At a conference once, an attendee asked me and everyone he met a question: “What are your top 2 book recommendations; 1 programming and 1 not?” I love this question and realized how impactful a single book recommendation can be. So I wanted to share mine with you. Here is a list of all the […]
Category: Learning
Topics regarding learning, self introspection, getting things done and just doing good things
KCDC 2017 My Experience
This was my second trip to KCDC and first time speaking there. This was my experience for 2017. I quite enjoyed having successes on day 1 of KCDC: workshop day. I spent the first half of my workshop day effectively creating an Electron application, a workshop led by Reverent Geek himself David Neal. David runs […]
My Why
Almost a year ago I put together what drives me to be in the software industry. I discussed how innovation in web development and tackling people problems start to fulfill those motivations. Read my post What is Your Why for background on why I did this, my why at the time and the short term […]
Smarter Faster Better Book Review
Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business Author: Charles Duhigg Smarter Faster Better is an instant classic. With it’s buzzfeed title and old school cover art it really fits the bill for being one of those books that will get referenced for years on end. I’ve already set it in […]
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Book Review
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Author: Robert M. Pirsig Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance had many times caused me to pull my car over and just think about philosophical concepts I couldn’t comprehend while operating a motor-vehicle. It successfully made me question science, quality and the importance […]
What is Your Why
The president of my company, Mark Griffis at Aviture, posed a question to all of us months back: What is your “Why“? What drives us in our position at the company, in our careers, in our lives? Why are we here? I believe his goal was to inspire us to identify our own career path, […]