Friday, April 22, 2016

The Theory of Microservices and Your Productivity

How can you tackle the biggest problems that you face? When you or or business are faced with some humongous task that frightens you, how can you address it?

There's a trend in software development (something I come in contact with a little bit in the day job) called microservices.

The idea behind microservice architecture is to break down large software applications into smaller and discrete pieces, each with a specific function.

The concept could spread well beyond software, though, to how you organize your work life. What if you thought about how to break your biggest challenges down into small, manageable pieces that you could master and control?
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

What to do when nobody's listening


The allure of broadcasting to the world is the audience. The response. Speakers don't speak to talk to themselves on stage. Changing the lives of the audience drives the communication. Bloggers write in the hopes that someone will read what they have written and take it to heart. Authors can only get their message out when someone buys (and reads) the book. Even the voice of the most boisterous politician sounds quieter after a losing vote.

But what if you have a message to get out? What if your book sits unpurchased, on shelves? What if you stand in front of empty halls with no one to speak to? What can you do to make sure your message outlives you?
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Friday, April 1, 2016

Happy Belated Birthday, Blog (and What I've Learned About My Piles of Content)

If you happened to have been born on March 23 (or any day from then until now), then a belated happy birthday to you! Otherwise, I'm celebrating the fact that this blog has stuck around for just over a full 365 days. I thought about writing some April Fool's related article, but realized I was over a week late in getting this one out instead.

I've already done a Year In Review post, and going forward, I will likely stick to the calendar year for my report card on what got done in a given year, but I thought it worthwhile to talk about the blog itself and some strategic (and tactical) (and just happenstance) changes I've made over the last twelve months.
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