August 2010
1 post
Selling on OpenSky →
As anyone who reads my blog or follows my tweets knows, I’ve been working for a new startup called OpenSky since February 2010. We’ve launched a new ecommerce platform and aim to reinvent…
Aug 26th
May 2010
3 posts
“Companies don’t give job security. Only satisfied customers do.”
– Jack Welsh
May 7th
May 6th
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May 6th
April 2010
1 post
Next Gen PHP Frameworks →
With the release of PHP 5.3, PHP released the most significant capabilities in years. Specifically the addition of Late Static Bindings, Lambda Functions and Closures, and Namespaces has changed…
Apr 2nd
March 2010
7 posts
Finding The Right People →
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Since I began at Open Sky a few weeks ago I have been tasked with building out a great team. Over the course of my career I have interviewed…
Mar 25th
Finding The Right People →
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Since I began at Open Sky a few weeks ago I have been tasked with building out a great team. Over the course of my career I have interviewed…
Mar 23rd
“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will...”
Mar 22nd
Transitions →
I couldn’t be more excited to announce that I have accepted a position at The Open Sky Project. I am leading the architecture, development and technology. It’s rare in life that one has…
Mar 9th
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. — Dr....”
Mar 6th
VIM Crash Course →
Image via Wikipedia Most developers know the basics of VIM, enough to edit a conf file, but most stay there, unaware of the power and beauty of vim. One of my developers has…
Mar 4th
VIM Crash Course →
Image via Wikipedia Most developers know the basics of VIM, enough to edit a conf file, but most stay there, unaware of the power and beauty of vim. One of my developers has…
Mar 3rd
February 2010
5 posts
“You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that...”
Feb 22nd
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...”
Feb 20th
“It’s much easier to look for a lost key under the light, than to look for the...”
– Rafi Sela, on how to fix airport security. (via bobthecow)
Feb 3rd
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Unix Jobs Management →
Image via Wikipedia Every self respecting linux, mac os X or *nix user should have a solid handle on managing jobs in unix. The following will explain how to run tasks in the…
Feb 3rd
Unix Jobs Management →
Image via Wikipedia Every self respecting linux, mac os X or *nix user should have a solid handle on managing jobs in unix. The following will explain how to run tasks in the…
Feb 2nd
January 2010
40 posts
“We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal....”
Jan 25th
“All I ask of you, especially young people … is one thing. Please...”
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/22/AR2010012200715.html
Jan 25th
human readable du sorted by size →
Image via Wikipedia du is the *nix command for disk usage. It tells you how much space everything in the given directory is taking up. GNU du introduced a handy…
Jan 23rd
Benchmarking Cloudfront (and S3) →
Image via CrunchBase Amazon has done it again bringing another computing service to the masses. This time it’s the Content Delivery Network or CDN. Cloudfront is…
Jan 21st
Using the right keys →
Image by HeyThereSpaceman. via Flickr Today I was visiting a friends office and like many offices in NYC they have a shared bathroom in the hall for the entire floor. In this…
Jan 21st
Benchmarking Cloudfront (and S3) →
Image via CrunchBase Amazon has done it again bringing another computing service to the masses. This time it’s the Content Delivery Network or CDN. Cloudfront is…
Jan 20th
Using the right keys →
Image by HeyThereSpaceman. via Flickr Today I was visiting a friends office and like many offices in NYC they have a shared bathroom in the hall for the entire floor. In this…
Jan 19th
Jan 19th
“I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work the more of it I seem to have....”
Jan 15th
SOAP vs. REST →
Image via Wikipedia Someone asked me a question today “Why would anyone choose SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) instead of REST (Representational State…
Jan 15th
My Online Business Card (vCard) →
I wanted to polish up my javascript coding so I decided that the best way to do that was with a project that I’ve been wanted to do for a while anyway, my own identity site, or my online…
Jan 14th
Jan 13th
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Lean analytics: Questions VCs should ask (and... →
(via technicalpicklejar)
Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
“it’s important to have a strategy that builds value *around* community...”
– http://twitter.com/mjasay/status/7674553868
Jan 13th
My Online Business Card (vCard) →
I wanted to polish up my javascript coding so I decided that the best way to do that was with a project that I’ve been wanted to do for a while anyway, my own identity site, or my online…
Jan 13th
“We are not the executors of orders, rather a source of innovation. We gather...”
Jan 11th
Best 15 Zelda Songs →
Jan 11th
“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to...”
Jan 7th
“In PHP, arrays are the duct tape of the universe”
– Hidden Features of PHP? - Stack Overflow (via hagwaar) (via jou)
Jan 7th
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. - Winston Churchill”
Jan 7th
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.- Walt Disney”
Jan 7th
“Our greatest glory is not from never falling, but in getting up every time we...”
Jan 5th
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor...”
Jan 3rd
“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble...”
Jan 3rd
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime...”
Jan 3rd
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 2nd
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