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The other day I came to an interesting revelation about the way we see the world. Actually, it’s more a theory on development based on the way I think we see the world. All the same, it has some great applications on both software development and marketing strategy. Today, though, I’ll focus more on the
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Every now and then, an advertiser gets it so right that their ad sends shivers down my spine. It’s becoming a rare phenomena these days because so many advertisers copy one another … but when the World Cup started last week, someone did something right. First, you have the Dodge Challenger commercial that debuted with
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I decided the other day that I want to hide a geocache of my own, now that I’ve managed to find so many. The difference is – I wanted to make sure my cache was a difficult one to find. Not one of those lift-the-lamp-skirt or look-in-the-crotch-of-the-tree caches you find so many of. So I
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How long does it take you to complete a project? When you bid for 1 hour of work, does that actually comprise 1 hours of head’s-down labor, or one hour of total focus on the project? Do you go home at the end of the day and stop working, or do the wheels keep turning
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I had the opportunity this weekend to spend some time at Ape Cave in Washington with the Boy Scouts. We spent the weekend camping on the Lewis River and much of Saturday exploring lava tubes higher up on the mountain. It was a great respite from technology (no electricity or cell phones), and it provided
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The first thing I do when building any new piece of software is build a prototype. Many times, though, that prototype is on paper, not on the the computer. I’d much rather get all the kinks worked out before investing any time staring at a glowing screen wondering why X doesn’t do Y like it’s
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This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to work with a few other volunteers at the local Habitat for Humanity work site. I’ve helped out there a few times in the past, and it’s awe-inspiring to see how far the various projects have gotten. Last October, I helped set the floor joists in the foundation
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A few days ago, I asked a question on Stack Overflow regarding the Google Reader API. What I wanted to do was build a WordPress plug-in that would import my feeds from Google Reader into my dashboard. I’ve already pulled in my site statistics and Facebook, Google Reader is the last holdout keeping me from
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One of the most difficult lessons we learn in life is that of patience. It is inevitable that your patience will be tested, but even in the most trying of times we need to stay calm and clear-headed in order to overcome. This past weekend, I was once again reminded of the value of patience
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Last weekend I came to the realization that my gym “membership” was, in reality, a service subscription. I have a membership at 24 Hour Fitness, and I love the convenience of being able to work out at any time of day, whenever works best for my schedule. Last month, 24 opened a new gym near