Author: Mike Crittenden

One of my favorite ways to make sure my projects are well rounded is to look at the past, the present, and the future of the project, and make sure all 3 areas are being thought about constantly. Imagine you’re onboarding someone onto your project. How would you explain where the project came from, where […]

Software developers exist on a spectrum. On one extreme, we have “Grinders“. These are the people who just want to be told exactly what to do, and then be left alone while they go heads down and do it, and then move onto the next thing. Ask them to solve a hard problem and they […]

My first half marathon! Trails hurt!

After 7 years and 80,000+ users, I’m starting to charge money for Shortkeys.

A list of some of my favorite conversation starters to get a team talking. Use them wisely!

After 10 months of reading 50 books totaling almost 17,000 pages, I wrapped up the 2019 PopSugar Reading Challenge.

After a month of trying to not be a lazy out of shape idiot, I ran a very slow 5K race and loved it.

I’ve read Getting Things Done twice now, once a few years back and once just this month. Here’s the 2 minute summary of what I’ve taken from it.

My quest to break my addiction to work chat.

I’ve spent the last few years trying to become a real life adult. Here’s a one page summary of what I’ve learned.