Jim Rowland, Software Test Pilot

Full transcript and show notes at <a href='https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/episode/jim-rowland-software-test-pilot/'>theomnishow.omnigroup.com</a> <p>Jim Rowland — whose career has included driving frigates, placing things in Earth orbit, and graduating from both the Naval Academy and law school — is, to the best of everyone’s knowledge, not related to Kevin Rowland of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexys_Midnight_Runners">Dexys Midnight Runners</a>, and he won’t suggest, but should, that it’s time we stopped asking him.</p> <p>Jim talks about testing OmniPlan and OmniFocus — and then we talk about his time catching satellites and, later, attending law school, taking the bar exam, and finding a home at Omni.</p> <p>You can find Jim on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/usna92">@usna92</a>.</p> <p>Some other people, places, and things mentioned:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASwge9wc-eI">Come On Eileen</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/">OmniFocus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle/">OmniGraffle</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnioutliner/">OmniOutliner</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/more/">OmniDiskSweeper</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/more/">OmniWeb</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omniplan/">OmniPlan</a></li> <li><a href="https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/episode/greg-titus-omniplan-engineer">Greg Titus</a></li> <li><a href="https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/episode/tom-bunch-omniplan-engineer">Tom Bunch</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/web/">OmniFocus for the Web</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.usna.edu/">Naval Academy</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor">Medal of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wyo.gov/">Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney">Dick Cheney</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Wallop">Malcolm Wallop</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Simpson_(American_politician)">Alan Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092099/">Top Gun</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.esbnyc.com/">Empire State Building</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage">Faraday Cage</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Bill">G.I. Bill</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.denvergov.org/">Denver, CO</a></li> <li><a href="https://dnd.wizards.com/">Dungeons and Dragons</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cityoftacoma.org/cms/One.aspx">Tacoma, WA</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3sp184oT_U">Foghorn Leghorn</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx5d3haRG7M">Barney Fife</a></li> <li><a href="https://microblog.omnigroup.com/wake-up-the/">Cleocatra</a></li> <li><a href="https://microblog.omnigroup.com/2019/04/26/its-declan-the.html">Fergus (formerly Declan)</a></li> <li><a href="https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/episode/the-tikinauts-two-cherries-in">Tiki drinkers</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eveonline.com/">Eve Online</a></li> </ul>