I bought you a cockroach Let me explain Before this gets out of hand It was unintentional Of course if you asked for a cockroach I would buy you one I would buy you a thousand Hopefully you would keep them in a box With a lock on it In the closet But if you… Continue reading
Modding a Minecraft server is certainly not the easiest thing I’ve ever done. (The difficulty level is somewhere between hanging a screen door and changing a diaper for the first time.) With that said, I’m here to make the lives of my fellow dads just a little bit easier. WHY MODDING? ‘Vanilla’ Minecraft is certainly… Continue reading
I read the National Review, but I don’t subscribe (although maybe I should). Since non-subscribers can’t comment on their articles, I thought I might respond here, as this article by Rich Lowry struck a cord. In it, Mr. Lowry posits that Atticus Finch would surely have been on the (morally) losing side in the #MeToo… Continue reading
(Photo by Patrick Tomasso via Unsplash) There is no industry-accepted education or training program for product managers. Nor should there be. Product managers are by their nature cross-functional and must to understand every aspect of the business and customer. As a result, the competent and effective product manager requires a diverse set of skills in… Continue reading
The product manager is one of the most difficult and rewarding roles in technology. 1 Ultimately, your job as product manager is to move the business forward in a significant way — think 10x instead of 10% — which means working on really hard problems. Yet it’s far too easy to get caught up in… Continue reading
Tips and tricks for buying a used car at CarMax. Buying a car is not exactly easy. Between finding the right car for you, locating a reliable and trustworthy dealer, and getting a good price, it’s easy to sink a huge amount of time, energy, and frustration into the process. And while there are certain… Continue reading
Photo by Janko Ferlič A great book is a bit like peering into the author’s brain. It’s as though you’ve spent an afternoon, every day for a year, absorbing the most intimate and considered thoughts of a brilliant mind. It’s also a vessel for time travel to the future — one in which you are… Continue reading
… is better than one that does not. It’s as simple as that. And for me, it’s the key to having a great day. What are you doing every morning that will make the rest of your day great? And if you’re not doing it, why not start now?
I looked at you and you looked at me. Your eyes twinkled like starlight, and I could see a smile dancing in the corner of your mouth. I thought about our wedding in Paris, at night by the Seine. The boats passing by lit up and glowing, the crisp fall evening air, surrounded by friends,… Continue reading
What’s the one thing you’re always procrastinating? The one thing you dread doing. The thing that keeps you up at night. The thing that you try to push into the recesses of your mind, and yet always finds a way back. Maybe it’s that work project that you can’t ever seem to finish. Or the… Continue reading