The Year of Extremes
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… – Opening line of A Tale of Two Cities This was definitely true for me over this past year. This year has brought on the extremes of my … Continue reading
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Measure what matters
It’s tough to improve things you can’t measure (or know when they are improved). If something is worth improving it’s worth trying to find a way to measure it. In a startup you need to be conscious of how you … Continue reading
5 Things You Shouldn’t Do To A Developer Working On Fixing A Major Bug
For all you non-developers out there that work with developers on a regular basis, here are a few quick tips of things NOT to do when the developer is working on fixing a major bug. Ask for attendance at a … Continue reading
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Follow Through
Do you have “follow through”? When I say follow through, what I mean is that you can be trusted to do what you say you will do – on your own. One very important lesson I’ve learned is that it’s … Continue reading
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The Tough Times
How do you react when the going gets tough? I find most people fall into one of two categories. The first (and far more common) is a reaction of great distress. When your competitor comes out with something amazing and … Continue reading
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Uploading vs Downloading
When the internet first started out it was really hard to do much of anything. Browsing in its current form didn’t exist, and just basic navigation around the web was difficult. Fortunately, we’ve gotten really good at downloading. With web … Continue reading
Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate
I’m very excited to announce the acquisition of IntenseDebate by Automattic. IntenseDebate has been my entire life for the last 1.5 years (and a good chunk of it the 3-6 months before that). If you don’t believe me just ask … Continue reading
Ubiquity: PHP function lookup
So I guess I’m getting into this Ubiquity thing a bit. I’ve created another one to lookup php functions on php.net. Simply subscribe to the command here to add it to your command list. Once you’ve got the command installed … Continue reading
Front End Optimization – Part 2
One fairly common thing in javascript programming is the need to add/edit the html contents of an element on the page. It turns out that there’s actually a pretty significant performance impact on how quickly this update renders depending on … Continue reading
Ubiquity: Password Generator
I recently made a stab at another Ubiquity command. This one is a password generator to generate site-specific passwords. Simply subscribe to the command here to get started. I’d suggest manually changing the “mypass” value to some unique string rather … Continue reading
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