A few weeks ago, an article was making the rounds about how GitHub removed jQuery from its front end. I still think that jQuery is a great intro to writing small applications and dipping your toe into writing more complex code. I thought it would be fun to take apart…
Currently, I am sitting in my living room and I am watching someone use a headset. It was funny for about 10 seconds watching them bumping around. But, I can’t help but want to either see a stream of what they are seeing or get in the experience with…
I was listening to a podcast today like I do most nights. It was an interview with Tim Ferris. Over the last few years, I have read and consumed a lot of what Tim has made over the last few years. He was just honestly talking about some of the…
Google announced that they had opened up Android apps on Chrome OS to all developers. App Runtime for Chrome runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. This means that the floodgates will open to having your Android apps on multiple devices.I think that this could be a massive…
I found myself working in situations where a build system just can’t be part of my workflow. There are certain limitations to the systems that work with a lot. Looking at trying out new frameworks and building products with sometimes the constraints makes your get creative. When I was…
This week’s goal was to find a company to invest in. The new law passed recently allows non-accredited investors to invest in startups through this thing called equity-based crowdfunding. There has been a couple new marketplaces that opened and a couple of new channels for this to go through…
I tend to try a lot of different apps and services. One of my first checks in the morning is Product Hunt to see if there is anything new worth checking out.Recently, my Chrome install felt a bit bloated, so I switched to Firefox for most of my day-to-day…
Today, I did something that I have been wanting to do for a long time. I don’t remember how I heard about this first but I spent an hour today “floating”. Floating involves lying in the small pool of water filled with 10 inches of water highly concentrated Epsom…