Benji’s priority box
13 September 2013
Last week, I lost a close friend to cancer. Benji Edmund was the best of us: Kind, cheerful, inclusive, and irrepressible.
What’s so great about getting things done?
12 June 2013
Closed allocation: A failed system of control
11 March 2013
A couple of years ago, I found myself boxed into a corner. I wanted to become a developer, but my workplace kept pigeonholing me into a management role, where I would break down (very important!) tasks to give to our other, more experienced developers.
LivingSocial, knowing your business, and gloating
21 February 2013
Yes, LivingSocial is imploding. Yes, we saw it coming. Yes, we knew that the multi-billion-dollar valuation was silly and to be short-lived.
Dumb stuff we say to non-programmers
09 January 2013
Nearly fifteen years ago, I left my home to serve a two-year Mormon mission in Minnesota and Wisconsin. But one does not simply walk into the “mission field”. They must first spend three weeks at the LDS Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, which is probably best known for its unlimited supply of Marshmallow Mateys.
“A players” and redefining your job
25 November 2012
