Dates covered: April 6-12, 2015 (week 15 of 52) Business Stop playing to win. Instead, do the opposite (via Pluralsight Blog) Career 8 things to do before taking a major career risk (via Pluralsight Blog) Please Direct All Inquiries to My Agent (via Erik…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 14
Dates covered: March 30-April 5, 2015 (week 14 of 52) Career Salary Negotiations: Win by Losing (via Erik Dietrich) The Soft Skills Gap (via Phillip Andreason) The Tech Lead Role: Lessons from Ancient Rome (via Erik Dietrich) Career Decisions (via Software Lead Weekly) Communication…
April 2015 BODYJAM Mix
Although BODYJAM is not currently on the schedule, it will be part of the Les Mills Spring Sneak Peek Weekend (Saturday/Sunday April 18-19). We’ll be surveying members to see when/where BODYJAM should go on the group fitness schedule. The launch event will…
April/May 2015 RPM Mix
Here are my RPM track lists for April and May, 2015. I’ll teach the mix a few times in April before the Les Mills Spring Sneak Peek Weekend (Saturday/Sunday April 18-19), then I’ll stick with the latest release (RPM 66) for a…
BODYJAM 72 Music Review
Part of my process of learning a BODYJAM release is to listen to the music first before doing anything with the choreography. Considering the Les Mills program directors pick the music first and choreograph later, I’m trying to approach the release…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 13
Dates covered: March 23-29, 2015 (week 13 of 52) Career Some Changes to DaedTech Because I Want to Build a Thing (via Erik Dietrich) Too Busy to Network? Make Time With These 15 Tips (via Lifehacker) The Dark Side of Technology Careers Communication…
BODYJAM AIM-1
This weekend I attended my first Advanced Instructor Module (AIM) for a Les Mills program; this module focused on BODYJAM. This post is about my experience. The People The facilitator was Josh Keenum, who is a bit of an all-star…
RPM 66 Music Review
Part of my process of learning an RPM release is to listen to the music first before doing anything with the choreography. Considering the Les Mills program directors pick the music first and choreograph later, I’m trying to approach the…
Professional Development – 2015 – Week 11
Dates covered: March 9-15, 2015 (week 11 of 52) Career My 2014 in Review: Or How I Beat Impostor Syndrome (via Phillip Andreason) “The Best Job Description for an Engineer Ever Written” (via Rich Rogers) Build to Learn: Why You Should Make Things…
Kalamazoo X 2015
About the conference/trip This year I was thrilled to finally attend the soft-skills conference, Kalamazoo X. One of the things that drew me to this conference is that it deals with things that transcend any technology and any job at a certain…