Last wednesday I presented at Developer Ignite 2 courtesy of the Intel software folks. Yes I’m still not a developer, but I do address why I’m presenting during the video. If you didn’t see this live, watch the video first – my comments will be below.

So the first thing, I didn’t practice this [...]

Leaders are rarely the people that are the most popular folks in the room. Leaders are often eccentric, stubborn, loudmouthed and downright unreasonable. Their power comes from their convictions and their ability to convince others to see things their way. Reasonable people don’t like to push people out of their comfort [...]

Brandon doesn’t have a blog, so he wrote a great article on his Thoughts on Gangplank.   Since he’s unable to have comments I figured I’d use this platform to respond and allow others to as well.   First read his article then come back for my responses. I speak for me, not for Gangplank [...]

Are you comfortable with what you are doing every day?  If so then you aren’t being challenged enough by either your team, your employer or yourself.  Comfort leads to complacency – when you don’t have anything snapping at your heels you stop running so fast.  A great guy that I work with today bemoaned that [...]

When is the Salesman’s job done?

When you get the client to say they want to work with you?
When you get the signed contract?
When you start their development?
When you deliver their final deliverable?
When you receive the last payment for their work?
When you thank them after all those?
When you check [...]