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A collection of 21 issues

Community Comment: Part 38 - Choose your words wisely, not just for LLM prompts but for life in general

* LLM models respond differently to "What are the top 5 running shoe brands?" * This is because "top" can mean different things depending on context * For example, the context can be "highest sales revenue" or "greatest popularity" * If the context is "best&

New Book Review: "Running Toward Life"

New book review for Running Toward Life: Finding Community and Wisdom in the Distances We Run, by John Trent, Broad Book Press, 2023: Copy provided by Amazon. Trent mentions in his introduction that his hope in writing this book is to speak to various phases of one's running

New Book Review: "Running with Purpose"

New book review for Running with Purpose: How Brooks Outpaced Goliath Competitors to Lead the Pack, by Jim Weber, HarperCollins Leadership, 2022: Copy provided by Amazon. One of the unique aspects of this book is the author's explanation of the history and purpose behind writing it in the

Community Comment: Part 18 - Lines of code (LOC) is not a good productivity measure

* Lines of code (LOC) not good productivity measure * Preparation rewards !> participation rewards * Finish time matters for running race * End product matters for software The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Product Owner at Consultancy: “A developer should be writing at least as much in code

New Book Review: "The Success Trail"

New book review for The Success Trail: Learn to Win with a Marathon Runner's Mindset, by Jack Perconte, Second Base Publishing, 2021: Copy provided by author Jack Perconte (former professional baseball player). As a lifelong runner, I've read many running books over the years, and this

Past Book Review (December 30, 2020): "Still Running"

New book review for Still Running: The Art of Meditation in Motion, by Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, Shambhala, 2020: Copy provided by Amazon. In her introduction to this book, Goddard discusses the concept of "zazen", seated meditation, as the main path to liberation in Buddhism, and then quickly follows

Past Book Review (November 28, 2020): "Running with Joy"

New book review for Running with Joy: My Daily Journey to the Marathon, by Ryan Hall, Harvest House Publishers, 2011: This memoir by Ryan Hall (American half-marathon record holder, fastest American-born marathoner, and fastest Boston Marathon runner as of 2011) provides a fascinating, daily running log that as a lifelong

Past Book Review (November 26, 2020): "26 Marathons"

New book review for 26 Marathons: What I Learned about Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career, by Meb Keflezighi and Scott Douglas, Rodale Books, 2020: Great read about all the marathons Meb ran during his 2002-2017 career, which just happen to equal 26! Almost half of these,

Scrum: A Runner's Perspective

Growing up, I ran competitively in school for 10 years, less a couple years break due to school transitions and short-term attendance at a smaller US private school which did not offer a running program. My third grade teacher discovered me so-to-speak and encouraged me to try out for the

Rave Run: Arkansas River Trail and Clinton Presidential Park (Little Rock)

The fifth post in the series I started a couple years ago, unabashedly based on a regular spread in Runner's World Magazine called Rave Runs, in order to share interesting routes with other runners. Why a post on running within a blog that concentates on business and technology?