I believe in God and Science!

There, I coined it. Thank me later...

Was watching the DNC and am sick and tired of hearing someone say something like "I believe in science". Sheesh, it's not a religion folks (actually for some it is... sad).

News flash (feel free to quote me): it's OK to believe in God and Science... Everybody repeat with me now!

I miss my iPhone, but can't live without my new blackberry

I was bummed when I had to get rid of my iPhone because my job wouldn't allow anything to connect to our mail servers except for blackberries.

I was equally bummed to read this:
http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/07/25/who-is-to-blame-for-mobileme/

Honestly, the blackberry isn't flashy (I won't lie, I miss my iPhone), but the thing just plain works. It's super solid, and I have had 0 issues since I got it 2 months ago.

The iPhone is great for surfing the web at home, but for work it's still the blackberry for me...

Highlands Ranch, the 12th best place to live?

CNN ranked Highlands Ranch as the 12 best place to live in the US:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/top100/

I'm guessing this didn't include a sampling of the "polite factor" of it's population...

Hey, I can say this as I'm a uh "proud" HR former neighbor...

The most difficult aspect of management…

I have found as a manager of software development that the most difficult part of management is to master the art of not saying really stupid things. It’s amazing how you could build a years worth of trust and respect then slap it down by saying something really dumb.

For Example:
1. Not understanding who you are talking to. Don’t dig on a project to the person who is the champion for it.

2. Telling someone that an idea is especially dumb, ill-conceived, overtly costly, not materially impactful, or generally a big waste of resources is only advised once you know where they stand on it.

And most of all: make sure you understand the person you are communicating with prior to passing judgement on anything… Duh.

New Blog

I'm moving off of all of my old blogs (livejournal, sun). My first real entry here will be about Rhys as I just realized I haven't yet!