My Writings. My Thoughts.
Production Support is Expensive
// February 18th, 2010 // Comments Off // Thunk ThursdayWe’ll keep this short. I spent a year of my life building and leading production support teams in a Fortune 125 company. Trust me. Software production support is expensive. I’ll prove it in a future series, but I’m learning that an extremely small number of people understand this. That includes clients, management, vendors, even [...]
Music Monday – Switchfoot
// February 15th, 2010 // Comments Off // Music MondaySo tonight I’m going out with some swell dudes to see Switchfoot play at The Pageant here in St. Louis. It’s been a while since I’ve seen Switchfoot, much less taken a good listen to their music. So, in trying to catch myself up and find something to share today, I ran across their Switchfoot [...]
Thunk Thursday – Power to the People
// February 11th, 2010 // Comments Off // Thunk ThursdayWe have little power over people’s desire to succeed.
The above quote is from an article I read recently on the topic of usability/interaction design. It rebuked us as designers for “dumbing down” interfaces to the lowest common denominator. And I think there are so many areas of life that need this same rebuke.
Recently, President Obama [...]
Wisdom Wednesday – Mark 12:28-31
// February 10th, 2010 // Comments Off // Wisdom WednesdayThis year, one of my resolutions was to try, once again, to read through the Bible in a year. I’ve chosen the M’Cheyne One Year Reading Plan and am tracking progress using YouVersion.com’s awesome (albeit buggy) tools. I chose this plan for several reasons including the fact that it does include every word (some plans [...]
Music Monday – The Model Congress
// February 1st, 2010 // Comments Off // Music MondayThe Model Congress
