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  • Group Feedback Sessions

    It’s that time of year again… Spring reviews. Now I have been on teams that are great at giving and receiving feedback, it’s adhoc, it’s frequent, and often immediately following the event that you are getting feedback about. I have also been on teams where this wasn’t the case. I think that unless you have that culture…

  • Spring time comes to Chicago

    The last week has been beautiful in Chicago Mid 20’s (mid 70’s for you Fahrenheit folk) and gorgeous sun.  Thankfully Tim and I made it out to the park this afternoon after doing lots of sorting of our apartment ready to move in a couple of weeks. One cobbled together awesome picnic from Fox and Obel later…

  • Ski/Snowboard iPhone Apps : EpicMix and Ski Tracks

    EpicMix I was in Vail last weekend, not only was the snow great and the weather awesome, I was excited to try out EpicMix. As a geek I love a good app, and I also love a good graph and I definitely love skiing. EpicMix tracks your activity on the mountain using an RFID chip in your…

  • Photography: Composition Workshop

    A few weeks ago I bought a Groupon for a photography class on Composition in Chicago through the Digital Photo Academy. We spent the morning walking around Millenium Park looking for shots. It was a beautiful day for it. Didn’t feel like I got as much out of it as the other two classes I’ve done. But it was…

  • Book: Hermann Maier – The Race of My Life

    For any other of you ski nuts like me who grew up watching the mighty Herminator race, this one is for you. Just finished reading. Gives an interesting insight into life on the World Cup Circuit, and the comeback of Hermann Maier after his potentially career ending motorbike crash. I bought it on Amazon here.…

  • GHC 2011: Feedback from “What if we could alter the perception of the Software Developer”

    Giving and receiving feedback is something that I think is so important if you want to improve and get better. I am also a bit of a positive affirmation person. I can be so critical at myself that sometimes I lose sight of what is going well. I have to make a real effort to…