improvement Organizing 2019 with Bullets or Dots Happy New Year everyone. My left brain has been hibernating for the last six months and I believe a lot of things have changed, at least I can speak for myself. I have
productivity Start with Why by Simon Sinek People will follow you not based on what you do, but why you do it. Another book I highly recommend. The author accentuates how imperative it is to understand the "why"
opinion 1-800-273-TALK Let's all accentuate awareness on this topic. Pay close attention to what your family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers are expressing--verbally or body language--and make an utmost effort to understand.
learning Get a glimpse to the edge of space with America's oldest working spy plane. This U-2 plane flies at 70,000 feet and is still flying combat missions.
productivity Microsoft acquires Github We are taking a break from our normal theme today to talk geek. This move by Microsoft can be pivotal to one of their current product offering. Today, Microsoft announced an agreement to
productivity 5 Steps To Make Your Presentation A Conversation The bottom line is you should drive your presentation and not the other way around. Here are five strategies to help you make that presentation feel like a conversation.
funny Amazon Echo err Alexa - SNL I found this funny gem from YouTube. It is about an improved Alexa which is hilarious.
learning Are you getting a response from your email? With the myriad of social media tools prevalent today, the business still prefers email when communicating.
learning Pluralsight Back in 2012, when I was leading a team of offshore web developers, I had a need to address their skillset gaps. When I did a search on what options are available, I
reading What I'm Reading: The New Articulate Executive One of the key pillars of Executive Presence is to be able to articulate one thought--or theme--at a time.
review Review: Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant What will you do if you find out your love one is gone? How will you break the news to your children? How will you continue to live?
opinion Opine away but don't take the off-ramp to dogmatism. Everyone opines about anything under the sun--even anything around it--and it's healthy. We should enable it; encourage it. The off-ramp to the cliff comes when it turns to dogmatism.
brain Take the CEO of your brain to the gym For a while now, I have been researching brain plasticity; I was curious how it relates to the way we think and behave.
quotes Loyalty If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him and stand by the institution he represents
lost-n-found Website speed test So you decided to build your own website and are looking for performance metrics like how fast does your page load? There are plenty of free available tools out there.
SQL Glenn Berry SQL Diagnostics Queries Now that you have successfully installed your first SQL server in production it's time to define the metrics that will provide insights about the health of your instance. Other shops have monitoring tool that provides these while others build their own.
SQL SQLSaturday Chicago This year, it will be held at the Benedictine University in Lisle, IL at 5700 College Rd, Lisle, Illinois, 60532, United States, on March 17th, 2018. This is a full-day event of learning and networking.
lost-n-found Why Ghost Ghost is the minimalistic way of creating a blog platform. I enjoy the simplistic interface. The architecture is very well thought-off. I am just scratching the surface but I think Ghost checks a lot of the checkboxes in my checklist.
SQL SQL Operations Studio and Windows Authentication With the recent release of the Microsoft's SQL Operations Studio, you now have the option to connect to your SQL instances using either SQL login or Windows Authentication.
SQL SQL Server Post Installation Checklist Part of our SQL server process is to review the standard settings and tweaks after installation. If you don’t already have a post-installation checklist, I highly encourage you to create one for your team.
Python Hey There I've been on and off in using Python as my go-to programming language. In the past 6 of months, I have started researching more about its internals and why they work the way