All the smarts, proper cultural leanings, and passion don’t amount to valuable software if a person can’t get stuff done. Unfortunately, lots of programmers can’t. So look for that zeal to ship. Hire someone
Stuff it with official-sounding but unnecessary phrases like these. Now, there are times when some of these phrases are useful. “He works for the City of New Orleans” might be a perfectly legitimate statement, to indicate a person works for the city’s government. But how about, “I ...
it is not to judge other people. If someone isn’t able to take care of business, getting stuff done, I am more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. There must be a good reason for their ineffectiveness, or lower productivity. However, I have immense difficulty not judgi...
As far as him being responsible for Obama delaying his campaigning for Hillary…good. In the meantime, he’s been in DC being the opposite of a lame duck president and still getting things done. Even the article you posted on the subject says that Obama and his aides say that the delay ...
I decided it might be worthwhile to see if this book would help me achieve that end. When in a pandemic and dealing with another surge and some unpleasant life stuff, jumping feet first into a new endeavor sounds fun—especially if it helps your writing life. So, without further ado (tha...
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Much of the original ‘genetic stuff’ is still propagating inside the cells of your body. DNA is responsive to everything that happens in our lives. The Hadza Tribe of Tanzania are the last known hunter gatherer society left on earth, and because their diet is varied and natural they have...
Since this is going to be an expensive show and also one that I can’t bring as much of my stuff along for, I’m opening pre-show commissions early. That and I have a bunch of other stuff to finish before I head out there so getting them in early helps me out. It’ll also hel...
I must admit, I went a little off wine for a while. Notoff wine, really – I mean, I still drank the stuff, as well as alternative beverages, but I stopped reading about it, stopped writing about it, and went a while without being particularly struck by it. Without, to use a phra...
I need to focus on writing books and getting stuff done. Would you care to elaborate on what Wikipedia describes as your “affinity for poisonous reptiles”? Are there poisonous reptiles you’re especially drawn to? What about your website’s claim that you enjoy “long walks through swamps...