December 2008
8 posts
Building a Web App
After deciding to “Get Back Into It” I’ve decided to build a simple web application that tracks workouts for Crossfit, something my brother does religiously and I try and do.
To set out and do this, I thought what does it take? What to do first. I thought I would document the progress so I can what I did. Since this is a side project I am slowly progressing through the needed...
“Do… Obama’s young staffers transform to meet the formalities of the...”
– Eli Saslow, Washington Post
An interesting piece about the transition of Obama’s young staff and their move to the White House and Washington Politics. This is going to be a change from all of the most recent presidents who all had executive experience, and thus a more seasoned staff before...
“Reputation is built upon many small decisions you think do not matter.”
Clerk Dogs →
I’ve always enjoyed seeing what Amazon and Blockbuster recommend but never found the suggestions that good - I’m looking forward to this expanding and growing.
Gettin' Back Into It
I’ve always wanted to be a programmer, I took Computer Science classes in High School and continued them into college while I earned my (at the time) Computer Science degree. That’s about where my stint as a programmer stopped. I still programed for class and the part time job I had, but I wasn’t very good at it and didn’t hone my skills. I ventured into the application...
“[S]ticking with things that don’t arrive with instant mastery does have its own...”
– Merlin Mann
Couragously Sucking →
I read this because it was about Photography, something I am trying to teach myself using an antique Cannon AE-1. But what struck me was that it is dead on and applicable to so many things. Now, to personally apply it to Networking…
When you are networking, are you doing so for yourself or your company? Do you share your “personal” card or your business card?
I’ve worked hard to seperate my social and my business lives. I’ve done a pretty good job of doing so, but as I begin to network for personal and business reasons (as the same time) I am in a flux, I don’t want to to give someone two...