Oct 15, 2022

Stardust

We are a miracle. Specks of stardust on a boring rock, around a boring star, in a boring galaxy, in a unbearably big and magnificent universe. We are a miracle. Born of quantum particles, that formed atoms, that formed stars, that formed molecules, that formed us, and everything around us. We are a miracle. Out of the trillions of galaxies, with trillions of stars, with almost a googol of planets, we are here, on this rock, around this star, in this galaxy, and at this moment in time, touching each other’s lives.

Poetry

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Poetry

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Stardust

**Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI**

We are a miracle.

Specks of stardust on a boring rock, around a boring star, in a boring galaxy, in a unbearably big and magnificent universe.

We are a miracle.

Born of quantum particles, that formed atoms, that formed stars, that formed molecules, that formed us, and everything around us.

We are a miracle.

Out of the trillions of galaxies, with trillions of stars, with almost a googol of planets, we are here, on this rock, around this star, in this galaxy, and at this moment in time, touching each other’s lives.

We are a miracle.

What we do may not matter to the universe but it should matter to us, and to those around us.

Jan 2, 2022

Poem: Exquisite Fishermen

Drop your nets, You exquisite fishermen, You men and women who fish exquisite fish from exquisite seas. Do you not see? Do you not hear? You have a greater purpose, You have a greater mission. Be not just fishers of fish, Or fishers of men. And women. But fishers of truth and knowledge, Of social justice and kindness, But most importantly seek out love, Not to receive, but to give.

Poetry

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Poetry

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Poem: Exquisite Fishermen

Drop your nets,

You exquisite fishermen,

You men and women who fish exquisite fish from exquisite seas.

Do you not see?

Do you not hear?

You have a greater purpose,

You have a greater mission.

Be not just fishers of fish,

Or fishers of men.

And women.

But fishers of truth and knowledge,

Of social justice and kindness,

But most importantly seek out love,

Not to receive, but to give.

Jul 14, 2021

Poem: Pleasure

I am fortunate. Quite a few things bring me pleasure. I enjoy good meals especially with family and friends. I enjoy good drink with good meals, Or drink by itself, Again,with family or friends. I enjoy a good walk. Usually in good weather, But sometimes in a gentle rain. I prefer the early morning with the sun awakening, Or in the evening with the stars barely risen. I enjoy music, many types of music.

Poem

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Poem

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Poem: Pleasure

I am fortunate. Quite a few things bring me pleasure.

I enjoy good meals especially with family and friends.

I enjoy good drink with good meals,

Or drink by itself,

Again,with family or friends.

I enjoy a good walk. Usually in good weather,

But sometimes in a gentle rain.

I prefer the early morning with the sun awakening,

Or in the evening with the stars barely risen.

I enjoy music, many types of music.

Instrumental music to relax or inspire me.

Music with wonderful lyrics,

That distract and pull me in.

I enjoy good books.

Books that tug at my heart,

That bring to places and times I have never known,

And introduce me to people I have never met.

Mar 4, 2021

The New Normal: What will stick after COVID?

The COVID pandemic has impacted many aspects of modern life. To minimize the spread of the virus, we had to quickly adapt to new ways of doing familiar things. We could no longer work as we once did. In order to socially distance ourselves, many of us could no longer…

Covid 19

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Covid 19

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Jan 25, 2021

Happy Belated National Compliment Day

National Compliment Day was yesterday. I’ve been fortunate to have gotten my share of compliments during my career. I’ve also received many unsolicited suggestions for improvement that were conveyed with various amounts of diplomacy. How suggestions are received are as important, if not more important, as how they are given…

Kindness

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Kindness

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Jan 18, 2021

Slowly Becoming a Better Software Developer

Building good habits is the key to building a more intentional life. We begin by defining the kind of person we want to be. If we intend to become a better developer, we must define what that means to us. I like an exercise I picked up at a Stephen…

Software Development

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Slowly Becoming a Better Software Developer

Software Development

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Published in The Startup

·Nov 24, 2020

A Reading List for a Young Software Architect

A colleague recently asked me for recommendations for what he should learn in order to become a software architect. He’s been a software developer for a few years and wanted to see if the architect role would be something he would be interested in. He asked for suggestions on what…

Software Architecture

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A Reading List for a Young Software Architect

Software Architecture

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Sep 13, 2020

Learning Go By Example: Part 2

In my previous post, I described the beginning of my journey learning Go. In this post I will dive a little deeper. I continue to find terrific Go resources including this terrific post. The author states that Go is boring but that it’s a good thing. …

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Published in The Startup

·Jul 21, 2020

Happy Blursday

Every day has become “Blursday”. My colleague AJ introduced that term to me and I find it incredibly appropriate. During this Covid pandemic, working remotely has become the norm for many in the “knowledge worker” ecosystem. Those of us who are fortunate enough to be able to work remotely have…

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Published in The Startup

·Jul 13, 2020

Learning Go By Example: Part 1

I strive to be a lifelong learner and enjoy learning new things. I prefer to learn skills by seeing and working with examples. I especially like learning new programming languages and frameworks and have been wanting to pick up Go for quite a while. There are plenty of great resources…

Golang

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