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March 2017

Some of the best software developers I’ve worked with are women. So…

I’m glad to see gender diversity on the rise in software development: non-male respondents increased by 4% in 2017 vs. 2016: http://bit.ly/gowomendevs

Mar 23, 2017 •

March 2013

5 Attributes Of My Favorite Developers

I gave a talk on this subject to the first ever Code Fellows class, in Seattle last Friday. Here’s the slide deck, hope you like it.

Mar 15, 2013 •

September 2012

Database Sharding : dbShards vs. Amazon AWS RDS

A friend was recently asking about our backend database systems. Our systems are able to successfully handle high-volume transactional traffic through…

Sep 28, 2012 •

April 2012

Getting back to it

Wow, since I blogged last I chose Python/Django and we rocked the gamification world with it. Lots of stuff I should have been chronicling. Trying to…

Apr 25, 2012 •

April 2009

Python vs. Ruby, Rails vs. Django

I’ve been learning the basics of these programming languages and development platforms lately. I’m impressed with the huge Rails movement, and Django…

Apr 16, 2009 •

March 2009

A number of years ago I was employed as an audio technician, and had the wonderful opportunity to travel around the country, recording people say…

Mar 25, 2009 •

November 2008

Resuscitated DVD Player

I repaired an Onkyo DV-CP702 DVD changer today. Below is a picture of it with the case still open, playing “This Film Is Not Yet Rated”. Onkyo DV-CP702…

Nov 22, 2008 •

August 2007

Well, I’ve spent the last few days in Westport WA. This picture pretty much sums up the simplicity, happiness, and speed at which I’ve enjoyed being…

Aug 31, 2007 •

Facebook is the new MySpace.

WordPress rocks. They will combine in the future to become PressMyFace.

Aug 20, 2007 •

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