It isn't controversial to start this one by saying - times are hard out there. In our personal lives, we're all watching our budgets like we all watched this year's 20th anniversary theatrical re-release of Pride and Prejudice; the one starring Keira Knightley, Rosamund
And I, being a nerd, had a pretty good time. I’ve known about Minnebar’s existence since I was a wee lad working at a startup over 10 years ago, but I’ve never had a real opportunity to go. To be honest, I never knew terribly much about
Today it was announced that you are stepping down from your position as CEO of OutSystems and that Woodson Martin from Salesforce will be taking your place. You probably don't remember me. We only met a couple of times in the last decade during which time I went
Almost 6 years it's been since I last tapped a keystroke about engineering, and that wasn't even a technical post. Wild how time flies. New year, new me, new blogging platform, new ideas. As the kids say, LFG: I've been working with OutSystems for
Oh, and also, we bought a house! If this is how you're receiving the news, I am sorry. It turns out we were just barely equipped for the emotional enormity of the occasion. If you've ever moved before, I know I have your sympathy. We managed
If you're going to censor curse words, you need to do it right. Part of doing it right is doing it first before anything cutting or mastering. This may seem counter-intuitive, but it is actually important to do this right at the beginning of your episode workflow. The
This really should be considered Step 0. This is the easiest stage of the workflow and getting it right will equip you for success in creating a better end product and in having a better time doing it. I'm going to outline my process which includes the following
Wow. Sure has been a long time, hasn't it? I sure had the best intentions when I started up this blog and I've certainly thought about those intentions whenever I check my credit card statement and remember I'm still paying to host this little
It's been a while, eh?
Smoke 'em if you got 'em
In my last post, I started with an ongoing count of how long we have been in quarantine, but Cara has informed me those numbers are actually incorrect. The timeline I gave was the last time we have seen friends in-person, but as Cara points out we actually began our
It has been a long time since we started quarantine here in Seattle. We started distancing and taking things seriously a while before it was mandatory, but I suppose the true count would begin the Sunday of the Democratic Debate on March 15th since this was the last day we
Personal
After watching a friend's dog for over a week, we were ready to be home. Not that we didn't love watching the wee lab, Mara - in fact, quite the contrary. But sometimes you are just away from your little corner of the world for too
Outdoors
The day started like most others - waking up late. Cara and I had plans to attack Mount Si all week and I was very excited to get after it, although apparently not excited enough to actually get up at 7. The whole hike is about maybe a 5-6 hour
Personal
Today I opened my company-issued laptop and took a look at my calendar. I had a morning filled with three meetings and then had the afternoon free. This would normally be a pretty standard day were it not my last actual day of work with Thrivent Financial, a company I
Engineering
Several years ago one of my friends introduced me to her dad. She knew I was a software guy and she was pretty sure that's what her dad did, so she thought we might have a lot to talk about. At the time she turned out to be
Personal
Where are you supposed to start with a blog like this? Do I write an actual story? Or do I make some long-winded technical or philosophical musing? I think many people would believe the first blog post sets the tone for the whole thing, but when was the last time