which leverages what is there, what is broken and makes it shine once more.

December 7, 2016

Greg Thomas

Wipe the Board

I keep all my random thoughts, ideas, suggestions, AHA moments in a trello board called ideas.  Every few months I go back and prune the board – removing ideas that are no longer relevant, adding on to extra cards so they have a little more context and completing deleting cards that I have utterly no idea what they meant when I wrote them down. This week I wiped the board completely clean – purged it all – started fresh. I then spent the next 30 minutes coming up with at least 15 – 30 new ideas for what could be

December 6, 2016

Greg Thomas

Why do I do this?

I get these questions every now and again. Why? Where’s the value? Where do the posts come from? What’s it for? So here goes… Why?  I like to try new things, I like to challenge myself in new endeavors and I like to see where things can go if you put enough effort into them. Where’s the value?  I hope it’s in what I write and hope it’s how I get better each and every day. Where do the posts come from?  Oh everywhere, life around me.  I’ve written posts about how a cashier treated someone who had a problem, how a

December 5, 2016

Greg Thomas

Would you still be willing to try?

If you knew how long a project you were just assigned was really going to take would you take it on? Would knowing up front all the heartache, late nights, early mornings, frustrations or setbacks change your decisions? Would you go forward with a new plan to try and mitigate all those factors and make it better or just jump in with reckless abandon? It’s not a question of whether you’d pass or fail, but rather whether you’d still be willing to try? Sometimes that all it is, even when you know the answer, would you still be willing to

December 2, 2016

Greg Thomas

The Question Killer

Ever been in a meeting or session where the door is swung open to have as many questions asked on the content that is being presented? Ever been there to see all the denizens of questions being asked? Ever watched as the presenter/speaker shut down every question? The result? The next meeting you hold, there will be no questions, there will be no hands going up in the air, there will only be silence and nodding acceptance (even if none exists). Want to make sure this never happens to you? When you ask for questions, when you ask for feedback –