This one took a while, but I finally was able to finish the next installment of my Series of Notes. It’s interesting to learn about the different processes that software teams use in order to deliver working software. Being able to read along and compare it to what teams in my company do is certainly a great learning experience. My honest opinion? This book wasn’t exactly the greatest read, but it was easy to follow and provided enough real world applications in order to help guide the reader to a better understanding of the various agile processes and practices that are utilized today. ...

My brain’s irony come full circle. Get ready for a hypocritical talk with my mind. I’m currently watching a podcast where people are cooking steak, so this might just be the hunger talking. I’ve always been the person so thinks failures are character builders. It hurts to fail a goal, but it’s a message letting you know what you need to do in order to reach it. Then again, I’m a boatload of failures because I love to set unrealistic goals, therefore setting me up for realistic failures. I wonder if that makes me miserable all the time? Another conversation for another time. ...

I don’t even know how I want to explain what’s going on in my brain about hashtags. Do I want to talk about etiquette (if that exists for hashtags), my thoughts on what it’s true purpose is and what it has become, or something completely different. If you have made it to this sentence, then you have accepted that my brain doesn’t always organize itself in a friendly manner. Let’s get to it, shall we? ...

Recently, I took a different turn with the things I read. Not one that is story driven, but rather one in the philosophical sense. I love reading much more than I had when I was in middle school, high school, and college. It’s probably because I now have the freedom to choose what I want to read and know that I’ll enjoy what I’m reading. This time, however, I needed a little twist. A philosophical book based from one of movie’s great action stars, Bruce Lee. Behind the movies, he had an answer for almost everything about life. The book I read, “Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living” outlines his mantra for many different topics such as, friendship, love, marriage, knowledge, power, wealth, and many other things. ...

Where do I begin? Motivation. Focus. These are the requirements that allow us to work hard to achieve goals, correct? What drives us to be motivated? There’s always a reason, right? I posed a question in a recent conversation, “What motivates you to work hard?” When the question was redirected to me to answer, I felt I gave a reasonable and honest answer. So, I want to write it out, to see if it still makes sense. ...