I saw this article this morning on Fortune: “Bosses Regretting Return to Office Mandates”. My initial reaction was, well obviously! For the past few months, executives pushing Return To Office (RTO) plans on remote workers has been all the rage. Pretty universally, workers are being forced to accept a “hybrid” approach which means you have… Read More »
If you haven’t seen this already, I definitely recommend you spend 16 minutes of your day listening to this video of Steve Job’s commencement speech. This is a college graduation commencement speech Jobs gave back in 2005. In it he talks a lot about his early life and how some seemingly small decisions he made… Read More »
I’ve been writing code for more than 30 years now. I’ve been getting paid to write software professionally for almost 20 years. During that time, I’ve seen things and learned from a vast array of experiences, people and companies. If you’ve been in the industry writing code for a while, you’ve seen things too. Scary things like:… Read More »
Today our son Jack celebrates his 11th birthday. It is amazing how the time has flown by. We’re celebrating – as we often do now that we live in Florida – with a couple days at Disney World. He loves it here, and so here we are. Jack is nearly a perfect blend of my… Read More »
At this point, most folks who are a bit technical have heard of the “Internet of Things”. (IoT) The idea is that most every electronic device you own will be connected to the internet, things like your watch, fridge, TV, thermostat, alarm clock, etc. You can then control or monitor all of this stuff online. An… Read More »