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Hire a vet

posted: May 27, 2023

tl;dr: Some of the best people I’ve hired and worked with are military veterans...

Three steps for successful selling

posted: May 20, 2023

tl;dr: There are two predecessor steps to focus upon before you sell the product and/or service...

The killer app that caused me to get my first iPhone

posted: May 13, 2023

tl;dr: It wasn’t music, and it certainly wasn’t email that made me switch from a Blackberry to an iPhone...

Book review: The Mandibles, by Lionel Shriver

posted: May 12, 2023

tl;dr: A future history of how the collapse of the U.S. dollar happens gradually and then suddenly...

Dual-purpose Python scripts and modules

posted: May 6, 2023

tl;dr: How I structure a .py file so that it works as a script and an importable module...

Serendipitous software, part two

posted: April 29, 2023

tl;dr: Amazing things can sometimes result when software developers are allowed to work on whatever they please, part two...

Book review: The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners, ed. by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

posted: April 27, 2023

tl;dr: The first collection utilizing O. Henry’s new selection methodology is a winner...

Serendipitous software, part one

posted: April 22, 2023

tl;dr: Amazing things can sometimes result when software developers are allowed to work on whatever they please...

Hopping the border at Heavenly

posted: April 15, 2023

tl;dr: Heavenly’s views are unrivaled, but it needs some work to keep pace with other world-class resorts...

Software that shouldn’t be fixed

posted: April 6, 2023

tl;dr: What to do when too many users are relying upon buggy software...