5 Words My Son Says I Shouldn’t Use
I recently had a conversation with my 22-year-old son, who was kind enough to list some words and phrases that I shouldn’t say. They are simply out of date or otherwise not cool.
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I recently had a conversation with my 22-year-old son, who was kind enough to list some words and phrases that I shouldn’t say. They are simply out of date or otherwise not cool.
I recently visited Thailand, and I loved the country, food, and people. But I was shocked by the state of their wiring infrastructure.
In the last J Street Buzz, I explained what Microsoft Access really is – a desktop application development builder. But what about web applications? How do you choose which type of system you need?
We build desktop systems using Microsoft Access, and web applications using ASP.NET. They each have their place. For many years we’ve heard negative opinions about Access, especially from IT people, and I think it’s because they don’t know what Access actually is.
Recently I read a great article, Learning Programming Isn’t That Hard, Deep Work Is Hard, which explores the difference between shallow work and deep work. I mostly agree with the article, but I don’t think that everyone who can do deep work necessarily has the aptitude for coding.
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In the last J Street Buzz, I mentioned KOB, a custom application that we’ve built and extended for over 20 years to run our business. I asked, “Can you guess what KOB stands for?” I got a few guesses, but none of them were correct.
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