The importance of balancing work and life is one of those lessons that can’t be learned soon enough. This past semester of college, freelance work really took off and I was fortunate to gain some…
Jul 21, 2006 — Advice · Freelance · Life
Jul 21, 2006 — Advice · Freelance · Life
The importance of balancing work and life is one of those lessons that can’t be learned soon enough. This past semester of college, freelance work really took off and I was fortunate to gain some…
Friends at school can attest to watching me invent the original “palm pilot,” jotting essay length messages on the back of my hand each day. Eventually, ink-stained skin got old. The trend for years now…
Jul 14, 2006 — Advice · Freelance
Do what you’re good at. It’s great if you can be dedicated and devote the time to learn something that comes difficult to you, but the rest of the world will be speeding by during…
MC Cycle and Sport is a project I’ve been working on for Myles Chase. The site is now live and will soon include cycling events and an image gallery.
Jul 13, 2006 — Web
I would love for Gmail to have some sort of personal notes area for the collection of thoughts, ideas, and reminders that accumulate throughout a day. I constantly find myself sending an empty, self-addressed e-mail…
Jul 11, 2006 — Life
The family of one of my best friends used to own a New Hampshire ski resort called Highlands Mountain Ski Area. By the time my brother and I were darting on the slopes as kamikaze…
Jul 07, 2006 — Conferences
Travel tips I learned from RailsConf 2006 that could apply to any conference. Pack light. O’Hare airport, like many others across the globe, was enormous. Having to only worry about the bag on my back…
Jun 26, 2006 — Conferences · Web
On the last day of RailsConf, Mike Pence led the way with his presentation on OpenLaszlo, an open source platform for injecting some nifty Flash and DHTML elements into your projects. Presenting on little sleep…
Jun 25, 2006 — Conferences · Web
Day two rocked with some impressive speakers. Justin Ghetland spent his hour talking about Ajax on Rails and revived my interest in Javascript and Ajax. The presentation was a collection of examples like live search,…
Jun 23, 2006 — Conferences · Web
The beauty of RailsConf is that you find yourself magically learning even when you’re not trying to. It’s tough to gauge personal progress when everyone around you is intelligent to begin with; there’s a tendency…