Javascript and Bandersnatch
Netflix dev team share the challenges of building the bandersnatch experience. The talk is wide-ranging but I loved hearing all of the different pieces and decisions that went into making the experience.…
Quick JS: Arrow Functions
Arrow functions are just a shorter syntax for writing your functions. The biggest difference is that the arrow function does not have its own this keyword available inside that function. If you are not sure what it is, you can read about it on MDN.A simple example to get…
Bitcoin Is Easier Than You Think
Bitcoin has been something that I have long kept an eye on but never used. I made a Coinbase account years ago, and even had .0001 BTC in my wallet since trying TryBTC nearly 4 years ago.I never really tried to use Bitcoin for anything until this week. I…
April Ship It Challenge
Do you have a notebook or a list somewhere of some ideas that you thought were just amazing? Have you ever been out with friends one day and came out with a killer t-shirt idea? Or even worse have you made something and shared it with the only friend and…
Building Habits
When I was younger, I had some issues when it came to communicating in general. Maybe part of it was the fact that I was the youngest of four kids and I had trouble communicating with other people.The interesting thing is that I was never much of a reader.…
Bad Cover Version
I didn’t sleep well. I woke up and ignored my morning routine and I just went right into my day. Skipping the morning routine is always a recipe for disaster usually. The day came and went and everything seemed particular harder. I wasn’t sharp, I always felt like…
A Week With Google’s Digital Wellbeing
Digital Wellbeing is a new Android app that will tell how frequently you use your apps, the number of notifications you get and how many times you unlock your phone. Some apps in the past would help block apps and website and show you how many times you unlocked your…
A Night With Project Stream
Google just announced Project Stream, an experiment to stream games from Google’s servers via Chrome. Google is allowing people to test streaming Assassin’s Creed Odyssey during this trial period. For controls, you can use a wired Xbox controller or a PlayStation controller. For my demo, I just used…