7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 27 I spent two hours today digging post holes and pouring concrete for clothesline T-posts in the backyard. My wife wanted clotheslines. So I dug. That was my exercise today. It wasn't the gym. It wasn't a walk with a voice recorder. It was Oklahoma dirt and a post-hole … Continue reading The Wildest Dream
Author: David Willis
Data Is Communication
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 26 I had a conversation today that connected twenty years of my career to the thing everyone's trying to figure out right now. I work in data management. I've spent two decades as the person who sits between business teams and technical teams, translating what one side needs into … Continue reading Data Is Communication
The Joining Tables Moment
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 25 My freshman year of college, I convinced myself I couldn't handle music theory. I had the brain for it. I just didn't believe I did. So I enrolled in fundamentals instead — the kiddie pool — while my entire cohort moved ahead into the real coursework. I never … Continue reading The Joining Tables Moment
Shake the Dirt Off
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 24 I checked my Apple Watch today. I've had it for about seven or eight years. It tracks how often you close all three rings — calories burned, movement, and exercise minutes. Since I've owned it, I've closed all three rings 1,750 times. I thought I'd been dragging. Apparently … Continue reading Shake the Dirt Off
I Told the AI to Edit My Book
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 23 Earlier this year, I finished my first novel — 105,000 words of a YA superhero story set in the 1990s. It needed editing. I had Claude. I figured this would be straightforward. I said, essentially: let's edit this. The AI started rewriting my story. Not editing — recreating. … Continue reading I Told the AI to Edit My Book
