Office Space
Behold, the new offices of Lord Design in beautiful Paradise, California.
Work
Pomodoro
Who needs an app when you’ve got the real thing? (Seriously, these babies run for about $3 on eBay.)
The telecommuter’s whiteboard
So, when you’re working from home with a team scattered around the world, you don’t exactly have the same whiteboarding experience you’d have when discussing architecture with your team in person. But at least there’s a way to make it look like you do. Autodesk’s Sketchbook Pro app for iPad is an amazing tool, whether
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Open-source coding standards wiki
I’m starting an open-source Wiki on GitHub for coding standards/best practices. The built-in Markdown compatibility and Git versioning make it an ideal place for such a project, as well as the wide adoption of GitHub itself by open-source programmers. If you search for “coding standards” on GitHub, there are only a few repositories, and they
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GitHub: for a more social independence
Those who leave a tech company to venture out on their own may have to face an adjustment in their workflow. No longer will you have someone else prioritizing your tasks for you or even setting release dates. Fortunately I had spent a few years practicing GTD before I set out on my own again,
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The Man-Month vs. the Human Narrative
Jef Claes, creator of 2011’s spring sensation arealdeveloper.com, just tweeted a link to a blog on the issue of developer turnover, by Erik Dietrich. This is a topic I’ve considered blogging about, and have probably hinted at in the past. But I’ll let Erik speak for us all. Erik says one reason talented individuals might
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Perks of self-employment
Perks of self-employment: Getting to brew my own coffee according to “best-practices” for portions, grind, etc. Snuggling with the kids in the morning. I get to control the thermostat. I set my own permissions on my own servers. My iPhone, wireless plan, and cable Internet are now tax-deductible. New MacBook. Also tax-deductible. If I’m up
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Love what you do and make the world go ’round
I have so much appreciation for stakeholders who appreciate what I give to them. You’d think this would be a more common occurrence: people who pay others for awesome things they want, people who make awesome things that their clients want them to make, and people who like the awesome things their consultants make for
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Go, live your dream/Your dream stinks
I spent the last month and a half working at the least fun job I’ve ever worked at—and I’ve had some doozies. I swear my head suffered more graying and balding in the last 6 weeks than all the years previous, and I was breaking out all over from the stress. I’ve also had some
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Calendar Synchronization
Today I came across a service called NuevaSync. It allows you to sync calendars between Google Calendar, Gmail, Plaxo (which I don’t use actively, was just automatically signed up for from AIM a couple years ago), and mobile devices that support Exchange, like the iPhone and Windows Mobile-based devices. I thought about this after reading
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