March 31, 2013
Embrace invisible labor →
The biggest productivity mistake I've done all my life was spending way too much time sitting down. I finally realized that, as a writer and programmer, the majority of my work is supposed to happen inside my head. There's not so much idleness as the opening quotes of this article may have led you to believe though. The worst possible way for creative, invisible labor to happen is being idle.
November 4, 2012
New development job guidelines →
Kate Matsudaira has a very enlightening series of posts on important things a new technology leader ought to address upon landing a new management job. I have digested every word of it and came up with my own simplified checklist with an emphasis for developers who want to be as efficient and self-reliable as possible. I plan on using it once I'm in a long-term position again.
October 28, 2012
Go is revolutionary →
Go is the first language that truly excites me since Python. Created by Unix pioneers Rob Pike and Ken Thompson and Google researcher Robert Griesemer, Go is powerful, minimalist and embraces pragmatic development ideas everywhere. Here are my early findings and what I plan to do with it.
