2014
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2014 Salary Survey Results
Dec 24
A total of 60 different people from across the world completed the survey. I saw a mix of corporate executives, entry-level engineers, and freelancers with anywhere from 3 to 20 years of experience in the field.
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Birthdays and Three-way Hash Collisions
Sept 15
Let’s work out the probability that, in a given group of individuals, at least three share a birthday.
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The Birthday Paradox
Sept 8
There’s a paradox in statistics that states, in a group of 23 people, the chance that two people having the same birthday is 50%.
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Playing the Lottery
Sept 1
There are 259 million possible ticket number combinations for Powerball. What are the chances two people will win with the same numbers?
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Is Daily Blogging Worth it?
Jul 7
This past weekend saw the close of the first half of 2014. I’m proud to say that every day thus far has seen a new article published on this site. Is it worth it, though?
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Measuring Productivity
Jun 22
A few months ago, I read an article about Automattic’s highly-unorthodox view on productivity that really rubbed me the wrong way.
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Misleading Data
May 16
Understanding what metrics you’re tracking and what they actually mean is vital to preventing catastrophic business mistakes.
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WordPress Core Proposal: Data Service
Mar 26
Rather than pitch a feature that is a must-have within the ecosystem, I want to explain something that would be nice-to-have from a developer perspective.
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Quality Traffic
Feb 24
If you’re reading this, you’re probably in my target reader group. If you have left a comment previously, you’re definitely in that group. So, unscientifically, what prompts you to leave a comment and engage in the conversation?