Coding, Managing and Christianity

Thoughts about coding, managing and Christianity

EMails and hurt feelings

by Chris Ampenberger. Tags: communication , personal-growth , humility .

For the last two years I organized a monthly breakfast for the men who lead small groups in our fellowship. Back then there was not a lot of opportunity for the leaders to meet, have fellowship and talk about what is going on. Since then several other opportunities to meet have been created and the interest in the breakfasts was declining. It was increasingly difficult to find volunteers to host, lead any discussions or sometimes even find a suitable date.

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Equifax the second

by Chris Ampenberger. Tags: privacy , personal growth , humility .

Last time I wrote about Equifax and the ownership of data. Since then the CEO of Equifax and two other executives left, but it already got quieter while the news moved on to Trump’s Twitter battle with the NFL. I’m not sure what is more sad. Anyways, the ideas about ownership of data and digital freedom come mostly from Doc Searls, who writes the EOF column at the Linux Journal.

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Failure

by Chris Ampenberger. Tags: management , humility , personal growth .

I recently read the book “The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth” from John C. Maxwell. It is a great book with many valuable thoughts about growth and personal development. Among other things, he writes that failure doesn’t define one, which made me think of how I respond when I do something wrong. In my previous job I tried to rewrite a product and the project failed (I have a draft article that I will also post some day).

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