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I recently purchased the GAOMON PD2200 drawing monitor from Amazon to create math tutorial videos (and for live tutoring). I have no artistic abilities, but my wife...who has an art degree...hopefully will push it a bit harder than me. (Quick … [Continue] about Review: GAOMON PD2200 Drawing Monitor
I debated which of my blogs to post this on...but settled here. Although I love what I do for work, "work/life" balance is important, and part of "life" should be exercising. Where I live on the high plains east of Denver, I consider it relatively … [Continue] about Review: Bowflex C6 Indoor Exercise Bike
UPDATE: Gene Kim’s reaction added at the bottom... Why you should preorder The Unicorn Project in four tweets. :-) As someone who frequently speaks publicly, I know how powerful answering “How does this apply to me?” is. If you are in IT dev or … [Continue] about Why You Should Preorder “The Unicorn Project”
Now for a change of pace here on the Data Guy (Me) blog... A bit of self-history here: The first two albums I purchased were "Macho Man" and "Cruisin'" by Village People. The next two were "Zoso" (or "IV") by Led Zeppelin and "Left Overture" by … [Continue] about Interview: Jasmine Cain
This past Friday, June 7, I had the honor of interviewing Jack Maher and Carmen DeArdo, coauthors of Standing on Shoulders: A Leader's Guide to Digital Transformation (you can check out my review here). Here is your chance to learn at the feet of … [Continue] about Interview: Jack Maher and Carmen DeArdo
On Memorial Day, I had the honor of interviewing Mike Rognlien, author of This Is Now Your Company (my review of that book). Mike was a key HR leader for Facebook during their exponential growth (in part, building its industry-leading unconscious … [Continue] about Interview: Mike Rognlien
Great quote from Randy Travis’ new book, Forever and Ever, Amen: L.D. and I were talking one night after a show about another artist we had recently seen. The artist seemed almost rude and uncaring about the fans and so arrogant. I was certain I … [Continue] about “An Ego Is a Heavy Thing to Carry”
Have you ever read a book and said to yourself, “I want to lock my executives in a room and make them read this”? Okay, maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration :-), but Mark Schwartz’s latest work is one that all levels of IT management should … [Continue] about Review: War and Peace and IT
These are rough notes I put together for a ~90 minute presentation to my company's Agile Community of Interest. I have edited them to remove any direct references to who I work for...not because you aren't smart enough to use Google, Bing, or your … [Continue] about Counterintuitive IT™: How Do We Change Culture?
Over the weekend I ran into this tweet by Charles Betz, whose Twittter bio describes him as "Digital management analyst, author, and instructor. DevOps lead @ Forrester. Adjunct @ U of St Thomas - MN. Occasional jazz … [Continue] about Origin of Waterfall? (With Study Questions)