by rjhale | Dec 31, 2025 | Rambling, Small Business
So last year I didn’t do a year in review because I was sitting in the hospital with one serious thought back in January: I was probably a few days away from the year in review not mattering anymore. How do you sum up this year. Usually I pour through a pile of...
by rjhale | Dec 1, 2025 | Default, Rambling, Small Business
I’ve been trying to write my thoughts down more and have just been lost in life. The last 30 days have had me in Oak Ridge, Murfreesboro, and Reston Virginia. Yet another reason I mumble I really need to cut down on traveling. Which reminds me I need to discuss...
by rjhale | Oct 23, 2025 | conferences, QGIS, Rambling
I said last year I was going to cut back on conferences and forgot about that in the lead up to January. So far this year there’s been three conferences I’ve attended. I’ve got another 2 plus one speaking engagement and then I’m done for a bit....
by rjhale | Oct 22, 2025 | Open Source GIS, postgis, QGIS, Rambling, Small Business
It made me sad. I’m working on a project involving 911 data and it’s made me do quite a bit of thinking. The short story on this is it’s not in Tennessee. I’m taking data in it’s raw form and shoving it into that state’s NG911...
by rjhale | Aug 11, 2025 | Humor, Rambling
It’s weird to say “Time for the 7 month check-in” but there I stood at the doctors office waiting for my 7 month evaluation. Long story short – I’ve got some form of Heart Disease. I say some form because people have said a half dozen...
by rjhale | Jul 7, 2025 | Rambling, Small Business
So I was flooded on linkedin the other day with “Congrats on your work anniversary” and it always makes me feel weird. I was also at a potential client’s location a few weeks ago and the comment was made “I heard you died”. All the...
