“Last night, you became flagrantly psychotic. It will happen again tonight. Before you reject this diagnosis, allow me to offer five justifying reasons. First, when you were dreaming last night, you started to see things that were not there—you were hallucinating. Second, you believed things that could not possibly be true—you were delusional. Third, you […]

Switching to web mail

In the last episode of ProdCast, Matthew Anderson talked about using Outlook Web Access in Office 365 instead of Outlook desktop application. From him I learned that some of the things that were previously missing from the web version of Outlook are now there, and it has some nice features not available in the Outlook […]

Getting back to work after time off

Happy 2019! If you’re like me, this is your first day back at work after the holidays. And like me, you might have some anxiety about it. It can feel overwhelming to go from unstructured time back to the scheduled work world. You may also be feeling less than successful because some of the things […]

Android vs iOS

In this post I share my experiences after switching to Android from iOS.

The 7 Habits Revisited

Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was originally published in 1989 and has sold many millions of copies in the past 29 years. I originally read it in 1995, before marriage, children, or having a real job. I rarely revisit books once I have finished them. There are many great books that I […]

How I read nonfiction books

Early in my adult life, I was not an avid reader. I knew how to read, but it was more mechanical, not an enjoyable pastime. I believe part of the problem was that I didn’t really know how to read a book–sure I could read each word and understand what they meant, but I didn’t really […]

On rocket science and software testing

I recently read “Firing a Rocket” by James R. French. Mr. French is an engineer who was involved in the early American space program, working on developing engines and combustion devices used in the Saturn 5 rocket and Apollo space missions. He served as the Lead Development Test Engineer on the Lunar Module Descent Engine. The […]

Podcasting part 4: Editing your podcast

This is the fourth in a periodic series of posts about podcasting. Previous posts Part 1: Why I podcast Part 2: Microphones Part 3: Recording You’ve recorded your first episode, but you’re not done. You will likely need to do some editing and post-production before you publish your podcast. The first few episodes you record […]

Podcasting Part 3: Recording your podcast

This is the third in a periodic series of posts about podcasting. Read part 1: Why I podcast and part 2: Microphones. Now that you have your microphone, you need to record your podcast. This post describes several available options, along with my recommendations. Recording software The software that I use for recording podcasts differs based […]

How to motivate yourself

Ever have something you need to do, but you just can’t make yourself do it? It might be a mundane task like mailing your Christmas cards, studying for a test, finishing a book, writing a sales proposal, or starting that blog that you’ve always meant to start. Not only are you not making progress on […]