I was talking with one of my teammates last night and found out she’s a software engineer. I asked if she used Jira at work and told her about using it to run sprints forContinue reading
Category: Geeking
The Stages Of Password Change Adaptation
Stage I “Why can’t I unlock my machine?” Because I’m typing the password I used previously (Stage IV-ing it) and hitting enter before remembering it was changed Stage II “Uh…hang on.” Remembering that you changedContinue reading
Retrospective of BJJ Sprint 2
What was I trying to accomplish? Focus on better gripping (and other fundamentals) Improve conditioning Improve mobility/flexibility What went well? Mostly, just saw some really good information, not just on grips (which is whatContinue reading
At Vanguard, My Voice Is My Password
I thought the ability to use my voice for personal verification would be coming from Google before anyone else made it available to me. Big ups to Vanguard for bringing some new technology to financial servicesContinue reading
Wearable Tech and Body Metrics – Who’s Ready For Some Pain?
Ok. We get it CES…wearable technology is what all the cool kids are going to be doing in 2014. At least that’s what you guys are betting on. Personally, I’m super-excited about this. I’d loveContinue reading
Chromecast Missing One Big Easy Win
I just unboxed and set up my Chromecast. It took about 5 minutes, and the Missus is downstairs right now listening to No Doubt on my Google Music dime…probably going to have to get aContinue reading
The Real Power of Chromecast
More Google genius. If you haven’t heard about Chromecast (Amazon affiliate link–thanks for clicking through and buying), it’s a pretty cool idea. A little $35 part that plugs into you HDMI input on your TVContinue reading
Facebook Product Development Process
Get on Twitter and find 10-12 things that are successful (Instagram, Snapchat, Google Reader, Vine, etc.) Write these onto slips of paper and put them in a hat Pick a slip of paper out ofContinue reading
Post-YamJam12 Email Reduction Exercise
I’ve been doing a lot of brainstorming since YamJam…lots of ideas tumbling around in my noggin about how a Yammer network can be energized. Here’s one I came up with and proposed internally that drewContinue reading
Live from YamJam’12
Lots of good stuff from the morning keynote and customer panel. I think I’m most excited about the announcements of the changes in OpenGraph and pages for the objects created there. Being able to followContinue reading
So Use Google Plus
From Miguel Silencio I’m sure I’m not alone in receiving those emails with ‘FW:” in the subject line. That’s why I continue to lose interest in Facebook. It has increasingly become a place where many peopleContinue reading
Incrementing MongoDb Viewership
File this under, “If I Did A Rewrite Of A Project I’m In The Middle Of, This Would Get Careful Consideration”
Rules of CoWorking
We’re putting together some structure and a website for our local coworking group, and were kicking the idea around about how to include people (or not). I’m a big fan of keeping rules as simpleContinue reading