T-Shirts That Work A simple t-shirt is one of the easiest things you can wear on a warm day. Over the past 10 years, plenty of engineers bought hilarious t-shirts. It's time for us to put them away. I think we can do better. And I think we…
What's the Problem & Why Is It Important? Several years ago, the company I work for was interviewing a candidate for an electrical engineering position. I'm NOT an electrical engineer. The engineering department liked to involve me in the interview process because I tend to be…
[http://amzn.to/1NA4A2w] I read a lot of non-fiction. I try to sprinkle a few fiction books throughout the year. My favorite book of 2015 is a fiction book by independent author Andy Weir. His book The Martian [https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/7324623] is self-published and is…
What's the Problem & Why Is It Important? Making decisions is tough on our brains. Making decisions early in the morning is even more taxing. Each decision we make erodes our ability to make the next decision. Scientists call this decision fatigue [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_…
It's been a month since Code on the Beach 2015. Here is my review of the conference as an attendee and a speaker. TL;DR - it's amazing conference that you must attend in 2016! Code on the Beach 2015 [http://codeonthebeach.com/] was everything I…
I've been listening to a lot of Zig Ziglar [http://www.ziglar.com/] lately. This story from Zig resonated with me: > When you respond to life, that’s positive; when you react to life, that’s negative. Example: You get sick and go to the doctor. Chances…
As computer programmers, we must improve our social skills. Years of solitary confinement in front of a keyboard have hampered our social skills. There's life away from the IDE! [http://explosm.net/comics/2898/] There's good news. You can do it. There's better news.…
Most developers have heard of or read the book The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/020161622X?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393185&creativeASIN=020161622X&linkCode=shr&tag=randomthou0f6-20&linkId=X42XJNL3YC4C77W2] by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas. There&…
Our software team at ActiGraph [http://www.actigraphcorp.com/] is in the early stages with Slack [https://slack.com/]. In the first week it's helped keep everyone in the loop about all software products in process. We integrate with several of our development tools. Including: GitHub [https://github.…
[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2087368] The Happiest Days of Our Lives [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2087368] by Wil Wheaton [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/37075] My rating: 3 of 5 stars [http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/906566723] I enjoyed Wheaton's book "…