Category Writing
In my constant search for all that is good and strong and beautiful, I sometimes find things in unexpected places. I don’t usually place any hope in the tourist traps that Santa Fe puts on; but this year, I found… Continue Reading →
No one can ever say I didn’t attempt to become the educator I sought to be. As a matter of fact, my epitaph will read: “At least he tried.” Just the other day, I was stalking about a new online… Continue Reading →
Organizations often begin projects without any idea about the project’s success. But then, when a project fails, they step back and wonder what went wrong. During my career, I have led both successful and unsuccessful projects (the successful ones are… Continue Reading →
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been wrestling with meaningless deadlines. Again, if there is an actual dependency associated with a deadline, or if the consequences of missing a deadline are enforced, then I think deadlines are quite useful and… Continue Reading →
Sadly, it appears that arbitrary deadlines simply will not stop plaguing me. I’m not Einstein, but if there’s no REAL limiting factor that requires a deadline to be met, then people NEED to re-evaluate those deadlines for reality’s sake. I’m… Continue Reading →
I’ve been working within the clinical information technology field for the last ten (10) years. Because am BOTH a software development project manager (PMP certified) AND a licensed clinician (LADC, CEP), I believe that I am well-positioned to build my own… Continue Reading →
I will be a guest on David Perez’s El Show on True Taos Radio. Regardless of where you live, you can stream it on iTunes, or via the web, or on TuneIn. I’ll be discussing my book 49 Tips and… Continue Reading →
Yesterday, a Santa Fe bookstore owner slapped me in the face. Well, not literally, as she is an older lady and if she had actually slapped me, I doubt that I would have felt it much. Really though, I would… Continue Reading →
In the twenty years I’ve spent designing and implementing software, I can safely say that social service agencies tend to be under-served by their IT strategies. The thing is, though, that a really good clinical decision support system (CDSS) can… Continue Reading →
I write a lot about the ideal person we should all strive to be. The reason I write about that ideal is that I have the distinct privilege of spending every day of my life with the human ideal —… Continue Reading →
