I spend so much of my waking (and resting) life fine-tuning this thinking machine atop my shoulders. Yet I’ve some how decided the “idle mode” switch was taking up too much cerebral space that could be used for some other…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 37
Dates covered: September 8-14, 2014 (week 37 of 52) Culture Representing Programmers as if They Were Celebrities (via Greg Jorgensen) The Lost Art of Candor in the Workplace (via Lifehacker) The Secret Sauce (via Lifehacker) The Operating Model That Is Eating The World…
Deciding to Wait on AIM1 for BODYJAM
Now that I’ve been teaching group fitness for a year, I’ve been on the lookout for an AIM (Advanced Instructor Module). An AIM gives instructors the tools needed to take their teaching to the next level, usually through coaching exercises,…
RPM 64 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…
Meetings are for Collaboration
Humans are social creatures, so meetings of one form or another are par for the course both for personal or business reasons. Why meetings (tend to) suck People don’t like to have their time wasted. Most of us are busy…
Professional Development – 2014 – Week 36
Dates covered: September 1-7, 2014 (week 36 of 52) Career Advice to a New Programmer (via Phillip Andreason) The Career Ladder Isn’t in the Office (via Software Lead Weekly) The Future of Tech Jobs: 5 Themes to Watch (via ZDNet.com) Culture…
RPM 63 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…
WPF Resource Dictionaries in Dynamically Loaded Modules
Context During the down time between software releases at work, we decided it was time to upgrade to Visual Studio 2013 (from 2012). I was hoping that using the newer version would solve a XAML designer issue we encountered on occasion with…
September 2014 BODYJAM Mix
My plan is to launch the Q4 release (BODYJAM 70) in October, so I’ll be sticking with BODYJAM 69 Mash It for this month. I’m only scheduled to teach once in September, but in case I sub for someone, I’ll…
BODYJAM 69 Review
Overview BODYJAM 69 (Born to Rage) is the 2014 Q3 release. Here’s the overall format: Warmup Isolations Trap Jump Everybody’s Back Afro JAM 2014 (2 tracks) Recovery Alors on Danse (5 tracks) Groovedown There are some alternatives in this release….