Joshua P. Steele

Hive Social? I can’t keep up.

What is a book you wish you would have read earlier in your life/career?

“Taking initiative does not mean being pushy, obnoxious, or aggressive. It does mean recognizing our responsibility to make things happen.” (Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People)

“To put these first two points together: we get attached to things beyond our control, and this brings us misery; we are oblivious to features of our thinking that we can control and that, if managed better, would bring us peace. Stoicism tries to make us conscious of this pattern and reverse it.” (Ward Farnsworth, The Practicing Stoic)

What purchase of $100 or less has most improved your life in the past year or so?

What’s the best tree guide out there? Sibley? Audubon? Something else? I’m in Pennsylvania, USA.

Have you heard of ChainList before? GitHub for checklists? Sounds cool! Give it a look: Community - ChainList

I already pay for my micro.blog and now I’ve decided to become a Patreon supporter of my Mastodon instance (indieweb.social). Would rather pay for both than continue to be conditioned by “free” social media.

Very sad to hear that Michael Gerson has died. He spoke at Cedarville in spring 2012, right before the fundamentalist coup began that summer and fall. My cynicism about conservative politics was growing, but his thoughtfulness and sincerity stood out to me.

But, if we don’t have Twitter, how will we know what to be angry about each day???

“Do I need to spend more time searching for better information or do I need to spend more time acting on the information I already have? Is the bottleneck strategy or execution?” @JamesClear #JamesClear

So, I used to buy all the theology books. Now I buy all the software development books! 🤷‍♂️ #software #books #bookaddict #bookaddiction

When it comes to #softwaredevelopment and #softwareengineering what are the most helpful “overview” resources you’ve encountered? It’s easy to find blogs, stackoverflow, docs, etc. about the trees and leaves, but what resources show you the forest? #software #tech

Only a couple chapters in, and this is already one of the most helpful overviews of software architecture I’ve read! Thank you, Mark Richards! Software Architecture Patterns, 2nd Edition learning.oreilly.com/library/v…

Have you heard of the fallacies of distributed computing?

I’ll need to try this out! 🦜 How to Visualize Sounds – Earbirding

Time to learn more about event-driven architecture! Any recommended resources? #software #softwarearchitecture #eventdrivenarchitecture #microservices

Reject Trumpism. Reject Christian Nationalism.

What do you wish people knew about you?

Looking for a good emergency radio and a good compass. Any recommendations?