A Little Q & A

It’s been a long time since I wrote a post that wasn’t a Five for Friday, but this may be my last chance to write a decade-end post. Ten years ago, at the beginning of the decade, I was wrapping up a tour of duty in Microsoft’s Engineering Excellence group where I was a Director…

This year has been a great ten years. Here’s some stuff to share. Probably a repeat from a few years ago, but this site (and ABTesting) are hosted by chemicloud (affiliate link). Nearly 3 years into using them for hosting, and they haven’t dropped a step. I’ve never waited more than 5 minutes for support.I’ve…

I thought I could raise a bit of controversy by announcing that I’ll be spending a reasonable chunk of my time working on certifications.I teased the twitter-verse with a few hints, wondering if the wolves would pounce on me, but 1) I don’t have that many followers, and 2) since I’m always pissing people off,…

In the absence of information, people will make stuff up. This is a phrase I share often with mentees and colleagues – most often when talking about progress on a project they’re working on. I once saw a colleague take a lot of heat for a project he was leading – he was making great…

How is it September already? Here are a few things I want to share from my stumbles around the web this week. Amazon decided this week that I can’t back up my Synology NAS to amazon drive anymore. In related news, I have canceled my Amazon drive service while I find a new offsite backup….

Last summer, I posted a short rant on multitasking. If you don’t want to read, it was my normal type of rant where I complain about people taking an already generalized statement and apply it even more widely. This week, in response to that post (some responses take longer than others), I received a pointer…