28 Jun
2 NOTES

micahc:

Morgan Freeman: Why do we need a Black History Month, I am an American
25 Jun

Project Management Philosophy

I thoroughly enjoy seeing a project through from concept to reality. The odd thing is that I love the process as much as the product of the process. The process fascinates me.

Over the past few years of this sort of work in the web world, I’ve gone through a dozen different methodologies. I completely adopted some and some were just impetuses for my own system. Among the best was (and is) SCRUM.

SCRUM is a style of project management that was created for software development and focuses on planned, incremental, manageable version releases. (With the right person, this method can be adapted for many types of projects, not just software.)

I’ve adapted the traditional SCRUM methodology to fit my own personality and natural work flow, but retained its overarching principles; roles, meeting philosophy, and the priority of adaptation to variables. I’ve abandoned the terminology and specific meeting parameters, though.

I might go into my system in a little more detail in the future, but I just wanted to clue you in on the inspiration for my methods. Do you have a method of preference?

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I’ve been a loyal user of Google Voice since it was called GrandCentral back in the day. They just opened up the service to more folks on an invite only basis. You can sign up here. Watch the Google Voice explanation video here. Or give me a call on my Google Voice number in the sidebar.

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As you may know, I’m a worship pastor at RiverTown Church. I enjoy every Sunday I get to spend with those folks, approaching God with honesty and passion. One of the songs that’s really been grabbing the hearts of my people is Bless the Lord by Jon Owens.

Listen to the song and then hop over to iTunes and buy his whole live worship album called Arize Live. You will not regret it.

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Trying New Things

Erica and I spent a fun evening with the Driscolls tonight; watching Wipeout and discussing random stuff. One of the random topics that came up was wine. Lori and Tim (the Driscolls) have recently begun studying and discovering wine as a hobby. They went to Napa valley and got hooked.

We got tangled up in conversation because Erica and I have a couple bottles of wine that we’ve never touched in our four years of marriage. They just sit in our wine rack, gathering dust and trying their best to look cool. (Sorry @garyvee.)

So, after a little while of listening to Tim and Lori’s fascination with wine, we decided we might want to check it out a little closer. We’re hoping to take our two bottles of wine over to the Driscoll’s home soon and join them in a little tasting. Hopefully, Tim and Lori will teach us something and help us appreciate wine more fully.