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[13 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

#tweetarun:8.5miles in 1hrs, 13mins.
Pace: 8mins, 35 sec/m. New Total: 238.2miles in 34hrs, 50mins – felt strong, need more rest #
Once "Master of Puppets" gets into your head, it does not leave until a vigorous workout is completed. #
Working away on new #tweetarun features. More to come soon… #

Life & Introspection »

[6 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

Sydney lost her first tooth this weekend whilst Ethan learned to pee standing up. Big milestones to be celebrated. #
Ceapaim cupan tae ag an nomeid. #
Rockband 2 drumming can surely give anyone the visage of a slack-jawed unblinking gormless idiot…but it sure is fun. #
I don't get it. Folks still seem to think the Identity Management business is about digital certificates. Why is this so hard? #
I'm looking at Sketchflow in Expression Blend. Export to Word is full of WIN #
@darrelherbst is foursquare your creation? Looks nice, I'm gonna sign …

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[1 Sep 2009 | 10 Comments | ]
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Applied to Software Development

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology which attempts to classify human “needs” in order of importance ranging from low to high. The lowest needs being the ones most fundamental to life, the highest being the most aspirational or transcendent.
The hierarchy of needs is arranged in a pyramid, once lower level needs are met you can move up to the next level. Lowest on the pyramid are things like Food, Sleep, Water. Here’s a visual:

Self-actualization is highest in the list and presumably by the time you’re operating at …