Surprise! Not. George Zimmerman, once again, is back in the news for a story involving the (mis)use of firearms. This time, it was Mr. Zimmerman on the wrong end of the gun. And with an ironic twist normally reserved for soap operas or…
Did you know that today is Openly Secular Day? (Or even that it was a thing?) The mission of Openly Secular is to eliminate discrimination and increase acceptance by getting secular people (i.e., atheists, freethinkers, agnostics, humanists and nonreligious people)…
It’s been said that with faith, all things are possible. But here, in the real world, basing policy decisions on faith leads to real problems. Indiana’s new Religious Faith Restoration Act (RFRA) is garnering a lot of media attention—social and traditional.…
The Republican party has lost its moral compass. Yesterday, 47 U.S. Republican senators sent an open letter to the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The letter, which was the “brainchild” of freshman senator, Tom Cotton, was designed to undermine…
I just read a thoughtful article, Revisiting XP: be a thoughtful programmer by exercising more collective ownership. The article discusses various recommendations for building, and being part of, a high-quality, high-performing–and highly-enjoyable–software development team. This is what I call a “software A-team”.…
For the past 5+ years, I worked for Quest Software and, after an acquisition, Dell Software. It’s been an honor and a privilege to meet and work with so many intelligent, talented, and fun people! But today, it was time to turn…