My life changed twenty years ago, this very month. I was a developer, working for a small software company outside of Boston. Our product was a warehouse management system, built with PowerBuilder on top of Oracle. We had a handful of large customers helping to keep the lights on, but a few went dark at … Read more
In mid-July I was down a full 50 pounds. I still have more to go. My heart doesn’t race as much. I’m not as short of breath. I can jog again, and run up and down a basketball court without the need for an oxygen tank.
As we review the year that was, I think we can all agree that 2017 was not the best of years, even when compared to 2016.
We are in a bar on Bourbon Street, upstairs in a private room for one of the vendor social events. I have no idea how Rob was even there, to be honest. But he sees me and, being Rob Collie, he wants some data.
It’s that time of year again. The time when we find many “year-2016-in-review”, “what-to-expect-when-you’re-expecting-2017”, and “resolutions-you-will-not-follow-in-2017” articles littered about the series of tubes known as the internet.
