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SIGAVDI #35: Jetlag edition

Hello friends, I’m just back from the YOW! conference series in Sydney/Brisbane/Melbourne, and boy howdy there is a lot to unpack from that trip. It was remarkable experience that I’m…

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SIGAVDI Uncategorized December 11, 2018

How to be a shy newbie at a conference

A friend was asking me for some advice on how to have a successful first conference experience (at a non-tech conference) and I had some thoughts that might be useful…

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Uncategorized July 19, 2018

Making local friends: a technical breakdown

An experience report on the process of intentionally making nearby friends, after years of neglecting my local network.

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Uncategorized June 1, 2018

Retrospective 2007-2017: Losing the Joy of Coding

At the transition of 2017-2018, prompted in part by upheaval in my personal life, I did some reflecting on my intellectual journey as a software developer over the last decade….

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Uncategorized January 2, 2018

Some thoughts and feelings on RubyConf 2017

It’s the day after RubyConf 2017, and I’m still a bit raw and porous around the edges. I thought I’d write a few thoughts before I revert to a steady…

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Uncategorized November 18, 2017

Please help me find a web design mentor

My wife Stacey is getting back into web design after a 15-year hiatus, with a goal of having a job in the field a year from now. She may also…

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Uncategorized May 15, 2017

The daunting economics of cheap services

Reader Rob asks: One thing stuck out to me reading this, and I was wondering if you’d be willing to elaborate on it further: “The trouble is, the economics of…

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Uncategorized April 21, 2017

Three Object-Oriented Programming Books Worth Reading

A friend asked me to name my top three object-oriented programming books. I found this a little bit difficult to answer. It wasn’t a matter of narrowing down a large…

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Uncategorized March 21, 2017

A random selection of marketing, business, and personal development resources

As I’ve mentioned before, my current study focus is marketing. Marketing naturally drags along with it a penumbra of related topics, including business models and work on personal focus and…

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Uncategorized February 22, 2017

Side-hustle mindset versus product-business mindset

If you occupy the same technocratic sphere I do, you know what a “side hustle” is. In fact, there’s a good chance you either have one, or feel like you…

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Uncategorized February 8, 2017
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