6 hours ago
Stopping to Learn is the Worst Decision
1 day ago
Too Many Tickets is Not the Problem
2 days ago
Unfurling the Sails
3 days ago
The Continued Value of Demos
4 days ago
The Secret to Climbing Ladders
5 days ago
Want to get better at Drawing Hands?
2 weeks ago
Build and Wait
3 weeks ago
Finding Opportunities
3 weeks ago
Where does the time go?
4 weeks ago
I’m Just Getting Started
The worst decision you make in the age of AI, is stopping to learn. And we’re going to need people to understand when the best option is to do 1, 2, or 3. The only people who will be able to answer that question are those who keep learning. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
1 day ago
Too Many Tickets is Not the Problem
Greg Thomas
Knowing what the tickets are and having to manage them? That’s always been the problem. If I could have my perfect dev system. Each week (or even day), it would leave a comment in a ticket why I did not work on something or what I did thinking about it. But no effort from me, just knowledge transfer – I thought and designed something here for an hour, I didn’t get to it because I had these other 5 things to do. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on …
Unfurling the Sails
Greg Thomas
When sailors of old (very old) would get a sense of an oncoming wind, they would unfurl the sails to take advantage of each and every breath of wind that could push them as far as they could go. Then, when the wind died down, they would roll them up, rest, and wait for the next big wind to come along. You can’t unfurl your sails all the time, but you can choose when exactly is the right moment to get the most out of them. Rest, Go Big, Rest again, Go Big again. Want more? Check out my book …
4 weeks ago
I’m Just Getting Started
This is your response to turning in your best work. Leave them knowing this isn’t the best; this is the starting to point to get to more. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
Tracking It
I waver between tracking everything and then nothing. I can’t lie, I like seeing the stats and the progress – I’m a sucker for charts – and I like tracking my process in goals and tracking. And sometimes there reaches a point where I’m too busy, and I don’t track it. And then I start again. Some would call this lack of consistency or focusing on priorities. Whatever the case, I know I’ll start again once I get out of the busy season, but for now – I’ll focus on getting the work done and come back to it. All …
Gearing up for Winter
Right now, I am mid-thrall in gearing up for winter. Putting summer stuff away. Storing wood. Cleaning up messes. Making sure the snowblower works. Making sure I have gas for the snowblower. Everything and anything to make the winter that much simpler to live through. Whether it’s mild or wild, you always need to prep for the winter. But do we do the same for our work seasons? Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.