Well, week #1 of my training for the Holly Springs Half-Marathon is in the books. I am amazed at how not fun running is when you haven’t done it for four years. It’s humbling to say the least. Not to mention, this is not Florida and I’ve always run on completely flat courses. Even the little…
I’ve been struggling with what to do with my blog for the last couple of years. I used it a lot as a triathlete to file race reports (and those generated a decent amount of traffic, though little engagement) and later to post technical articles or opinions for use as links in social media (less…
I found this interesting while re-reading David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done. It’s the six steps of natural planning: Defining purpose and principles Outcome Visioning Brainstorming Organizing Identifying next actions According to Allen, this is the way in which our brain plans virtually any task. What I found thought-provoking here, is that we probably process…
I’ve been with HostGator for my web hosting since January 2014 when I left Dreamhost. I love them. I have a reseller account that lets me sell shared hosting (i.e., assign a cPanel instance to someone who wants their own self-supported shared hosting) or provide managed hosting services to clients through my own hosting account.…
Here’s a process map that reflects the process by which Slack determines whether or not it should send you a notification. Source: Reducing Slack’s Memory Footprint
I use Pocket to store my “read later” articles that interest me as I peruse my Twitter timeline or browse the web. I’ve written about this process in the past. I tend to hoard articles for later reading; it’s a personal flaw that I readily admit. Unfortunately, between work and owning a toddler, I’ve noticed…
So this really where we are, huh?
Despite its name, this post isn’t actually a rant about Donald Trump. It’s actually just an admiring observation about our legal system in a tweet posted by one of my favorite people on Twitter. Nothing in our system is self-executing. Trump can transgress every law and custom we have until enough people summon the will…
It sure has been a busy New Year so far. January was especially hectic as we started to pack for our move to North Carolina in a few weeks. In addition to this, I headed down to Orlando to get my Scrum Product Owner certification, which involved a two-day course in managing product development in…
The world (or at least much of it) was caught off-guard a couple of weeks ago when millionaire reality TV actor Donald Trump won the US presidency. He ran on a platform of (what he describes as) success as a businessman and “draining the swamp,” or clearing out all the politicians in Washington DC so that the elitists won’t…