“Most developers are itching to be a part of their favorite projects. You do not scale, but by giving developers tools and getting out of their way, your project can. So please remember that when issues are reported on your open source project, you should not fix them. I hope this serves you well and would love to hear about your experiences and help any way I can.”
By Wesley Beary in “Less is More published Nov 27, 2011. Hat tip Jake Dahn.

A leader will always lead by being prepared to do the work themselves, but I’m really feeling what @geemus wrote.

It is in the ethos of the WordPress community, and the company, my former employer, Matt Mullenweg formed to support it. Here is my favorite part of the Automattic Creed:

“I will never pass up an opportunity to help out a colleague, and I’ll remember the days before I knew everything.”

I’m excited by the help I’m receiving from my new colleagues at Piston Cloud and the OpenStack community.

Pistoneers are kindred spirits of Automatticians. Before joining the Piston Cloud team I noted automation being a regular theme on “Our Team“.

The chest compressions move enough oxygen to the brain, because the oxygen is already in the body. Studies have shown CCC to be more effective than traditional CPR, possibly because it is much easier to remember and administer, and anyone can do it. Just start pumping.
Marshall Brain, “How Continuous Chest Compression saves lives“, The Seattle Times, Oct 5th, 2010

The video notes not to use this on children under eight, or the rare case of respiratory failure or drowning.

Ritualistic behavior like you are now witnessing, is your toddler’s way of maintaining control while asserting his new found independence in a safe and worry-free manner.  When your little one is faced with some type of change in his routine, he feels vulnerable, anxious and frustrated, so having control of even the smallest areas of his life right now means more than you’ll ever know.  Being denied the fulfillment experienced through rituals can do a number on your little one’s self-esteem, so remember that what you may see as monotonous, your toddler sees as peace-of-mind, and who’s to argue with a content toddler?  Certainly not me.
Shelley Feldman, “Your 22-month-old toddler (week 93)“, edHelperBaby

The above makes sense, what we suspected, and seems to be the consistent explanation.

“My do it”, regularly insists my toddler son.

The examples of this that stands out to me all relate to eating:

• He insists on putting the cap back on his milk bottle, so he can remove it himself, before he’ll consider drinking it.
• Food that he doesn’t want can’t stay on his plate. He puts it on my plate.
• If his fruit filled cereal bar breaks in two then he earnestly tries to put it back together, and ends up rejecting it in frustration.

Being part of my toddler’s world, witnessing what is instinctual and being part of his learning, gives me incredibly enjoyable and insights.

I feel that being a parent is already making me a better person. My son really is my greatest teacher.

It was a last minute trip made possibly by our flexible schedules.

The conditions were incredible. A light layer of fresh snow on a solid base. Not windy. Sun poking through for much of the day. I’m told it was more winter skiing than spring.

There were no line ups. B made the point that people are already well into their spring thinking, and have left the mountains behind. The awesome sunny days we have had contributes too.

It was great to see so many elders skiing. You aren’t old, if you’re active.

It’s been many years since I last boarded, and I barely shook off the rust yesterday. Thankfully, my legs are not feeling too sore today.

It made me think of other favorite activities I’ve left behind, and how important for mind, body, and relationships, it is to do the activities each season. Of course, it also made me think of all the many new fantastic activities I now share with my family.

Lately, forwards and prefaces in non-fiction books have been bugging me. Like credits at the beginning of movies, forwards and prefaces are seldom executed well, and almost always too long. Also, the person writing the forward always makes sure to get in a plug for their own books or work.

Worse is an author’s preface telling you what you need to know to read the book or how to interpret it. The Head First technical books each start with a verbose section on how to get the most of the books. The material in each is near identical, but I feel required to read it in case it is not. If you are explaining, you likely have already lost.

If you must have it, move it all postface.

The best of books leave me wanting more, but they never include recommendations of what other books to read or resources to consider. I find this ironic considering the covers are filled with ego stroking recommendations of the book by her peers. Even if your opus, no book is an island.

And why are none of the recommendations by people that I can relate to? People that have been moved or raised by the book?