Truth, Justice, and the American Way

How many of you remember this phrase?

Do any of you remember WHAT the American Way is or was?

What can we do to create a path back to that “American Way”?

Since I am sure many of you who read this have an idea of what that was, please respond with your memories and hopes for what it was and what it might still become.

Thanx, bgbg

Project Status Communication

It’s one thing to post a dashboard on a web site for each active project, but quite another to be confident that every project team member and its interested management have read and understood its meaning.

Sending an email with the dashboard contents is also not a guaranteed solution. Sometimes, as project leaders, we must go a little further.

In the past, I have recorded video reports explaining each of the metrics we are actively using on each project AND have captured receipt of these video reports when opened by each of the recipients. But even this does not guarantee that each recipient will watch, listen and understand what they are receiving.

What would you suggest and/or what have you used to successfully guarantee that all project team members stay completely informed about each project’s status?

Please contact me at whendoyoustoplooking@gmail.com, 610 662 5658, or bgutches@thepathtoinkc.com .

Thank you, bgbg

IT’s Lost Art of Software Engineering Intro

Intro to IT’s Lost Art of Software Engineering

I hope you think about what I am asking in this video and that you figure out how to apply these ideas to your organizations to improve the quality and sustainabilit of your installed applications.

If you are in a position where you can influence a change in your Application Deployment practice then please ask yourself and your management associates: Your systems work today. But will they be sustainable assets five years from now?

Tech With Bill: Password Paranoia

Passwords are essential to your online safety and security. However, they are also fairly easy to hack so that others can steal and mess with your data online. That might be OK if the only things you have placed online are fairly innocuous data, but what if someone were to hack into your checking and savings accounts? That would be generally bad, right?

Watch this video to see how you can reach me so that I can help you protect your information with a few technical steps to monitor and maintain your Online Account Passwords.

Tech With Bill on Password Paranoia – July 26

Thanks for listening, and I look forward to helping you in the future..

Bill G

Geri-Actives Intro Scam Warning Video #01

The attached Video file is advice about how to identify and avoid On Line Scams that you may run into while browsing On the Internet.

If you are interested in MORE of this type of advice and training, please contact me at one of the following:

Geri-Actives JobSeeker Podcasts

Several years ago, a friend of mine and I decided to create a series of Podcasts to advise people on how to find work. The economy, at that time, was slow and not actively hiring, so we thought it would be a good idea to help folks get prepared, organized, and motivated to move their Job Search forward.

And it seems the job-searching environment is also suffering at present, so I thought it would be good to bring these sessions out again for those in the Job/Income Hunt mode.

Here is an incomplete list of those podcasts. Listen and enjoy:

Content NameMedia
Resume Formulahttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_001-resume-formats.mp3
Be Optimistic
Social Networkinghttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/download.mp3
Reporting to a Younger Person\https://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_013-reporting-to-a-younger-p.mp3
When You Were Critizedhttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_010-when-you-were-criticized.mp3
Turn The Tableshttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_016-turn-the-tables.mp3
The Silent Treatmenthttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_005-the-silent-treatment.mp3
I’m Overqualifiedhttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_003-im-overqualified.mp3
Why Am I Here?https://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brian-and-bill-jsp-009-_why-am-i-her.mp3
Describe Your Ideal Jobhttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/episode_015-describe-your-ideal-job.mp3
Loaded Questionshttps://thepathtoinkc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brian-and-bill-jsp-007-_loaded-quest.mp3

Geri-Actives Going Forward

Are you looking forward to retiring, or are you already there?  Are you really ready for retirement? You might not want to take on another full-time position, but wouldn’t it be nice to get paid for your experience, skills, and capabilities?

Fill out this form (Link Below) and let other experienced people help you continue to work in your industry and your fields of expertise, so you can postpone full retirement until you are actually ready for that new stage of life.

12 July 26: Build a NEW FORM ASAP

Geri-Actives is a company owned and operated by Seniors like you who are just not ready for retirement and are actively engaged in continued work for their own satisfaction.

Technique Enforced Process (Orthogonality)

An Event initiates a Process. The Process collects, manipulates and saves Data including a State setting. Each change in State (including from No State to a State) can be used as an Event.

There are many external Events which occur and trigger their associated Processes within an automated application. As examples:

  1. A sale  of a product or service occurs online or in person
  2. A bank teller or an ATM device receives a request to accept a deposit or service a withdrawal
  3. A shipment of goods is initiated or arrives at its destination and is recorded in the appropriate applications

Two Master Processes are always running which monitor their “Event Threshold(s)”:

  • Calendar Dates and Events:
    • Week Ends and Endings
    • Month and Quarter Ends
    • Annual Ends
    • Special Event Dates and Timings
  • Data From State Changes
    • Which are Events that trigger other Processes

Each of these monitored Events are associated with and will initiate their necessary Processes.

And so the circle goes.

Some sample events include:

  1. Midnite on any date
  2. Midnite on special days like:
    1. End of a Week
    2. End of a Calendar Month
    3. End of a Year
    4. End of a Century
    5. New date matching a Birthday, Anniversary, Renewal dates for Subscriptions, Licenses, or other things expecting a renewal Payment (Rent, Lease, Copyrights, etc.)
  3. Receipt of a Payment from a Customer to a Vendor
  4. Insertion of a Credit or Debit card at a Purchase point
    1. Or at an ATM
  5. When an electronic record of a Customer, Order, Invoice, Shipping Order, or other “master” type data is changed from one state to a “retired” or “archived’ state
  6. When an electronic record of a Customer, Order, Invoice, Shipping Order, or other “master’ type data is changed from a “New” state to a more “Active” state
  7. Etc…