You can't not blog
I have not taken the longest break I've ever taken from blogging since I started in 1998. This is partly due to some fun things going on in my personal life. This is partly due to fatigue. This is...
View ArticleBraised Beef Short Ribs with Malbec Gravy
As I continue my introspective end of the year thoughts I am reminded of a request from a buddy: start blogging my recipes. If you’ve ever looked at the Flickr stream over on the right hand side of the...
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Can Windows Phone Survive?
I recently traded in my Samsung Focus for a shiny new Nokia Lumia 920. I like the hardware very much, and generally Windows Phone 8 is nice. I appear to be among those afflicted with what appears to be...
View ArticleCould We Promote Software Developers Like Nurses?
The difficulties of finding, hiring, and retaining great software developers does not end with filtering out the non programming programmers during your interview process. Any career minded individual...
View ArticleHow Badly Do You Really Need Talented Developers ?
Software developers, more specifically talented software develoeprs, are unicornsaccording to a recent venture beat article. (0) I am fond of quoting the "Software is eating the world" article....
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On Stock Options
I have always considered stock options to be Monopoly Money. I came of age in the 80s and 90s and grew up watching the creation of Microsoft Millionairs and .Com millionairs but I never put much stock...
View ArticleHard Work and the Golden Hours
I’ve been reading Alex St. John’s blog for a while, and it’s just amazing. His stories of ancient Microsoft history, his tracing popular video game features to fundamental human behavior shaped by...
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2013 Wisconsin Zombie Mud Run
While my Taekwondo and Hapkido training are getting me close to my pre-children level of fitness, I have been avoiding running. TKD is hard on my shins and the sciatic nerve has been acting up again...
View ArticleThat Conference – Wow!
I've been back at work after That Conference 2013 for a while, so this is a month late, I have my reasons. Nonetheless I just have to say Wow! While there were lots of great sessions, it was the family...
View ArticleKarma in 2014
I believe in the concept of Karma. Not in the mystic sense, but more in the "Big Data" sense, the Chaos Theory sense, the Economists' "Unintended Consequences" sense, the Software Architect's "Action...
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