reflection - Grant Winney (Page 2)

19 Results tagged on "reflection":

Oct 22, 2019

StackOverboard (how to ruin 10 years of goodwill and alienate your users)

Last year, SE decided that the community is not friendly enough and introduced a single network-wide CoC. Then a few weeks ago, they announced a change that advocates a specific ideology and compels the speech of every contributor on their network. Here's a brief rehash and my own thoughts....

estate planning reflection

Sep 01, 2019

What happens to our online presence (digital legacy) when we die?

My wife and I are in the process of updating our wills, and I got to thinking... what happens to our online presence (digital legacy) once we're gone? Especially those places we've contributed time and talent, where people might want to reach out to us... except we're already gone! 😬...

legalese humor tos reflection

Aug 27, 2019

Terms of Disservice

One of the proudest innovations in the world of law has to be the modern "terms of service". A combination of cover your arse and the customer comes last, it frequently seems like a contest of the longest TOS wins. Here's a few I found that seem especially silly. Enjoy!...

reflection devlife

Jul 11, 2019

Why paying (and getting paid) for software is okay

Our skills are about much more than the materials we use and the time we spend on any individual project. It's about a lifetime of building and honing those skills. And it's okay to expect to be paid well for it....

reflection

Jul 10, 2019

It seems everyone has a system to sell

When it comes to a complex problem, you're the only one who understands the desired outcome. You owe it to yourself to find someone who will discover how to get there with you along the way, not jump to conclusions with a canned solution from the start....

digital life reflection

Jul 01, 2019

What's the sum total of your digital life?

In the end, what will the digital life you left behind say about you? What you held valuable or were interested in, and what you spent (or wasted) your time on?...

reflection productivity time

Apr 30, 2019

Time flies... even if you waste it

Gamification, superficial recognition, mindless ease-of-use. There are so many reasons we're attracted to social media. It's disgusting how easy it is to lose hours, days, of time with nothing to show for it afterwards. But what can I do? What can we do?...

productivity results devlife reflection

Apr 26, 2019

Showing Results is Hard

Writing software is a weird cerebral exercise, where you can burn tons of energy working on a problem, and exhaust yourself to the point of needing a good night's sleep, yet have very little (if anything!) to show for it. What do you tell people you do all day? What do you do to prove your value?...

Experience gets you far, but good tools and services keep you moving in the right direction. Here are some of my favorites:

DigitalOcean is a versatile, affordable cloud provider. You can serve up a blog (like this one!), deploy a wiki, try out ansible, or do something much bigger. They host the annual Hacktoberfest too.

Cloudinary is an image and video management platform, which freed me from my dependency on YouTube to host videos on this site.

Backblaze offers an affordable, unlimited, set-and-forget backup service. They saved me from the click of death a couple years ago, and I've been a grateful customer ever since.