Plugged my Jawbone Jambox into my laptop to change the configuration and found out that Jawbone went out of business. Since their configuration app was web based, it looks like I’m sticking with the config I have — forever! 😕
Got the pork shoulders on just as the rain started to pour! Hoping to smoke through 5 hours of rain just in time for dinner.
Nice talk on Automate Your Context at Monitorama 2018 from Andy Domeier of #TeamSPS! 👏 Teams that ship more, win more!
Sunset on Cannon Lake.
DevOps Minneapolis: Changing the Enterprise Session
I had a great time talking about Changing the Enterprise at this week’s DevOps Minneapolis Meetup with Heather Mickman and Bridget Kromhout! My mic wasn’t working in the beginning but gets fixed a little later in the video.
It was a fun opportunity to talk about some of the concepts I’ve thought about with risk management, refactoring costs, how Agile and DevOps come together.
Great Minnestar board meeting today! Lucky to be part of a great organization helping to connect the Twin Cities technology community. 🙌
Nice turnout tonight for the Dev Ops Minneapolis meetup. 👍 It makes me happy that we can host the community at SPS Commerce! 🙌
I had a great time talking about Changing the Enterprise at tonight’s DevOps Minneapolis Meetup with Heather Mickman and Bridget Kromhout! Great insights and an amazing community!
US Internet speed test using Fast. Multiple tests ranged from 930-1000 Mbps.
US Internet completed my fiber install today! Flipping over was as easy as swapping a cable and a reboot of the Eero. Great speed! 🙌🏻⚡️
My productivity geek wish for tomorrow’s WWDC event is to learn what Apple had in mind when it bought Workflow. 🤓
I’d rather GitHub stay independent, but of all that could buy it, Microsoft feels okay.
Espresso time. ☕️
Took advantage of cool weather this morning and spent 2 hours clearing brush from the lakeshore. Nice before/after from the Dropcam.
Was a great evening for s’mores! 🔥
Great conversation tonight at Meditation and the Science of Human Flourishing with Mingyur Rinpoche and Richard Davidson hosted by Tergar Meditation Community.
Of course we celebrate National Donut Day at #TeamSPS! 🍩
Coffee Spilled & Sprayed
Dropped my full cup of Dunn Bros coffee all over my desk, pouring 80% of it all over the place. Quickly wiping off my iPad proceeded to drop the iPad and hit the coffee cup again, spraying the remaining contents 6 feet away on the wall. Then attempting to mute the conference call I’m on, I hit the wrong button and hang up. I need to hit reset on this day and it’s not even 8am.
Humble Leadership Profile
A couple of months ago I was recommended for a project on Humble Leadership. Matt Norman is doing this project to put together some common traits and practices of humble leaders. I sat down with him for 45 minutes to talk about the topic and he made a great writeup of our discussion. He also interviewed Mike Carey who recommended me.
In my conversations about humble leadership with Jamie and Mike Carey, another senior vice president at SPS Commerce and the company’s Chief HR Officer, one common thread seemed to run through it all: Humble leaders resist that all-too-human urge to “blame and shame,” even when the pressure is on. (read all)
Here are the excerpts from the video as well.
This was a humbling experience and a good discussion. I hope others are able to take a couple of nuggets from it.