Articles

Startup Journal: Procrastination

October 28, 2013

Dealing with procrastination


Transparency

October 21, 2013

Providing greater Transparency to my clients


The Two Most Productivity Enhancing Scripts Ever Written in the History of UNIX

October 10, 2013

Two unix scripts which modify the /etc/hosts to help you stop wasting time


Startup Journal: Beginnings

September 19, 2013

The first post in a series which will document the successes, failures, and frustrations I experience trying to start my own business.


So You Want to be a Freelancer...

July 9, 2013

Freelancing's not easy and it's not for everyone. This post gives a bit of advice to those starting out, and tries to scare away those who probably shouldn't.


Lazy Instantiation

June 13, 2013

Lazy instantiation is a simple technique to delay and store the results of a process until it's needed


The Problem with Rails Callbacks

May 7, 2013

Callbacks in Rails can lead to a host of problems. This post provides some simple tips to avoid those problems.


Determining and Encouraging Developer Growth

January 13, 2013

How to determine if you're growing as a developer and what to do if you not, or even if you just need a boost.


Workload Based Marketing

December 24, 2012

Helping freelancers market regardless of their workload, but according to their workload.


Why Your Company Should Sponsor Tech Conferences

December 16, 2012

Making an argument for sponsoring tech conferences outside of the usual branding, advertising, and sales


Step By Step: Setting Up minitest and Cucumber with Rails

November 10, 2012

A step by step guide to setting up a Rails application with both minitest and Cucumber.


The Introvert's Networking Survival Guide: Large Events

August 25, 2012

Networking is hard; especially for introverts. This is a guide for surviving large networking events.


My Letter to the City of Shawnee, Kansas

August 13, 2012

My letter to the governing body of the city of Shawnee, KS, requesting information about thier plans for Google Fiber.


Getting More Out of the Rails Console

July 11, 2012

A general overview of some common and uncommon features of the Rails Console.


Validating Booleans

June 14, 2012

A quick and simple way to add a validator for boolean fields.


Why It's Okay to Write Crummy Code

May 25, 2012

Wherein I encourage developers to write crummy code.


Evolution of an Apple Fanboy

May 14, 2012

Somewhere along the way, I went from Linux fanboy to Apple fanboy. WUWT?


Compiling Objective-C Programs at the Command Line

May 13, 2012


thirty minutes a day

April 14, 2012


ActiveRecord::Base.store - Pros, Cons, and Usage

April 2, 2012

Using the new Store feature in Rails 3.2 and some of the pros and cons therein.


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