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Date Title & Description Contributors
2020-06-23

  Vue, Vuex, Auth, and State Management

2020-06-09

  BLM, White Privilege, Accountability, Guilt, Responsibilities, and Helping

The world feels like a different place from just a couple weeks ago, but it's not. The United States is still in the same place it has been for a long time, if you're a minority. Randy and Don discuss the Black Lives Matter movement, police accountabil... 		  CTO Think author
2020-05-19

  From Manager/Dev to Non-coding Manager

Right before the COVID pandemic hit, Randy was asked to take on the management of two new teams, which changed his typical role of manager-developer to strictly people management, meetings, and project tracking. Don and Randy discuss the change as it a... 		  CTO Think author
2020-05-12

  Big Ideas Getting Planned, Part 2

Don and Randy continue their discussion about the business plans in the Big Idea Gator Business Plan Competition, this time about the best entries and how the competition played out. Coconuts!
2020-05-05

  Big Ideas Getting Planned, Part 1

Don brings in a few examples from an upcoming Big Idea Gator Business Plan Competition in which he's playing the role of a judge. We discuss the importance of good writing, identifying the problem, and setting reasonable goals and metrics to give folks...
2020-03-31

  Difficult Choices and Hard Conversations

Don and Randy talk about what's been going on with the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has affected their firms, jobs, and side projects. What does it mean to talk to folks under your wing? What kind of leadership does it take when the real world seems ou... 		  CTO Think author
2020-03-03

  Growing Up and Losing the Fun Parts of App Development

Don asked Randy about what he's working on, lately, and Randy exclaimed, "nothing fun," which actually turns out not to be true. Randy details the additional mix of people, communication, and risk management around mature application development and it...
2020-02-25

  Improving Visual Communication for Remote Management

Randy is making efforts to improve the communication of visual examples via remote video meetings. We discuss his first attempt to achieve online whiteboarding using a Macbook Pro, a Wacom One tablet, and a Google Jamboard. 		  CTO Think author
2020-02-11

  Security Concerns Keep Coming

In Don's role as CTO for AspirEDU, he has a number of security audits posed by potential customers and increasing complexity around third-party hosts. Randy keeps wanting to talk about the XFL (Part 2). 		  CTO Think author
2020-01-28

  Proposed Project Approach and the Wonders of Sous Vide Cooking

Randy pitches to Don an approach for a CMS project and then rifs on the cool new toy he recently purchased for the kitchen: A sous vide cooking device.