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August 24, 2016

Greg Thomas

The Patterns we become Use to

I’ve always had an Xbox, from the first version to the 360 to the One. As soon as I could connect it to the Internet I did, routing cables everywhere to make it work. Recently I had to move my Xbox to a location that did not have wired access and had to connect it to wifi. Immediately, based on my history and patterns of usage with game systems I immediately went to looking online for an Xbox One wifi adapter. When I couldn’t find one, I then went to researching exactly how I could get wifi access to my

August 24, 2016

Greg Thomas

How fast can you really go?

While recently on a very long road trip, I spent a lot of time staring at my odometer to make sure I was going within the proper speed limits on our journey.  During this time, I kept noticing how I’d be going 100 (ish) km but the odometer could go to 240km. With everything loaded up in the vehicle, could I really go that fast? With nothing in the vehicle, could I really go that fast? Will I ever be able to that fast? So – at this point, I have a flashing sign saying “YOU CAN GO THIS FAST” constantly

August 23, 2016

Greg Thomas

Career Travels

I used to enjoy the prospect of working close to my home.  Of being able to roll out of my bed to my computer and get to it.  And on days when the weather is miserable, I still do. I’ve always seen the time getting from A to B as being a waste of time that would be better filled doing the work rather than getting to it. Lately, I’ve started to have this shift, where this is no longer the case, possibly because I’ve found many ways to enjoy the ride from A to B or perhaps because that

August 22, 2016

Greg Thomas

The Changing Buffet

When you go to a buffet what do you get? The same things that are on the menu? The same thing you always get? So what’s the allure? Is it that you CAN have a multitude of different items? Is it that you CAN fill your plate multiple times? But we always choose not to? With a plethora of items in front of us, we still gravitate to the same, even though we have perfectly free options in front of us with little to no risk where you can push the plate away if you don’t like and go get a

August 19, 2016

Greg Thomas

Joining a New Group

I don’t jump into new group associations very easily.  I tend to hang back once I’ve joined and get the lay of the land to see how things works. It’s not because I don’t have anything to contribute it’s because I’m trying to figure out how and what I am expected to contribute. You can join a new group on LinkedIn, SLACK, Meetup, EventBrite, etc, etc and immediately start asking for people to check out the new site you built, review your resume, let you write a blog post for them, etc, etc. Or you can start asking what you