Think like Einstein
In an earlier post I wrote about a closed minded scientist, Quintin Cooper. He unequivocally states that time travel is not possible. Well, I am writing this article to tell you time travel is possible […]
Start Being Great Today
I often talk to individuals and teams about transforming into truly GREAT individuals and teams. Its a well honed shtick, what got you here will not get you there, what are you doing different today […]
Fault tolerance at 100,000 requests per second
I bumped into this old post on the Netflix blog this weekend. It is an amazingly practical walk through of an implementation of my post on the 7 Pillars of Resilient Service Engineering. My post […]
Hugh Howey on Steve Bannon’s Vision for Your Children
Recently I went to the Museum of Pop Culture, formerly the EMP. It currently is hosting exhibits on StarTrek, Fantasy, Horror, and video games in addition to its normal music fare. In the StarTrek exhibit […]
Happy, Rich, Or Famous, pick one!
John Warrillo posted this on Forbes today, read it first, it only takes a couple minutes then come back. His post is interesting because I generally like what he is saying but feel it was […]
7 Awesome Books To Change Your Life
As a parent I often find myself saying, please, oh please, oh please don’t make the same mistakes I made. Don’t grab an electric fence to see how it feels, don’t try and take your […]
A Sprint Calendar That Actually Works
If you are a regular reader, you will know I have been managing teams using Agile for years. Through much trial and error I have landed on this sprint calendar as the most productive. Please […]
7 Pillars of Resilient Service Engineering
I recently wrote this email to my team and realized it could help others so I am posting it here… Folks, I recently had the opportunity to interact with a number of teams across Microsoft: MSN, […]
A Tool to Fix the One Thing Agile Does Not Explain
Agile, agile, agile, that’s all I hear. Ridiculous. When did not being a robot blindly following a set of rules become so unusual? Seriously, applying critical thought to your work everyday, should not be the […]
1 simple rule to make you smarter than this man
This is Quentin Cooper. He is a science blogger for the BBC, queue awesome British accent here, it makes everyone seem smarter and cooler. Quentin has a fascinating job and is well respected by his […]
The Tao of Todd 