Don’t be that guy: A Lesson in Conference Etiquette
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Be respectful when you go to conferences. Speakers invest a lot in presenting, and other attendees have paid a chunk of money to be there.
2014
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On Patriotism
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This year is the first time I’ve spent Independence Day outside the US. It’s been a somewhat enlightening experience, to say the least.
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The Effect of Privacy Violation
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The passage of legislation requiring all Internet-based data about Russian citizens to be hosted on servers physically hosted in Russia is both inspiring and terrifying.
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How Local Development has Failed
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I’ve discovered that many of the tools and tricks we’re using to optimize websites are making it impossible to work truly offline.
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More than a Logo
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Your brand is bigger than your visual identity.
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Why Comments Matter
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Comments are just as valuable as the original article, post, thought, rant that inspired them. Comments matter immensely, and there are several reasons why.
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Why Speak?
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Speaking at conferences is often painful. Why bother in the first place?
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Why is Air Travel So Painful?
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Air Canada, with their utter inability to tell the truth about scheduling, deal with delays caused by their own incompetence, or offer any sort of meaningful support to a plane full of rebooked and re-routed passengers has joined Delta on my list of airlines I will never fly again.
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Varying Vagrants Evolved
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I’ve cleared out my old Mac virtual machines and started with Varying Vagrant Vagrants anew. Here’s how!
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Multi-Instance Factories in PHP
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I advocate the proper use of Singletons, but that situations where Singletons are appropriate are few and far between.