2013 Dies, 2014 Lives… To a New Year!

My feelings on new years resolutions is pretty dry. Namely, I think they’re rather stupid. The main reason being this, if one is only checking their life, place and accomplishments once a year they’re forgetting most of them and remembering little if any accomplishments. It reminds me of the hierarchical nonsense of western European derived... Continue reading →

Use or Read RSS Feeds Still? Here’s Your Tech Blogs

This is another one of those lists I’ve started putting together. I wanted to get it out there to the public. It all started with Hadi @HHariri converting his blog from WordPress to Jekyll using Github Pages. I’ve wanted to get a solid list of top blogs. One’s that have great content, solid writing, technical... Continue reading →

Leadership of a Team: Progress and Backlogs

I’ve been checking out a number of teams and what their workloads look like. I’ve of course worked on more than few with completely disparate practices and policies. Some where really good at making great progress and others were absolutely horrendous. I’d argue one team actually went backwards in progress more than a few times.... Continue reading →

In Portland, Work With Data? Happy Data Hour…

Happy Data Hour is happening this Thursday, I just stumbled upon it and met the organizers and others. It will be a top group of fun people talking about all sorts of modern data ideas, advances and related topics. In addition, drinks are on the organizers of Keen.io and Digital Ocean. I hear that (and... Continue reading →

Thugerdashery, Hacking, Designing, Thrashing, Hats, Hoodies, Beanies & Gats Yo!

I’m was hacking this Sunday after wrapping up a ton of work putting together the upcoming Docker screencast for Pluralsight, which I’m super stoked on it going live in the coming days. If you don’t have a subscription there you should go get one ASAP. However tonight, having wrapped that up I decided I’d work... Continue reading →