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December 2, 2014

Greg Thomas

Get out of their way

I have two girls that play ringette – fast game, great game – the older they get, the more intense it gets to the extent that after all these years of not being able to skate I’ve been lacing up my skates once a week to get on the ice with them (although let’s be honest… we are miles apart).  I’m one of those guys that cheers loud for his kids and sometimes I have the odd suggestion for the referees (to be clear: I never boo the other team, scream obscenities and/or when our team has a significant lead I dial it down –

November 27, 2014

Greg Thomas

Making a call a la Leeroy Jenkins

I was having dinner with some friends the other night when they told me about their new cat they named Leeroy – before they could finish I instinctively yelled out – “JEEEEENNNNNNKKKKKKKINNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSS”.  No one knew what I was talking about – they had never heard of the legend. I tried – valiantly – to educate them because hey who doesn’t know about Leeroy?  I know it’s old, but still it’s so relevant to what we do today.  I even showed them the old grainy video. Let me break it down for you… A bunch of people are sitting in a room

November 18, 2014

Greg Thomas

The Customer Trip

Whether it’s a customer trip or going on-site to your company’s headquarters there is only one state that you should return in – sheer exhaustion. Why? Whomever is sending you to that location is paying for the following; Travel Accommodations Food & Drink (not always in that order) These are the tangible monies that are being spent, which are very easy to quantify, the intangibles of a customer visit is where the real value comes lives; Time invested by all resources on-site to ensure you have everything you need – equipment, projectors, meeting rooms, etc Disruption to people on that site

November 18, 2014

Greg Thomas

Greetings and Salutations

This is my blog.  The posts can be read all on their own or as a collection of ramblings as to what my thoughts are and how I view the world of software development.  It’s not an expose, it’s not a “though shalt do this or face my wrath”, it’s my thoughts… maybe others feel the same… maybe they don’t… and that… is totally fine. BTW – the title of this post comes to you from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure… Now onto the the blogging…