Category: Random notions
Time for a Face to Face, or Why I Ditched the Laptop at Meetings
It doesn’t matter who you are meeting with. Each person in a meeting should have your full attention. Not the device that separates you.
The Importance of Understanding Scope, and How to Plan for the Unforeseen
Estimating a project is a learned skill akin to becoming a Sorcerer Supreme. To be honest, I am not even…
The Art of Just Passing, or D is for Diploma
In college, my friends and I had a saying: “D is for Diploma.” It was our battle cry. We weren’t…
How to Blaze Trails
I am always surprised by the number of self help books on how to be creative, how to find your…
Unicorn Syndrome: Or Shut Up and Make Something
Believe it or not, I didn’t start in design. I never studied computer science. I didn’t have any formal art…
On Gratitude and Making the Right Decisions
We don’t always get to choose when we make decisions. In fact, we rarely know if the decisions we make…
Being Reminded That This is Water
Recently my wife did a lecture on the writing of David Foster Wallace. I have read one or two things by…
A Finished Piece: Route 66.
A piece that I started a while ago, is finally finished. Now time to print and mount.
On Self-Promotion and Putting Myself Out There
Something that I am not good at is marketing myself. I always feel like I am overstepping my bounds somehow….
On Changing Habits and Moving Forward
To say we’ve had a rough couple of years would be an understatement. However, we have learned how strong we…
On Perspective
We’ve had so much going on. So many ups and downs. So many reasons to just throw in the towel,…
On Dreams, Life, and Doing the Right Thing
There is a time when all parents*, those of us who strive to do the right thing anyway, have to…