It doesn’t happen that often, but it did last night. I created a complete culinary disaster for dinner when I made my 2nd-ever attempt at making Phad Thai. After over two weeks of no takeaway being available due to #lockdownSA, we’d gotten into kinda a rut of what we were eating. One of the things […]
Sure it’s bad…but is it bad enough to give up?
Nobody was really prepared for this. And, yes, by “this”, I mean the whole pandemic ‘pockyclypse we’re all living every day—while at the same time trying to not kill our housemates, family members, pets and whomever may be stuck under the same roof with us for a large number of days…with a large number of […]
Eliminating the “Oh, s#$%! Now what?!!?” cybersecurity knotted stomach
Imagine that you’re at your desk, minding your own business. You’re trying to wade your way through the latest mis-mash of power-point slides and partially-completed word documents, in a frustrating attempt to figure out exactly what the technology solution to the latest business initiative to land in your inbox is really supposed to be, and […]
It’s about doing, not “knowing” what to do
If there’s one key trait I’ve learned that’s the biggest indicator of success over the years, it’s gotta be having enough confidence you can do something that pushes you to jump in and try—even if you might not end up doing it perfectly. Most recently, I’m seeing this play out with my son who’s learning […]
Yeah, baby! We’re Agile now!
Oh really? How do you know you’re “agile”? Well, step 1 is that you have to figure out why you want to be “agile” in the first place. And “because it’s kool, man!” or “because everyone’s doin’ it, dude!” aren’t acceptable answers. Now, if you’re one of the original 17 authors of the Agile Manifesto, […]
