A (not so) simple thank you
It's funny, how acknowledging a simple compliment with a simple "thank you" can be tough sometimes...
Looking forward to a new, hopeful year
The start of a new year is a good time to look to the future in hope, but it seems like resolutions rarely stick. Maybe we're doing it wrong. Maybe we need to work on elimination and motivation first...
Put down the cheese please
When it comes to moving UI elements around in an established app, I learned early on that the default choice should be ..... don't.
Assume there's a fix. Assume you can fix it.
Life is full of problems to solve and broken things to fix, but where we start determines when and where we end... or if we bother to run the race at all.
Obsolete yourself
When you learn something new, share it. Spread it around. Teach someone else and free yourself up to keep learning too!
Slowing down to get further
Software development is full of lessons, but one of the tougher ones (for me) is that slowing down is sometimes required for getting further.
We're all a little silly, but we keep on trying
Laughter's great. Laughing at ourselves, with each other, at the absurd situations we find ourselves in.. it's healing. But too much tends to lead to cynicism and distrust. We should remember after the laughter how much we really do try, and how awesome the work we do really can be.