Follow Roger Are you failing at your New Year resolutions? Great! I say great because, if you are trying and failing, you are stretching toward that goal (resolution). If you are failing to try, why? It is your goal. Don’t … Continue reading
Follow Roger We humans can change. But, are you willing to change? You likely have some New Year resolutions. Where are you with those? Many of us want to change. We want to get more fit, learn a new skill, … Continue reading
Follow Roger I may be a little late. But, for anyone who has not yet looked back on their 2016, here are some tips. As part of a former job, I had to coach outside sales folks. These salespeople were … Continue reading
Follow Roger In order to improve at anything, you must force yourself out of the comfort zone. Push yourself to improve. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. With abilities at which you already perform well, if you are not improving, those … Continue reading
Follow Roger We humans often complain. We complain about the weather, our jobs, our friends, our enemies, our family, the traffic — any and everything. Why do we complain? For starters, it is an easy conversation starter. Complaining about the … Continue reading
Follow Roger I want to take a moment to pause and remember 9.11, and to ask you to do the same. Those of us in the U.S. often take for granted the life we are able to lead, and the … Continue reading
Follow Roger Amanda Folson @AmbassadorAwsum Zero to API with Lumen – https://speakerdeck.com/afolson/zero-to-api-with-lumen Adam Wathan @adamwathan Curing the Common Loop – https://speakerdeck.com/adamwathan/curing-the-common-loop Ben Ramsey @ramsey HTTP Is Dead, Long Live HTTP2 – https://speakerdeck.com/ramsey/http-is-dead-long-live-http2-laracon-2016 Matthew Machuga @machuga Tests Should Tell a Story … Continue reading
Follow Roger I have only a couple of things for you this week. Science News – On the evening of Monday, July 4, barring any problems, NASA’s Juno will be the first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter since Galileo in 2003. … Continue reading
Follow Roger Welcome back! Thanks for reading again. I don’t have much for you this week. But, there are three things to, hopefully, initiate some thought. TED Talk – This week I watched a short TED talk about mindfulness. The … Continue reading
Follow Roger Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there. A special greeting and thank-you to my dad, who taught me much and instilled an engineering mindset in me and a curiosity about how things work. This week I … Continue reading