Everything is hard
I have a daughter in her Junior year in high school. Do you remember that year? If you do, you likely remember that it was the hardest year in high school. It's like every teacher wants to give you tons…
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You are your own worst enemy
I'm writing this letter to my wife, who has wrapped up 27 years as a teacher – first private and public schools, and then homeschooling our kids. She's now thinking about her next chapter. And these words are for her.…
Read MoreThe Enemy’s Gate is Down
Have you read Ender's Game? Then you know, "The enemy's gate is down." It's a statement about orientation and the need to change it in order to win.
Read MoreIdentify your superpower and learn to leverage it
Have you already discovered your superpower? I was in third or fourth grade when I shocked my parents and got in trouble. I'd had a recent birthday and family had given me money – it might have been the first…
Read MoreHow do you make decisions?
In business everyone has an opinion I spent more than ten years starting and building software companies. It was such a different time that it barely holds any resemblance to today's environment of startups. But the one thing that hasn't…
Read MoreI don’t care about the feature list, I just want less work
This is an opinion. Just an opinion. If you don't want to hear it, come back tomorrow. More product, agency and business advice then. But this is advice I'm starting to give many of the product developers I'm talking to…
Read MoreHow do I Determine the Size of the Web Server?
I hear this question weekly This past week I was on a call with a partner of ours and one of his clients. If you don't recall, I work as the VP of Products at Nexcess – a hosting company.…
Read MoreAre your emotions serving you?
Did you watch The Last Dance? Even if you didn't watch The Last Dance, you must have heard about it, right? But here's to hoping you watched it. Even if you don't like basketball or Michael Jordan. The 10-part series…
Read MoreAre you watching Elasticsearch and the licensing dynamics at play?
There's a ton that I don't know. Let's start with that. There's a software solution out there that isn't just about search. It's called Elasticsearch by a company called Elastic. And they recently announced a change to their licensing. It's…
Read MoreEndangering Ecosystem Flexibility
What made WordPress incredible (and helped it grow) If you were around in the old days, like 2005, there were a lot of different blogging platforms. You could find them using a variety of different programming languages (in case you…
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