I had a followup thought to last week’s post. And that is, that you can’t always just ignore the vocal minority either. Here’s a perfect example. You release your new mobile/web app for internal beta testing. Most of the feedback, 99%, comes back great. But there’s one user who didn’t like the app. Now, according […]
I remember one time, this guy posted a picture of himself on social media. It was at a restaurant and he was wearing a tank top (for context, this was in the summer, in Florida). He was also a minor local celebrity, a member of a local band, so of course his post got a […]
I am lucky enough to own my own home, but that also means I am responsible for all of the maintenance and repairs. I am ABSOLUTELY by no means an expert on home repair, but I have learned a couple things that I can do on my own, to save a few bucks (and get […]
Machine Learning AI blows my mind. So I have a formal education in classical engineering. What that means is I solve problems in heuristic, formula-based ways derived from foundational principles. Let’s say someone is throwing a ball and you want to know how far it is going to go. The way I would solve that […]
At this point I’ve been working with AWS technology almost exclusively for nine years. So that makes me a bit of an expert at it. Yet I’m still amazed at how fundamental principles surface themselves within this “newfangled” technology. Let’s discuss. I am re-reading an old favorite of mine, The Mythical Man-Month, by Fred Brooks. […]
After last week’s post, I realized I had more I wanted to say. There is another situation related to this that I frequently see. Let’s go back to that aforementioned “group of persons working on addressing the strategic problems faced by an organization.” So when you are facing a tactical decision, such as the “wires […]
In 1986, computer software development pioneer Fred Brooks wrote a paper called “No Silver Bullet”. In this paper, he asserts, “there is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order of magnitude improvement…” (Brooks, Frederick P. (1986). “No Silver Bullet—Essence and Accident in Software Engineering” (PDF). Proceedings […]
I was going to write a blog post on a classical project management concept, namely, the idea of up-front costs versus total cost of ownership (TCO). This is the idea that paying more for quality and the foundationals up front actually saves you more in the long run, because cutting those costs in the beginning […]
Have you ever seen someone around you run a red light? Have YOU ever run a red light? This is an interesting litmus test for understanding shared values. You probably think one of a few things: either “Yeah, I can see why they ran that red light, it made sense given the situation.” Or maybe, […]
“Transparency” is a term that is tossed around a lot as a positive thing. I’ve heard many leaders talk about how they believe in transparency and it is core to their values. At a high level, this makes sense. Transparency can provide valuable information to drive better decision making, and also can contribute to a […]
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