There is no budget for books at my house or at my company. Now this may be a confusing statement to read so here is what I mean: There is no budget for books does not mean that we have not allocated money for books...
Life's most important moments, the ones who shape us and determine our success or failure by our own definitions largely occur when individuals are under pressure and stress
We've been teaching my kids about 'the continents' and to the credit of my kid he asked me 'what makes a continent?' Off the top of my head I didn't know precisely where the definition came from
I've watched a couple of interviews/ podcasts where JJ Reddick has talked about what makes a great athlete/ great basketball player. Here's his model...
Went down a rabbithole on the old web and I learned that 'Bloodletting' was a common medical procedure for the better part of 3000 years. I'm kind of spellbound by the duration- it was one hell of a lindy effect. Our first evidence of its use appeared in Egypt...
I used to live in one of the cheapest apartments on the Newport Beach Peninsula. 450 square feet of beautiful shitty beach hut. My upstairs neighbor was a former rock star. The house behind me sold for $3.1M...
When I see people complaining about tech debt, I'm always curious to understand if they are actually talking about "tech debt" as described by Ward Cunningham or just normal corporate disfunction.
The question was asked What makes you not give up on life. This is something I feel strongly about so here is my answer:
Did a corporate dinner with the team in Monterrey last year and it was a pretty standard event till about 3/4 through. Two of our executives were having a conversation and inadvertently drew the attention of the rest of of the group. Our CTO decided to open up to everyone what they were discussing and it turned out to be a nice little nugget of wisdom...
Jon Paul Uritis (a.k.a. Pope) is a Canadian-American Entreprenuer, Software Engineer, Writer, and Musician based out of Reno, Nevada. When he's not working on an Getting People Educated, playing in Free Tequila, or spending time with his amazing family, you'll probably find him reading, playing beach volleyball, surfing, or apparently writing in the 3rd person on his website.
