Note: This is part one of a three-part series titled "Developers in the New Age of the Web" "Any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript." - Atwood's Law It's undeniable; the popularity of frameworks like AngularJS, Ember, Meteor and… Continue Reading 'The New Age of the Web'
At the beginning of April, I had the pleasure of presenting at the San Antonio InnoTech Conference. The talk I gave was titled "Developers in the New Age of the Web", and revolved around the importance that Front-end Developement has taken in the past several years. To prepare… Continue Reading 'Developers in the New Age of the Web'
A few months back I wrote about Putting Happiness First. It's easy to write about changing something, but the real work comes with actually doing it. To help with actually putting happiness first, I've been thinking a lot about steps I can take to achieve happiness. These are my thoughts.… Continue Reading 'Some Steps to Putting Happiness First'
Recently I’ve been doing some work on a set of AngularJS component (directives, services, etc) and I’d like them to be available in Bower. There are plenty of guides out there on installing Bower components, but I couldn’t find many on creating, registering and updating your own… Continue Reading 'Publishing Bower Components'
My mom recently sharedan article about developing an artistic style via simplificationwith me. While the content of the post focuses on art, I really think the points it made relate to the tech industry as well. Take the second paragraph: "…what I’m seeing, over and over, from artists… Continue Reading 'The Art of Simplifying'
I get frustrated a lot. This is a good thing and it’s a bad thing. It’s good because it pushes me to always improve. It’s bad because I spend a lot of my time annoyed at people. I’ve been working harder lately to limit my complaints… Continue Reading 'Putting Happiness First'
The thing about to-do lists and prioritizing and just forcing yourself to do something is that it’s nearly impossible to do. Making yourself do hard work when your mind needs something else is like trying to push two similar polarities of a magnet together. Try as you may, you’… Continue Reading 'Understanding your system.'
Downplay the pain that others feel because it doesn't look so bad from where you're standing. This is a hard one to describe. It's not necessarily about actively minimizing and downplaying the pain that others have to deal with, rather it's about learning to recognize that someone else may be… Continue Reading '0% Productivity Tip #3'
Note: It's been a while since I originally wrote this. Nowadays I use WebdriverIO and WebdriverCSS. If you're interested in learning those tools, I've got a free short course available if you're interested This past October I gave a presentation at the wonderful CSS Dev Conf about CSS and regression… Continue Reading 'Regression Testing and CSS'
I think I've been diagnosed with minor ADHD and minor depression. I officially went to a Psychologist and took a round of tests, and he concluded that I have minor ADHD because I was slow on one of the tests. It feels meaningless to be diagnosed with something just because… Continue Reading 'The Problem with Diagnoses'
The old 'Employee of the Month' award. You'll nearly always find a plaque at a fast-food chain with 3 of the 20 spots filled, with the last Employee-of-the-Month award having been awarded 16 months ago. At some point, a well-meaning manager decided it'd be great to recognize an employee once… Continue Reading 'Proper Recognition'