Author: Patrick Turner

7 Tech Trends for 2019

Post author By Patrick Turner
Post date January 18, 2019
Categories In Agile, Culture, DevOps, Digital, Home Automation, Product Development
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2019 Trends Part 1 2018 was a big year for us with significant progress in our agile transformation and digital transformation practices. Culture continues to be a big part of the impact on our organization, and on how we impact our customer partners. This year, I’ve broken up the conversation into two parts, one on technology (my first […]

Romania Travel Tips

As many of you know, I’ve been to Romania a few times. OK, I’ve been a lot. I love the country and I consider Cluj my second home. I get a lot of questions about traveling to the region so a few years ago I wrote these travel tips and I keep them up as […]

A Developer’s Job Security Paradox: The Risks of Choosing a “Safe” Career

It’s debated so often, psychologists should call it the Developer’s Dilemma: do I choose the stability and stagnation of a product-focused company, or the risk and variety of working for a services firm? There are only two options to choose and yet both feel like polar opposites. Oddly though, each answer somehow feels equally smart, […]

Does #Apple Like #HomeBridge?

Does Apple actually like HomeBridge and that’s why they’re not killing it off?

I’m an IT outsider

Post author By Patrick Turner
Post date September 27, 2018
Categories In Culture, My Story, Outsourcing

I’ve written in the past about Shadow IT. In the IT world, it’s just simply a dirty word. It’s also something I’ve somewhat made a career out of. My first “real job” was at a big company that, like all big companies, had a tough time figuring out how to use the limited time, money, […]

HARO for Personal Branding

HARO can help you build your personal brand by quotes in recognized publications.

5 Home Automation Challenges

I’ve been into Home Automation for a few years now and, while I’ve had a blast doing it, and love showing off my automations to guests when they come to my house (insert wife’s eye roll here) I still know that I can’t volunteer to help anyone with their setup. It’s just too flaky. Devices […]

How I Got Started, or Why I love Radio Shack

When I was a kid I spent a lot of time at the Radio Shack. I loved the Radio Shack. They had a battery club back then so you could get free batteries if you had a little punch card. Funny thing is I don’t remember what I used the batteries for but I can vividly […]

Email Newsletters Aren’t Dead

Like most of you I sit in front of a computer most of the day, and when I’m not there I’m often staring at my phone. The logical way to consume news would be through websites, which I certainly do. And I find myself in front of the Apple News app regularly now that it’s on […]

Speaking at the Volvo Business Analysis Professional Development Day 2018

Post author By Patrick Turner
Post date September 6, 2018
Categories In Agile, Culture, DevOps, Speaking

I’m pretty excited that our customer, Volvo Trucks, has asked me to speak at their upcoming event titled Business Analysis Professional Development Day 2018. From their flyer: During this Development Day, the development, challenges, and required skills of the 21st century Business Analyst will be examined. Andrea Tetto, (SVP Commercial Support) will highlight the business […]