Sometimes talking with people 1/2 way around the world is easier than the people sitting next to you.     

One thing I found when working with people, if you need to think through an idea – some people sitting right next to you are a million miles away.

The key is to find a way to get everyone in the same room, no matter the distance apart.

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The idea of using the mobile phone as a credit card, driver's license, transit pass, digital coupon collector, house key, car key, hotel key, corporate ID and more probably sounds pretty sci-fi-futurey. But it's almost practical when you consider the history of the smartphone.

Who knows, I’m game.

So true its funny.  See more at http://www.phdcomics.com.

Check out a series of children’s books on anti-bullying.  Good stuff to build kid’s self esteem.  There is a fund being raised to create the books, on Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1302220154/bully-monster-books-bully-free

Find out more at:  http://www.ibroomcloset.com/books/bully.html

Why do we use the term “farm” so frequently in IT?  Web-farm, Server-farm, ...  As defined by Wikipedia:

“A farm is an area of land, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food (produce, grains, or livestock), fibres and, increasingly, fuel…Traditionally, the goal of farming was to work collectively as a community to grow and harvest crops that could be grown in mass such as wheat, corn, squash, and other cash crops. ”

“A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another.”

For servers and most app dev shops, it is obvious the term fits: not farm, but factory.  They are server factories or application factories.

However – ‘cubical farm’  seems right; employees are the cattle herded into groups to harvest their surplus value.

So is software development a farm or a factory?  What are the results when you try to run a farm as a factory?  What if the beans or corn are experiencing slower/faster growth than planned?  Can a factory be ran using farming practices?  Would you rather work for a farmer or a factory supervisor?

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Many great sessions and plenty of networking.  The panel discussion covered such topics as Silverlight’s vs HTML5, Win8, best practices, …

Get the slides: http://cinnug.org/files/folders/webdevfirestarter/default.aspx

TY all for all the questions discovery in my HTML5 session.

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Seth Godin’s blog states that:

“On that day, the day that everyone notices your work, approves and lets you know, then what will happen?”

We spend an incredible amount of time and psychic energy planning and working for that day.  Will it arrive?  What happens?  It’s not clear that anything will happen. 

We have all been there.  Doing the hard work, working the extra hours.  Majority of the time nothing happens on that special day.  I always say, “enjoy the code”.  Perhaps the approval of every person doesn’t need to be the goal of your work. 

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Received the WP7 updates this weekend for my Samsung.  The speed improvements are really noticeable.  The Humidor is really snappy with the updates along with Santa Watch.  Web loads quicker too.  Overall, the UI is snappier.

Looking forward to the next updates which should include browser updates. 

I meet an entrepreneur today.  Even through he was homeless, he delivered his message as an opportunity, a journey.  He made his delivery, not as a homeless man, but as a person with something to offer.

This encounter had a impact on me today.  If this man can drive forward, then I too can make forward process each day.

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If someone asks you, are you excited to tell them what you do or are working on?  Since it is the holiday season, friends and family will ask.

I hope so.  If not, you need to reflect – are you wasting your time?

There’s a way to get synergy and answer this question with excitement.  No matter where you work there’s a way to create a project where the excitement will elevate you to higher levels.  Yes, this may require nights and weekends; something that might make a difference is right around the corner.

Thank You for listening.