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24Dec2019
Thank you for your support in 2019
It has been quite a year for me, personally and professionally. A roller coaster, really. Back in February my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, of the triple negative variety. So that's been the biggest thing we have had to face together so far. Still not through it, but we have...
09Mar2017
Casual Cape Day: It’s About Gratitude
Three years ago, I decided to start a new holiday at my office. I got the idea from an old friend of mine back in college, who randomly put on a cape one day, and decided to declare Casual Cape Day. This kind of thing has been done before, so certainly there is...
02Feb2017
The Four Causes of Technology
Aristotle, in his work The Metaphysics, enumerates a number of “causes” which describe the essence of a thing. Your business’s technology is a thing. If we want to gain a good understanding of what this thing is, then we should be able to describe this thing--in its essence--we should be able to...
29Dec2016
Resourcefulness, Initiative and Grit
When faced with some problem, most of us (let's be honest) are habituated toward shopping for and purchasing some product that "solves" our problem. But the marketplace is not lacking in products. What is lacking, I believe, is spirit. When I was just a young boy, I thought that owning a...
22Dec2016
How to Fall in Love with your Job: Always do your best
Peter, most people don’t like their jobs. But you go out there and find something that makes you happy. –Office Space Even half a century ago, most people could not have connected with this movie as well as they do today. Memes from this modern classic can be found everywhere on the Internet,...
20Oct2016
The Promise of Technology is also the Danger
Who would deny the promise of technology? Technology does allow us to achieve feats that would have seemed like fantasy even a few decades ago--nobody denies that. Furthermore, each iteration of new technology makes the one before it instantly obsolete, or at least, they appear lackluster. That which seemed impossible yesterday is possible...
29Sep2016
IT Doomsday?
Doomers have existed since the beginning of time. And almost every generation of people has believed, at one time or another, that their generation might be the last--those who witness (or usher in) the end of the world. Post-apocalyptic dystopia even enjoys their own sub-genre within the fictional realm--find these themes in every form...
19Sep2016
The Measure of Success
How do you measure success? In the world of consulting, we live and die by the billable hour. Utilization. But I haven't watched that metric for myself--ever. I've been told to, of course. But as with many conventions, I generally ignore it. These days, I'm lucky enough to work for a company that...
25Jul2016