Search Results: book
the megaphone
Megaphones are amazing. For nearly as long as we have organized into large groups, we have rolled materials into tubes and spoken into them to help carry our voices to the back of the audience. Wit… [more]
The Hunt Begins
Today my hunt for a new role begins in earnest. So I am dropping some thoughts and links here.
Why am I looking for a new role?
The company that I was at (Lumio) has ended in bankru… [more]
Book Report - Rilke's Book of Hours
I've been trying to read more poetry this year. Which has honestly been refreshing. I dove into Rilke after re-watching JoJo Rabbitmore]
Last Lectures
Way back in my year end review for 2021 I wrote,
As part of that effort I’ve worked to build a culture in engineerin… [more]
Book Review-How to Survive in a Science Fictional Universe
Review-How to live safely in a science fictional universe By Charles Yu
If I said the words: “Primer with daddy issues” how would that mak… [more]
Book Review-Stranger in a strange land
Review: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
As someone working in computers the slang term grok is pretty synonymous with understanding. It turns out that it originates here in Hei… [more]
Lessons Learned From a Film Producer About Making Software
This last week, I had my leadership team in town for the first time in a while for some planning meetings, and some team buildingmore]
The infinite power of people
This afternoon I was reading a theological book (Jacob: a brief theological introduction by Deidre Nicole Green… [more]
Cultural Homogeneity
I've been thinking about France and French culture, and why it is that a country that only recently in the broad scheme of things adopted more equal policies around gender, is also a nation whe… [more]
Book Review-Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Review: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
The original Cosmere novel, that had somehow slipped through my reading list until this week. I was reading an article suggesting some ideas for how to … [more]
Book Review-The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
Review: The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson
No one does magical systems better than Brandon Sanderson. That’s a pretty absolute statement but one that I am comfortable withmore]
Book Review-A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
Review: A million miles in a thousand years
This was a fun one. It’s nominally cycling and philosophy and discussions of story so you know it’s going to be one I like.more]
Book Review-Getting to Yes
Review: Getting to Yes By Roger Fisher and William Ury
This is a quick read with some really good insights into negotiating that isn’t focused on tricks or manipulative tactics.
It em… [more]
Book Review-Aloha Rodeo-Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West
Review: Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West by David Wolman and Julian Smith
Strap yourself in for a story where co… [more]
Book Review-The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaimon
I have a mixed experience with Neil Gaiman's work. Not because he isn’t a brilliant story teller, because he is. It’s more a conte… [more]
Book Review-Road to Valor
Review of "The Road to Valor" by Aili McConnon & Andres McConnon
I have love cycling, a fact you should be aware of if you intend to stick around here. Coupled with my love for… [more]
Human Communications Are Hard
Delays and technical issues bias us against others experiencing them.
This comes from more]
2021: Year in Review
It has been quite the year!
As the pandemic has been dragging on, ramping up, slowing down, generally continuing to drag on.
Thoughts
I am excited for 2022.
2022! How did … [more]
2020: A year
This has been a crazy year, but honestly an exciting one for me and my family. We've lived through multiple natural disasters, moved, changed jobs, survived a pandemic, had a new baby join us, and … [more]
Tech Things I read in 2018
This is going to be a pretty straightforward list of what tech related reading I did this year. It doesn’t include hundreds of blog posts and forum discussion. I’ll break it into two ca… [more]
Neptune (Gremlin) Local Dev Setup
I am playing with some graph databases right now, for a fun project I may write about later. When I first started out I was using Neo4j, which has an excellent local development story, a lovely… [more]
So you Studied History and You're a Conservative... I am Sorry.
I started writing this in July of 2015 and never got around to publishing it. Now to clean out my drafts folder, and to get back in the habit of publishing here it is!
So you studied… [more]
Let's talk about Boot camps
So the giant article I’ve been planning to write from what I learned prepping for that talk I gave on being senior<… [more]
Being Senior Part 1- the books and data
This is just a quick post to throw up the books I quoted from and a link to the data for anyone who attended my presentation at Utah JS Conference 2016 today. I am putting down my thoughts in a lon… [more]
Getting Lost and Happiness
On the one hand, we are hard-wired to focus more on negative things. But at the same time, we are also all hard-wired to be seeking a sense of happiness and the desire to flourish,… [more]
Seven Languages
A few weeks ago we started a book club at work and we are running through more]
reducing noise
Noise is everywhere in our lives. From commercials, to billboards, to a new crying infant, it is literally everywhere. Some of it is good noise. Some of it is distracting us from the things we want… [more]
Learning the Trade
I thought I would throw together a list of resources I have found interesting and useful when it comes to building the internet. This is by no means exhaustive and will be updated over time as I fi… [more]
REST vs. RPC and a mention of HATEOS
This is a modified and expanded version of an email I sent a few days ago, here for public consumption.
So RPC is great, right? I need to do X to my data so I’ll just make an endpoint c… [more]