I play guitar for an artist named Dylan Bloom. He's one of the most popular independent country acts in the midwest. Almost every week he sends me text messages asking if I’m available to play gigs with him. In addition to playing with Dylan, I play guitar for my church, and on occasion, other churches … Continue reading Your Reputation Precedes You
2020 wasn't a great year for a lot of things, but it was a good year for my reading list. This year I did a couple things different that lead to a lot more reading. First, I listened to a lot more audio books (I've noted which books were audio books). Listening to books while … Continue reading Books of 2020
It's that time of year again where we've got to scramble to find gifts for the people we love. If you're hard pressed to find something for the Gentleman Badass in your life, this list will come in handy. If you're a Gentleman Badass yourself, well, this list will give you something to spend your … Continue reading Gentleman Badass 2020 Gift Guide
It’s that time again where I’m brainstorming my goals for the New Year. To be completely honest, I really enjoy this practice. I realized early in November it was almost time to goal-set, and my mind started bursting with creativity. 2020 was a good year for my goals. COVID-19 put a dent in some of … Continue reading The 20 M.A.D Challenge
Hey ya'll, long time no see. I hope you're all doing well. Mick and I have had a busy summer and have taken a little break from the podcast. We're actually working on some pretty big things that we'll be rolling out in the future but there's only so much time in the day. We … Continue reading Kemper Profiler PROs and cons
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The last couple weeks have been a little crazy, so I apologize for the lack of new episodes and posts. I don't have much time today, but I did want to clue you into something awesome I just discovered. Earlier this week I picked up a copy of Dan Crenshaw's new book "Fortitude" on Kindle … Continue reading Goldmine
When you work for yourself, it’s difficult to stay organized and motivated. Project Slayer helps me do both. Here’s how it works. The idea was inspired by the show “Silicon Valley” and is based on a project management tool called “Scrum.” Scrum is widely used for group programming projects in the real world and I’ve … Continue reading Project Slayer
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If you’ve never played guitar, do you think it would be wise to challenge a guitar player to a guitar dual? If you’ve never written a line of code, do you think you could code better than a coder who works for Google? What about a coder who works for a local business? What about … Continue reading So you think you can fight?
