Or… Stop listening for the ‘no’ — just assume it — until you hear ‘yes’. — Spoiler Alert: The answer is simple: NEVER! We Need To Change The Conversation The whole ‘No Means No’ is a catchy phrase and can be shouted at the top of your lungs at rallies — I don’t think that this gets the message through — it implies that a woman is saying ‘yes’ until it is a ‘no’. …

Or… And, no, it is not about women, it is just the fact that men scratch their heads as though there is a great mystery about it without attempting to do anything about it. — I am a career IT consultant — with decades of experience in dealing with clients, projects, and people. Hiring is just one of the many things that I have done, so very many times. Table Of Contents 1. The Three Issues 2. Yikes —We Need To Hire More People [🫂] So you…

Or… This is the definitive (and somewhat surprising) list of tags and followers if you are looking for the greatest viewership of your article. — Wondering why your articles aren’t getting as many views as you think they should? Then keep reading — here is the list of tags which have over 100,000 followers. (Which I handily compiled for you, so you don’t have to.) Or you can download a FREE Google Chrome Extension so…

Or… How to get all of the pieces together for distribution through a website for an Apple Mac Application — Java, JavaFX, jlink, jpackage, codesign, notarytool — so many commands, and how to put it all together so that you can provide a downloadable disk image (.dmg) from a website. The code for this project (with the updated splashscreen, application icons and disk image icons can be found here: https://github.com/synapticloop/HelloJavaFXWorld)

Or… The power of the writing community to make someone’s day — What my daughter achieved in 3 months of writing, versus 3 years of my writing. I have published 240 articles (this is my 241st), and have 144 more in the waiting room — some have been more popular than others. Some have gone semi-viral, and some have died a death…

Or… How I spent a lot of time evaluating my stories on Medium and my surprising insight — I did some analysis of the articles that I published and the topics that were assigned to them. Laborious, yes, but the results were insightful. So Many Things Are Important, But Topics Are Importanter I have published 239 articles on Medium (this is my 240th) over the almost 3 years that I have been a member.

Or… The second step of my young daughter’s writing journey, this time exploring the theme of winter, death, and longing for the renewal of life — This is the second of my daughter’s poems that I am publishing on Medium. For those who have not read any of her other poetry, the idea behind publishing her works is to act as an incentive to continue exploring the power and beauty of words and encourage her entrepreneurial…

Or… Why I don’t follow the majority of the writing advice that I have read on Medium — There are many published articles on Medium about being a successful writer on Medium — which translates to how to make make money. They all say a similar line along: “Write what you know about — find a niche and stick with it.” And they are good articles, with great…

Or… Navigating and understanding the kaleidoscope of things that makes something successful. — This is also a bit of a ‘Thank-You’ to the Medium.com platform. You have inspired a new generation of writer, my daughter. My children are going to live in very interesting times, at no other point in time has society changed so quickly, and it shows no signs of these…