We're Lucky Bastards
We're Lucky Bastards Adam Brault gave an amazing talk on the blessed life developers lead and how we need to never waste a single moment of it.… Continue Reading 'We're Lucky Bastards'
0% Productivity Tip #2
I love the future. I love thinking about how things will be 100% better in it. I'll have more time, I'll have more knowledge and I'll do those bigs things that I just don't have time for right now in the present. Which leads me to my next way to… Continue Reading '0% Productivity Tip #2'
0% Productivity Tip #1
How you can get the most uselessness out of your day! I quit my job. There were many reasons for doing so, but gridlock due to poor processes was a big one. Before I quit, I started listing out habits we had as a company that caused the greatest harm… Continue Reading '0% Productivity Tip #1'
Building Impressive Presentations with Impress.js
Building Impressive Presentations with Impress.js In June I was asked to review a new book on Impress.js, the fun little presentation framework I’ve used in a few of my presentations. Here’s the review: —- First off, it’s great to see an entire book dedicated to… Continue Reading 'Building Impressive Presentations with Impress.js'
EmberATX June Meetup
Last night I travelled up to Austin to attend the EmberATX meetup happening at The Front Side. While the traffic leaving SA wasn’t fun, and finding the location proved a little tricky, I’m definitely happy I made the drive up. After introductions, I learned that I was sitting… Continue Reading 'EmberATX June Meetup'
Objectives, Priorities and Three-year olds
I recently had a discussion with someone regarding how my son basically exists right now to destroy and get in the way of everything I try and build up. Okay, it's not that bad, but the point was that I couldn't get anything done as a "team" without… Continue Reading 'Objectives, Priorities and Three-year olds'
Normalize.css and Default Heading Styles
I’ve been starting to work with Normalize.css, and while I love the idea and all the work done, I have a point of contention with it. The problem is this: associating heading levels with a particular style doesn’t scale. This lack of scaling can result in accessibility… Continue Reading 'Normalize.css and Default Heading Styles'
Functional Testing and YUI
For the past month or so, I’ve had the job of creating regression functional tests for some code running YUI3. The goal of these tests is to help build a basic regression suite so that when upgrading YUI, we can have a quick sanity check to see if anything… Continue Reading 'Functional Testing and YUI'
The Boiling Pot
Liberate Your Spirit Well, America is known as the land of the free and a boiling pot nation. There have been some concerns with immigration from Mexico, but for the most part, Americans are very welcoming of outsiders and understand that to be the land of the free, we have… Continue Reading 'The Boiling Pot'
Hit Undo in Firefox's Address Bar to Browse Your Recent History
Hit Undo in Firefox's Address Bar to Browse Your Recent History Hit the undo shortcut (Ctrl+z/Cmd+z) in Firefox’s address bar to move through your recent history via keyboard and find tabs you’ve closedsort of like a lightweight version of the Undo Closed Tab feature.… Continue Reading 'Hit Undo in Firefox's Address Bar to Browse Your Recent History'
Questions regarding 21st century teaching
Over the Christmas break I’ve had the opportunity to read a few blogs with teaching tips and information regarding teaching 21st century students. In general, I love the idea of teaching students how to learn rather than lecturing them on what to remember. That whole “teach a man to… Continue Reading 'Questions regarding 21st century teaching'