TEDxBled is right around the corner and it’s accepting random people to come give a talk. There’s a competition going on and out of everyone who submits a video they’ll pick the best two to come dazzle the audience. Since this is a pretty cool opportunity and I almost have something worthwhile to say I [...]
What use have an artist, a baker, a winemaker, a firefighter and a brewer with programming? None. Yet. An article surfaced on HackerNews yesterday arguing that Programming is the new High School Diploma, the main argument being two facts: Computers are everywhere Automation is pushing out middle-tier jobs The basic idea is really simple – [...]
It took me six months to work up the courage to make an appointment for the dentist. After some initial confusionI finally managed to bump into someone and magically make an appointment before I could realize what was going on. I was told to come back in a month. Today. The experience taught me two things: [...]
I. Don’t. Know. Three simple words. Almost impossible to say. As developers, as entrepreneurs, as men we never want to admit we don’t know. If you don’t know, you are weak and an army of angry huns will come to steal your women, your business and your honor. When founders don’t know what the hell they’re [...]
Yesterday I gave a talk at Kiberpipa on the awesome #wwwh weekly event. The talk was about this blog and how after that one insanely popular posteveryone suddenly decided I know what I’m doing and should tell others how its done. Video at bottom It’s funny how difficult coming up with a talk is when [...]
Because you are an idiot. But that’s harsh, so let me explain why this makes you an idiot. There was an article posted to HN yesterdayabout why people don’t go to the gym, it included a simple motivational technique of paying yourself to go. After commenting that the only thing it takes to go to [...]
There once was a band, let’s call them Van Halen, who had a very long and complex contract for venues. Partly because they were famous and venues would do anything to get them, partly because people could literally die. The contract was full of useful things like “The floor should support such and such weight” [...]
Programmers are a special breed, good programmers especially – our craft is more an art than we like to admit when trying to wrestle it into a Hard Engineering Discipline ™. It’s actually more like mathematics, music or the wizardry Kaylee does in Firefly. Good programmers have a special feel, a talent that is difficult [...]
Yesterday I received the best gift ever – a day completely off. Free. What’s so special about a day off, you might think, I have like two every week! Or if you’re more like me, you’re thinking Psh! Dude, I get a day off almost every month. This was different – I had a day [...]
Today has been such an epically clumsy day – knocking over everything I touch, nearly killing random people in the street and myself in the process – that I just had to share with everyone. Reading this might give you a good chuckle at my expense Let’s start at the beginning then, shall we? The [...]
