Hello from America! I bet you are all wondering about the hair straighteners so I will start with that. I did bring them (much to John and Jeff’s disgust) but they don’t even work over here! Turns out that the electricity over here is a lot less powerful, so they get mildly warm but no […]
That’s right, in four more sleeps I am jumping on a jet-plane with John and Jeff and we are heading over to the USA! We have an action packed trip planned including visits to San Fransisco, Ohio, DC, NY, and Chicago - where we will be spending Thanksgiving with Jeff’s family! All in all I […]
I was talking to JD about blogging, and he suggested that it would be a good idea to blog about falsehoods working in sales. He suggested that “most geeks don’t like sales folk.” So in the interest of better sales/delivery relationships everywhere here are a few of my thoughts.
All sales do is drink wine and […]
I just read a great article on “how to accept criticism with grace“. The article made a number of good points including stopping your first reaction, thinking before you jump into defend yourself.
I encourage everyone to read this article, I think that the lessons are good to review, we can all get better at receiving […]
Day one is now over and I am pausing to “reflect” on how it went (that’s one crossed off the list already!)
Control distractions - relatively successful I would say - 5/10. Room for improvement but still started something and it was surprisingly liberating letting people know in a polite way that I was concentrating on […]
The bogan in me was let free on Friday night. Jeff came and picked me up driving a Porsche! Not only was it a very sexy car, it made a great “VROOM.” We plugged in the iPod, cranked the tunes, and went cruising. In true bogan style, we went to Waikanae, got fish and chips for dinner and […]
If you have been in a cave for the last couple of months you might have missed all the fuss about the new “anti-spam” law. For those of you not yet in the know, very simply put you cant send email/phone spam without someone “opting in” and you have to give them the option to “opt out” […]
I am sure that I read somewhere years ago that software development was like building a house. You get an architect to design it based on your needs (2, 3 or 4 bedrooms, lounge here, indoor outdoor flow etc…). At this stage you can be agile, change things around to suit you better, change your mind […]
Why did I start a blog? There are two main reasons:
1) When John suggested that I start a blog my initial reaction was - nah, they are just for geeks. That created a bit of a challenge for me, I know plenty of people that blog - so why cant I do it too. I […]
Yes I am a blogger - just waiting for John to make it look pretty then it will be all on. Check back soon.