GHDR 2026: The Kickoff
As I sat down to write this post, my first sentence started with “for more than a decade…” And I thought to myself, “No, that can’t be right.” Turns out … For more than a decade, I have watched my…
Bill Kracke
I am a husband to one, father to two, friend to a few, and geek to most.
Light Bringer: Red Rising #6
I’m trying out adding mini-book reviews of the things I read here. I am not a book reviewer. I have specific, quirky tastes. This will all become clear over time. The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown has the ingredients…
So You’re Working From Home?
Three weeks ago, hardly any of us were aware of COVID-19. Toilet paper was easy to find. We didn’t sing songs while washing our hands. And then someone told you that you’d be working from home for the foreseeable future.…
The Unrelenting Pressure That I Place On Myself
That familiar feeling was back: my chest tightened a little bit; my focus fragmented into a million directions; my anxiety began to climb. And the voice in my head sternly reprimanded me – “You’re doing it AGAIN! You’ve wasted your…
Life Lessons from a Notebook
One of the things that I am planning to nerd out about more on my professional website (when I finally get that sucker done) is productivity and such, but I had some personal revelations recently that felt more at home…
My heart is breaking, it must be late October
Late October in New England is really the sweet spot for why people live here. Fall colors are on display, the air is crisp, but not frigid. Our menu shifts from light summer fare to heartier comfort food like soups,…
Waiting is Hard
I’ve had a paralyzed vocal chord for 69 days. I had surgery to remove a potato sized mass in my chest that was compressing my windpipe and threatening to close off my airway eventually. It was an involved surgery —…
Pickle Cat
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Jeff Taught Me: Love Courageously
I want to close out this week with the greatest lessons Jeff taught me. Love Courageously Like a lot of guys, I often trip and stumble over that phrase with anyone outside of my wife, my kids, and my Mom.…
Jeff Taught Me: If It Isn’t Fun, You Are Doing It Wrong
One of the more challenging phrases spoken in our family over the past week and a half has been this: “We’ll just have to make our own fun.” In my family, we relied on Jeff to keep things fun. Not…