Archive for 2015

Six degrees of separation is just a semantic trick to make you feel better about yourself.

An infographic is a clever method of presenting your lack of knowledge about a subject in a visually interesting way.

I am not sure what is more annoying: A cat that is finicky or a cat that won’t stop eating.

Delivering value is measured by the how, but far too many people focus on the what.

Programmers maintain their own version of willing suspension of disbelief and contrary to the opinion of project managers everywhere it has nothing to do with time estimates.

In my workshop, you have no business asking to use tools you don’t know how to operate. In my network, you have no business asking to connect with people you don’t know how to utilize. Both are dangerous and embarrassing, and inevitably you just screw the job up.

I see start-up accelerators as the extension of infantilism of people’s careers. First you go to school to learn the basics. Then you extend your adolescence by attending another school that gives you a degree. Then you attend another “school” called a start-up accelerator. This is mind-blowing to me. When are you going to grow…

Third quickest way to get yourself un-linked on LinkedIn is to add me automatically to your newsletter/mailing list.

Talent told me I want to write code. Skill told me how to write code. But experience? Experience told me which code not to write.

Do you want it done or do you want it done perfect? One you can delegate, the other you can’t.

Comment out code or delete? Commenting out code leave behind trash. Deleting code puts it out of sight. Code that is out of sight becomes out of mind. An allegory for both software development and project management.

The one thing I was never told growing up: Marketing and business and sales are all easier than software engineering and hardware design.

Corporations make money in spite of themselves.

Large corporations are highly effective experts at driving out anybody with an entrepreneurial spirit and a grand vision.

There are only two absolutes in software development. Your first solution is wrong, and, you will never be given the chance to correct it.

The entrepreneurial spirit that fires up the engines of business is rarely the fuel used to keep the engine running.

CEOs of start-ups that tell me “they move fast here” are really saying “I haven’t a clue what I’m doing, but I’m doing a lot of it.”

When someone is giving you advice you should always ask yourself “From what authority do you speak?”

Keep your ear to the ground and your eyes open and you will surely find adventure. Do it the other way around and all you will find is some loose pocket change.

GenyMotion acting up. Some virtual devices load. Others completely refuse. Tried resetting the network adapter on the device too and still doesn’t work. When your tools stop working, you stop working.