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Lessons I’ve learned from running a startup
• April 7, 2011 • Family Life, Projects, Work and Business • No comments
In July 2006, I co-founded a startup along with three of the smartest guys I’ve ever met. Four and a half years later, the company has just recently launched something that I’d consider pre-alpha. Although I’m no longer with the company, I truly wish the remaining team the absolute best. We had some groundbreaking and [...]
Death to Recruiters
• April 1, 2011 • Clueless Recruiters • 12 comments
Dear technical recruiters: We all hate you. As far as I can tell, the entire technical recruiting community is just a bunch of mindless spammers — and I have the proof. This is what I have posted on my LinkedIn page: Recruiters: Don’t contact me. Don’t contact me. Don’t contact me. Don’t contact me. Don’t [...]
Searching through the AWS SDK for PHP documentation
• February 27, 2011 • Projects, Tutorials • 1 comments
Although the AWS SDK for PHP is growing as fast as Amazon’s breadth of web services, it should still be easy to find the information that you need in order to develop. This is a goal that I take very seriously. Back in 2005, I took a job with Stryker Endoscopy as a member of [...]
Creating iPhone ringtones with iTunes and QuickTime
• January 8, 2011 • Tutorials • 1 comments
You can either spend money on iPhone ringtones on the iTunes Store, purchase an application that makes them for you, or you can make your own for free. I make all of my own ringtones from music that I already own. There are a few steps involved here, but overall, the process is pretty straightforward. [...]
Nothing Lasts Forever
• January 7, 2011 • Family Life, Personal • No comments
“There’s things I remember and things I forget / I miss you, I guess that I should / Three thousand five hundred miles away / But what would you change if you could?” — Raining in Baltimore Fourteen years ago, we met when I gave her a wedgie in the middle of our high school [...]
Import Delicious/Pinboard Bookmarks Into Spotlight for Mac OS X
• January 1, 2011 • Software • 1 comments
I’ve been heavily invested in Delicious as a bookmarking service for many years. However, after learning about Delicious’ sunsetting, I’ve decided to join the ranks of the Great Delicious Exodus and sign up for an account with Pinboard. One tool that has been an important part of my workflow is a tool called delimport, which [...]
2011 Resolutions
• January 1, 2011 • Personal • No comments
I’m not normally one to sit down and make New Years’ resolutions because I’m a big believer in constant, ongoing self-improvement as opposed to a big bang of improvements once a year. That said, I’ve also learned that sometimes you need to simply draw a line in the sand to kick-start your motivation to actually [...]
Dear Oracle, Get a Clue
• October 25, 2010 • Community • No comments
From JavaLobby: The basic problem is that people don’t trust you and you aren’t very good at community building; in fact you are pretty bad at community marketing. I really really want you to succeed and community marketing is not that hard. The first step is to read this really cool book called ‘The Cluetrain Manifesto’. [...]
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