Happy Friday!Ever had those times when things just keep going wrong? Maybe not catastrophically, but just enough where you can't get back into a rhythm? That's been the past few weeks for me.The thing that kept me from writing the past few weeks was...

Happy Friday!It's so easy to get tunnel vision on things and let that small area of focus be the gauge of what's going on around you. I've been sad because of one small thing at one client, and I have to remember to stop fixating on that and look at...

Happy Friday,Last week I wrote about operational excellence and I made a comment that resulted in questions about my stance against using Mocking frameworks. So, let's take a look.Before I go into it, I want to say that if you're highly skilled with...

Happy Friday!I hope you had a lovely New Year. I stopped making resolutions since I'd always pick something too ambitious and feel stuck because of it. Instead, I just loosely answer the question, "What would make me feel great about this year?" Then...

Happy Friday! I hope you and yours are bundled up warm. The cold front that is hitting the country hit us yesterday, dropping our temperatures to -6 and -25 windchill. For reference, I've lived in places where I've never needed a serious winter...

Happy Friday!I'm recovering from a minor surgery this week and while I thought I'd wind up being really productive with my prescription of bed rest, no such thing happened.Still, I was able to work from home and that is a wonderful thing for me.As it...

Happy Friday!Elon's takeover of Twitter and the daily fallout of his actions are dominating the chatter in my world, and I find it a bit frustrating.It frustrates me because aside from his exposure as a famous person, his decisions, style, and percep...

Happy Friday!Well, we moved into our new home on Tuesday, and my family immediately got sick. I'm choosing to look at the upside here, which is that we got to have a holiday together instead of traveling.Earlier this week, I was on the phone with a l...

Happy Friday!Did you miss me? Things have been insane for the past month or more. In October, I was home for around five days total and on the road the rest of the time. We bought a house somehow during that time too. I've been busy, but I've also fe...

Happy Friday,Let me begin this email with the hope that if you or your loved ones are affected by hurricane Ian that they get the help, they need quickly.I don't suspect any of you know that I grew up on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I've been t...