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Personal Category

Innovate or Die

Well, my time with the NBA.com development team is drawing to an end.  My contract was up at the end of September and I got notified it was extended a month last Friday. So I was happy for the weekend.

But, I had already interviewed for another job, and after careful consideration, decided that I would take it, if offered.  There were things there, that I wanted to learn.  And today it was.

I like where I am.  I prayed about it.  I thought about that every time I think about being ABLE to specialize in something, I get driven back to the generalist role.  And then the thought came to me that I could come back someday.  “Better. Stronger. Faster.”  I will know what drives the industry that monetizes a web site.  I don’t know that I will, but it’s comforting now, because I liked it.

I think sometimes that you’re guided to the point that your will and God’s will are the same, if you’ll be quiet and listen, and maybe this is one of those times.  I owe Him the benefit of a doubt.  At least I can still have lunch with my old team. 🙂

A Sunday Morning

I sitting here on a foggy Sunday morning, after getting early and catching up on things. I can’t explain how 2 months have gone by since my last post, but I’ll tell you this story.

I saw the gap in time, and so I thought I’d post something, since I’m out back on a quiet, foggy morning, and I intended to devote some time to my spiritual well-being.  So I logged in and first was obliged to upgrade the site, because it was out of date.  That lead to having to update some of the plugins, one of which I had to do some research on to make sure it was compatible before I installed it.  After 30 minutes, I was able to start writing this

And that is how things have been going, before I can do this I have to do that.  But it don’t mean nothing, not a thing.  That’s why I’m here.  There is a lot going on in the world, and when I need guidance, there is nothing better than Proverbs, so I’ll leave you with this one:

Proverbs 4:26-27

26 Give careful thought to thepaths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
keep your foot from evil.

My new job

It’s been two weeks since I started a Drupal development job for NBA.com at Turner Sports.  I think back on the path I’ve been on – Linux, Drupal, Website development.  I can see that God prepared this path for me.  I’ve been able to get in and provide value to the team, and more importantly, validate that I am on the right path, which gives me hope for Loganville Linux.  Here are some pictures to commemorate this time in my life

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I found out this week that I’m going to get to meet Dries Buytaert, the inventor of Drupal.  I’ve learned a lot about Drupal multi-site development, and confirmed for myself that the same issues I have with moving a site between DEV, Integration, and Production sites, even the big guys have.

 

Divine Guidance

I was wondering about the phrase “rise to fight another day”.  I was led to the quote that it supposedly came from, and then curiosity about the author, John Dryden, led me to an unexpected boost.

Fight on, my merry men all, I'm a little wounded, but I am not slain;
I will lay me down for to bleed a while,
Then I'll rise and fight with you again. - John Dryden

I found some quotes that were PERFECT for how I was feeling, and I think it was because I prayed about how I was feeling, especially about a decision I have to make.

  • They conquer who believe they can.
  • Fortune befriends the bold.
  • None but the brave deserve the fair.
  • He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
  • Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue
  • Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
  • Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.
  • Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!
  • The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
  • Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.”
  • Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.
  • We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
  • What passions cannot music raise or quell?
  • Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.