Month: April 2016

  • This Week in Web #17

    The Minecraft Generation How a clunky Swedish computer game is teaching millions of children to master the digital world. Clive Thompson, The New York Times Yes, this article is over a week old and you may have seen it, but it’s too good to pass up. My first introduction to programming began with the release…

  • Tools and Techniques That Have Improved Development Tasks

    Tools and Techniques That Have Improved Development Tasks

    Next up on my run-through of things that have improved my workflow is development tasks. This is one area where I know that I need a lot of improvement, as there are so many tools out there. Starting Projects I typically begin each WordPress based project via Vagrant and a VVV box on my local…

  • Methods and Tools I’ve Applied for Organizing Communication

    Yesterday I did a meandering intro to the series for this week on personal growth and development and the tools that I use. I’m starting with communication in all of the forms that I have it, though some organization tools will creep in as well. Email I handle most of my email through the AirMail…

  • An Intro to the Tools and Techniques that Transform my Work Life

    An Intro to the Tools and Techniques that Transform my Work Life

    I’ve been in a contemplative mood again recently. I still enjoy what I do, and am grateful everyday for the opportunities that have been afforded me, but I can’t help thinking of more. For me more doesn’t mean more money specifically, though it can certainly help to buy some of the things that I do…

  • This Week in Web #16

    This Week in Web #16

    Technology and Elections Elections are kind of a big thing right now. The United States suffers from unreasonably long election cycles in presidential races, to the point that most major candidates have been on the trail for over a year already, with more than a half year left until election day. What if that was…

  • This Week in Web #15

    This Week in Web #15

    UC Davis spent thousands to scrub pepper-spray references from Internet Sacramento Bee For some reason University of California, Davis wanted to clean up it’s online reputation. Oh wait, they make the reason quite clear: to make the college’s chancellor, Linda Katehi, look better after the scumbag Lt. John Pike pepper sprayed unarmed protestors on campus.…

  • This Week in Web #14

    This Week in Web #14

    The Panama Papers – Exponential Growth in Data Leaks will Continue One of the largest news stories to break this week, over a year in the making, are the so-called “Panama Papers”. There’s been a lot of discussion over them, but as they deal with something largely invisible, namely the movement of funds from offshore…

  • This Week in Web #13

    This Week in Web #13

    Will America Ever Care About Electric Cars? If they’re as sleek and affordable as the Tesla Model 3, it looks like the answer is yes. Yesterday was the long awaited day that Tesla Motor’s Model 3 became available for preorder. Customers had to come in-person to a Tesla dealership to place their preorder, and it…