Life…as it relates to Technology.

Posted on September 13, 2006 by scott

 
Day One (10:00 a.m.): I get a shiny, new job as a “manager” for the first time. I show up on my first day and the overhead light in my 8′x 8′ office doesn’t work. (There is a small techno-industrial-I-shop-at-Sharper-Image desklamp and plenty of light from outside.)
The guy I will be working for bounds in [...]

Posted on September 13, 2006 by scott

So I’m fishing the other day at lake Dixon with a brand new rod/reel set from Wal Mart. Dixon grew a world record bass recently, so I thought I’d blow an afternoon hiking the banks – throwing cheap lures into the drink. Upon arriving, I immediately hiked to the furthest point. After about three casts, [...]

Posted on September 11, 2006 by scott

You can see in the photo that my son is excited and repelled at once upon opening his first can of worms for fishing.
It immediately got me thinking: In software development someone inevitably uses the analogy, “opening a an of worms” for probably half the projects in which I’ve ever been involved.
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