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Recent Posts
- An Early Spring
- Pivoting
- What Makes a Good Programmer?
- Halfway There
- Defensiveness is not a Virtue
- I Have an Itch
- Embracing My Square Peg
- And So It Begins
- Network’s Antonym: Separate
- Chicago in December
- Got Symptoms?
- I Took those Photographs in a Mirror
- Out with the Old, In with the New!
- Let’s Play Pretend
- Thoughts on Work-Life Balance
Category Archives: Self-Management
What Makes a Good Programmer?
I don’t recall anyone ever asking me this question. I wish somebody would. There is no one answer as to what determines whether one individual is a good programmer while others are better off finding another career. Contrary to some … Continue reading
Posted in Self-Management, Software Development
Tagged age, coder, developer, ego, engineer, entrepreneur, ethnicity, gender, hacker, programmer, race, software, startup, traits
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Defensiveness is not a Virtue
I grew up in the Land of Defensiveness. The competition was stiff. Avoidance of embarrassment was at the root of our protective posturing. Winning meant a brief, yet fleeting feeling of superiority. When failure was immanent, last-resort tactics like “the … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Self-Management
Tagged competition, coping, defensive, ego, happiness, hope, knowing yourself, virtue
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I Have an Itch
Sometimes, when I don’t know what to write, I just start writing the first thing that pops into my head and then I go with it. That is how I came up with today’s title. It came out of nowhere. … Continue reading
Posted in Self-Management, Software Development, Uncategorized
Tagged code academy, learning, mentor, pomodoro, software
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The Minute You Think You’re Cool, You’re Not
This blog post title is a quote from the son of a friend. He made that statement to his younger brother around the time that the younger one was entering high school. I think the older brother was spot on with … Continue reading
Posted in Image, Nonsense, Self-Management
Tagged coolness, elitism, hip, putting on airs, smart, snobbish, special, too cool, trendy
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Identity and Social Ranking
What World Do You Live In? Last week a software developer friend sent me this link. It is a blog written by web guru and photographer, Robert Scoble and it contains a 40-minute audio analysis of some of the directions Scoble believes … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Image, Marketing, Self-Management, Status, Uncategorized
Tagged anonymity, facebook, fake name, google+, identity, identiy management, popularity, privacy, robert scoble, salesforce, social rank, social ranking, virtual
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Attention and Competition
I have no idea what I’m about to write. This is an ad-libbed blog post. I am starting with a title and where I go from here is a mystery. This is one of of the reasons why my blog domain name is ”whatidontknow.” It’s me speculating and sharing a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Privacy, Self-Management, Uncategorized, Understanding
Tagged agressive, authenticity, business plan, career, competitive sports, failure, fear, honesty, integrity, narcissism, passive, photograpy, self-evaluation, shyness, startup, success, transparency
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How I Manage Seasonal Allergies
Spring has arrived here in this part of the Northern Hemisphere and it’s been a chilly one so far. I welcomed the Winter thaw. Our last snowfall occurred in April. We dodged a bullet. It was mild and didn’t last long. … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Self-Management, Symptoms, Uncategorized
Tagged allergies, allergy-c, andrew hall cutler, Andy Cutler, antihistamines, ginger, heavy metal toxicity, histamine, mercury, neti pot, pollen, tree, vitamin c, water
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How to Explain Anything to Anyone
Poor communication is an obstacle. Good communication is priceless. Recently, I joined an old friend and colleague for lunch. This Unnamed Source and I go back twenty years. As we sat down, it was clear that we had a lot … Continue reading
The Biggest Lies We Tell Ourselves
Have you ever been in denial? Go ahead, deny it. I dare you. Heck, I’ve been in that sorry state more than I care to share. I think that the biggest lies that people tell themselves are often cloaked in fear and ignorance. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Happiness, Health, Heavy Metal Toxicity, Self-Management
Tagged aluminum, belief, chelation, denial, fear, heavy metal toxicity, ignorance, insomnia, lead, meditation, melatonin, mercury
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Thank You for Telling Me About Your Underwhelming Greatness
Because I Can’t Get Enough of It A man walks into a popular, high-end bar and restaurant. This is the place to go for those with power, status, and wealth. He sits down at the bar and orders his drink, obnoxiously demanding that … Continue reading
Posted in Self-Management, Status
Tagged bad managers, false image, phony people, pretenders, stop acting rich, thomas j. stanley
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