I’m using Verizon right now, but my plan expires in a few weeks. Plus, my phone is just about shot.
Is anyone happy with their mobile provider? Who do you like or not like? I need to do something here pretty quick. My phone “works”, but the screen does not.
E-mail me or leave a comment here.
A good manager will take you through the forest, no matter what. A leader will climb a tree and may say, “This is the wrong forest.”
I saw this in the comments of an older blog post the other day, and it really stuck with me. (Brian Tinkler just informed me that this is actually a Stephen Covey quote/paraphrase.)
Of course, a bad manager can’t see the forest for the trees.
I’ve had a number of good managers, and even more bad managers. However, I have had very few leaders, and only one, so far, in a work setting.
It takes more than a vision to be a leader. It also takes understanding — understanding the situation and the people that you are leading. A “leader” with only vision is just a fanatic. (I’ve had my share of those, too.)
Fortunately, I’ve had enough good leaders that I may become one someday. In the meantime, there’s nothing wrong with the good old-fashioned philosophy of “follow the leader”. That’s what I’m planning to do.
Well, September has come and (almost) gone.
For some reason, I’ve been feeling a little lost and melancholy over the last few days. I’m not sure why (maybe it’s #3 on the list? j/k). This happens every once in a while. It normally lasts a few days and then passes. It’s probably lack of sleep, combined with a little stress, and WAY too many thoughts (ideas, responsibilities, conversations, etc.) running around my head. I imagine I’ll be back to 100% by the time the weekend ends. 🙂
Anyway, I just felt like I should post something today. Since I didn’t have any other topics, this is what you get. Next week will be more interesting.
BTW, I like that song…
Hmmm.
Are any of my 3 readers qualified for one these jobs posted on karmaONE? If so, I’ll split the referral money with you! 😉
Actually, it’s good to see jobs on there that are outside of the Bay Area. Recently I’ve seen a few in TX and NY, as well as a couple all the way up here in the midwest in Chicago. Check out all of their recent posts syndicated here.
Have you seen this article? So as this type of thing becomes more of a trend, are people finally going to realize that Firefox is only as secure as it is because its security flaws have yet to be exploited?
Now, I don’t have a single problem with Firefox or people that use it. I even occasionally use it myself. But security by (or because of) obscurity isn’t really security at all, now, is it?
In case you missed it, John Mitchell started blogging recently. John is a recent transplant to WI. He is on the Executive Committee of the WI .NET Users Group and on the core team for DotNetNuke.
It’s about time! 😉
If you’ve read the blog for a while, you might have seen my previous posts about a code generator I wrote.
As I’ve used it for a couple months, I’ve decided that I have a lot (LOT) of changes I want to make to it. I’m not quite a genius yet (like all of the people at the Q# launch), but I’ve learned a ton since I first started writing this.
However, as things go, I haven’t had time to really re-engineer it. It’s hard to take time to fix something that works, even though it doesn’t work as well as it could or should. (Can I get an “Amen”?!) So, in the meantime, I’ve just fixed a few bugs and made a few enhancements. Most noticably, there is a progress bar at the bottom of the window now.
So anyway, for what it’s worth, here is the updated version. Use it at your own risk, blah blah blah.
To see a “real” code generator, check out Codus by Sean McCormack from Adapdev Technologies. Adapdev has a few good tools that have been released to the development community. On a (sort of) related note, Sean will be speaking to the WI .NET Users Group on September 13 about Automated Testing for .NET. You can register at the UG site.
You know, I was re-reading my last post, and I see that I missed something important. I meant to mention it there, but got distracted in the middle of the post and forgot when I came back. (Typical…)
I really need to thank Kelly (“Her Royal Highness of the Order of the Geek”) for all her hard work. All I did was clean up the yard, set up the chairs, and burn the burgers. She took care of all of the other stuff, like cleaning the house, preparing the toppings and sides, putting all of the stuff that people brought out, doing the dishes, and pretty much everything else. Plus, she managed to carry on conversations with the geeks and geek widows.
I just wanted to say thanks to Kelly for all her hard work to make the whole day happen.
I love you!
Yesterday was a good day. The weather was really nice.
We had a few friends over for a cookout. Actually, there were about 25 people (including kids). I decided a few months ago to have a party sometime this summer and invite some of my geek friends.
So yesterday was Q# 1.0 (formerly known as BBQ.NET). I grilled 18 burgers and a dozen brats. (Actually, as Russ can attest, the grill was basically a bonfire there for a while — lots of grease in the burgers.) Lots of people brought other things as well. All in all, I thought it was a pretty fun evening. The last ones to leave were here until right around 11, and we were all sitting outside around the citronella candle talking about string theory, the meaning of life, and Office 12 amongst other things.
About halfway through the party, I looked around and realized that I had some of the smartest people in Wisconsin in my backyard. Gerry and his family were there, as well as Brian and the rest of Tinklers (including Brock), Travis and his wife and son, casey and his girlfriend, OS, Russ Ambrose (no site), John Mitchell and his wife, and Kate and Clint Houchens and their kids. My friend Jeff also made a brief appearance.
I wasn’t sure if Brian would actually be there since he HADN’T CALLED ME IN TWO WEEKS!!! 😉 Apparently, he’s been “really busy” at his new job (at Microsoft), but he did show. 🙂
Also, I just found out yesterday that casey won the Code’n my way to the PDC Contest with his labyrinth TabletPC app. Congratulations!!! That’s awesome!
So anyway, thanks to those who came by and enjoyed the afternoon with me and Kelly. We had a blast!
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