Philosophy

Every year at Automattic we get together at what we call the Grand Meetup. Everyone is expected to give a four minute flash talk on any subject - literally any subject. Last year I described a funny story about a boss stealing my iPhone. This year I combined another funny story with some personal philosophies. Last summer I posted about how Things With Wheels Are Meant To Move and that paired well with my tweets about my philosophy on systems. This flash talk is an amalgamation of those two posts. ...

I was apparently feeling philosophical the other day and posted two tweets about dealing with systems architecture. They generally apply to life as well, so I'm posting them here on my blog so I don't forget them. Just because something was done a certain way, doesn't mean it was done right and even if it was done right at the time it may be wrong now.https://twitter.com/astralbodies/status/488786577360171008 Wax on, wax off. https://twitter.com/astralbodies/status/488786693999558656

My friend Marty gave a nugget of wisdom today that I thought I'd share. I mentioned how I've been doing good at losing weight but this past weekend I cut loose a little with family over. I intended on relaxing the calorie count so I don't feel guilty at all. His quote though, brought things into perspective. Progress is never a straight line. You just need to re-focus this week.Progress really never is linear. Looking at all of the metrics I've been capturing relating to my progress with improving my health that is certainly the case. ...