Life-long learner. Software Developer. Fur baby dad. Creator of things that (hopefully) make lives better. #Java, #Angular, and #Ruby are the cause of (and solution to) many of my problems. ⌨️☕️🇨🇦 #Winnipeg is my home.
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I pulled the trigger and bought a 3D printer for Black Friday. I'm now a proud owner of a Bambu P1S.
These things are goddamn magic.
Years ago, when our team started doing more conference calls rather than in-person meetings, we ran into a lot of trouble with people talking over each other.
I created ihavetheconch[dot]com as my tongue-in-cheek way of getting people to only talk one at a time.
The project still lives on today (still works, too!).
If part of your work is programming software, do you do pair programming?
(pls boost if you be followed by some software people, i feel this could be somewhat representative this way)
RH: What kind of runner can run as fast as they possibly can from the very start of a race?
[Audience reply: Sprinter]
RH: Right, only somebody who runs really short races, okay?
[Audience laughter]
RH: But of course, we are programmers, and we are smarter than runners, apparently, because we know how to fix that problem, right? We just fire the starting pistol every hundred yards and call it a new sprint.
[Audience laughter and applause]
Over the past month, I've been looking into starting my own business. It's a daunting task, having never done anything like this before. There's a thousand things to worry about.
The way to Step 1000 is to tackle Step 1. The trick for me is figuring out what Step 1 actually is.
I find myself continuously wanting to start new things. I'm like a dog chasing cars.
Lots of motivation with no discipline.
What about just putting the idea on a list and pruning it once a week? Why is my last fascination no longer relevant? Why don't I finish it?
Knee-jerk motivation -- rather than calculated, planned motivation -- is a great way to end up with a graveyard of barely started projects.
Changing focus is fine. Just make it a conscious decision.
benni
Ludic 🧛