I started writing this blog over 6 years ago. I began it to share thoughts and questions about product development in general and the development of financial software in particular. And while the types of things I have shared over those years have varied, this has remained the general focus. There are blog entries here… Continue reading A new chapter
Coming off of a full and tiring week I have a general recommendation and a specific one as well. From a broad perspective, I encourage you to have things you do in life just because they are fun. This can feel like a luxury that is tough to justify, but as Stephen Covey argues in… Continue reading Friday reactions – 27 July
I’ve mentioned this on Twitter already but earlier this week I saw the comedy special Nanette from Hannah Gadsby. I highly recommend checking this out if you have not done so. It is at different points funny, moving, insightful, raw, and encouraging. She hits on a lot of interesting themes (including some extended discussion of… Continue reading Friday reactions – 20 July
The list of things I read and watch quickly gets long so I decided to break them up at the half-way of the year. Check out part 1 if you’re interested in what I’ve watched and read so far this year. Below are notes for the second half of 2018. Enjoy. Read: What it Means… Continue reading Reading and watching in 2018 – part 2
Brief notes on some of what I’m thinking about at the start of this week. Gratitude: Coming off of a weekend with beautiful weather, lots of time outdoors, and several fun activities with my daughter – all of which have me energized heading into the week. Expectation: This week I am heading into a… Continue reading Monday musings – 9 July
Brief notes about what’s on my mind heading into this week. Gratitude: There’s a group of guys at work with whom I play a regular game of Dungeons and Dragons; yes at my age it’s fun to fully express my nerd-self and spend a few hours every couple of weeks role playing, drinking beers, and… Continue reading Monday musings – 2 July
Normally on Fridays I will share about something that I have watched, read, or listened to that week. Today I want to lament some things that I am no longer listening to. I have a long commute (one hour or more each way) and a big part of how I get through that time in… Continue reading Friday reactions
I want to keep track of the things I am reading and watching this year. Not sure if I will make separate posts for each or just use one place to keep track of it all. For now, here are some notes: Read in 2018: Outcast vol 1 from Robert Kirkman (good ending but not… Continue reading Reading and watching in 2018 – Part 1
Breaks from work are often a great time for me to read a bunch of comic books and graphic novels and this week has been no exception. Today I finished another book, my 49th for the year, entitled Giant Days by John Allison. This is a book I gave my daughter for Christmas (actually, this… Continue reading Giant Days volume 1
As the year winds down here are two more quick notes about graphic novels I read this past week – books 47 and 48 for the year. The first is volume 2 of Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s hilariously inappropriate Sex Criminals, subtitled Two Worlds One Cop. While the story remains consistently funny with few… Continue reading Two more graphic novels
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