Category Archives: General

What does it mean to be a software professional?

I’ve been reading a lot about what it means to be a “Software Professional” recently and I find it quite fascinating. The book that I am currently reading suggests that software professionals should treat their jobs the same way that medical … Continue reading

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How to read tech job postings

I may have Blogged on this before but things are heating up with respect to tech jobs, so it’s probably a good idea to revisit this topic. There are a number of job search engines that troll job posting sites … Continue reading

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“You Know?”

I was in a customer meeting last week with a product manager, salesman, customer and senior architect. They were describing a new product offering to a customer and all of the people involved were injecting “you know” into the conversation. The meeting … Continue reading

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Never give up

A colleague of mine recently pointed me to an article that talked about how some companies believe that anyone can be replaced. The article suggested that when a company has a truly great employee, that person tends to have extensive … Continue reading

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Another running season done and this one was brutal. The heat this summer made running a challenge and limiting my runs to 10K did not prepare me properly for the 21K run in September. I had a reasonable time, but … Continue reading

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A nice endorsement…

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My First KickStarter Experience

Roughly one month ago I started a KickStarter campaign to sell my novels in various forms (Hard cover vs soft cover vs ebooks) in order to help fund my daughter’s medical school. I set the length of the campaign to … Continue reading

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A win-win

For those of you who don’t know, my daughter was recently accepted to medical school. The typical first response to this news is “wow! Congratulations.” The secondary response usually comes a couple of minutes later once the realization sinks in. … Continue reading

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A post from 30000 feet above the pacific

It truly is impressive how things have ebbed and flowed over the past 30 years. When I first started working in the 80’s we had X25 packet networks that connected main frame computers located all over the world. Then for a … Continue reading

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Repost: Top 25 disruptive technology trends

In his work at Altimeter Group, Brian Solis studies the effects of disruptive technology on business and society. Agree or disagree with his list – and it covers a lot of ground – it makes fascinating and enlightening reading. 1. … Continue reading

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