Articles for category: Growth

5 hours ago

Greg Thomas

But what do you Own?

I had to buy a software product last week that cost $65 – not bad – I know it’s a great product, I’ve used it in the past for many years, and I’m happy to pay for the upgrade and get a new version. I read the initial purchase agreement wrong and signed up for a monthly subscription for $20/month – so $240/year for a product I use a smattering of times because I’ll get some new content. Immediately, I cancelled and then dug through their website to find the license and the thing I actually wanted. Found it bought,

1 day ago

Greg Thomas

I’m not doing that bad am I?

I’ve watched this video a few times and keep getting to the last bit and laughing. Imagine being Cristiano Ronaldo, being able to score 3 goals at the World Cup at the age of 41, and having to convey to others – “I’m not doing that bad, am I?” It’s funny and sad all at the same time – if you’ve ever seen the regimen he follows to still be able to perform at this level, to still be able to beat out younger players, and to still be able to perform. Imagine how many people you work with and

1 week ago

Greg Thomas

The Element of Fun

In anything you do, there should always be an element of fun to it. Otherwise, why do it? When it comes to writing code, I will forever love console apps, and even now, I use AI to help me make cool pictures and have fun with them. It’s probably an early program or back to the i386 days, but it’s fun to see a little ASCII dinosaur moving across the screen. The app works and does stuff too, but yeah, that’s the fun stuff.

2 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

You’re Halfway There

I wrote about this thing called Craptivity, many years ago. It’s when you’re past the point of having started something, and you’re deep in the learning, training, iterating, and failing. It’s when you’re falling over yourself to learn but can’t seem to get out. It’s the hardest part of learning, because at that ebb, is where many people abandon the path of learning – because why stay there when I don’t feel great. But if you hang in there, stay there, iterate, make adjustments, that’s when you will come out stronger and better for it. Lots of time is left.

3 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

Complacency is a Pain to Clean Up

For the past few years, I’ve waged a war with mice at our cabin, essentially trying to keep them out of our crawlspace storage area. It’s not a perfect setup, but it’s necessary, and for a few years, I thought I was winning the war – they were staying away, never coming back. But this year, they all ganged up on me, and they launched a counteroffensive (or at least I like to imagine they all had a huddle and got together to come at me). And did they ever, laying waste to everything in our storage area (emphasis on

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