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The Horrors of Covering Your Own Ass
Today I emailed a very simple question to support@[companyname].com (2 sentences total). The automated response I got back was this: Keep in mind that the above was an auto-response and: It’s hard to read. Everything has the same import (e.g. none of it is important enough to call out separately). It’s long. It added absolutely-zero…
Read MoreIf something stupid makes money, then it’s not stupid.
I’ve seen some stupid things in my life…And some of them were really really smart. I remember a story from decades ago where the U.S. military was looking to equip the Stealth Bomber with a fancy computer-driven video system so the pilots could see behind them. Well, the computers failed to get the job done,…
Read MoreThere is no destination.
Coding is a process of failure followed by a moment of great joy. You’ve gotta ride through the failures to experience the joy…
Read MoreHow to give constructive feedback to an employee
Here are 2 simple phrases to use when you need to alert and correct behavior of an employee.
Read MoreDumping Paper Checks 3x’d My Profit
Your paper check-based billing is costing you more than you think.
Read MoreHow We Use Basecamp
Managing projects can be a headache. Basecamp doesn’t solve the human problems, but it’s features can empower you to do better work and launch that next project on time!
Read MoreAn Alternative to Elon Musk
As I drudge myself out of bed for yet another war with monotony, a battle with my fat-old-man eating habits, a valiant clash with against my child’s militant stand against doing their homework, and an overall feeling of blech due to our country’s unsteady Coronovirus response, I discovered this article and quote lionizing a quote Elon Musk gave to TED in 2017: “If you’re not progressing, you’re regressing; so, keep moving forward.” BLECH! Thankfully, we have an alternative to Musk’s medicine.
Read MoreSurprises are Perilous.
Today I received a surprise bill for $157 from a vendor. I hate surprises.
Read MoreI’m kinda done being formal.
As I worked in my sweatpants again for about the 300th straight day, I sent the following email in response to a lead who asked if I could support their company’s WordPress site…
Read MoreThe Alternative to Minimalism Is Not Maximalism.
While listening the author of goodbye, things advocate for an extreme (and very Western) version of minimalism, it occurred to me that what I’m after is not minimalism after all, but something just shy of minimalism – around 80% of minimalism.
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