Like I explained in my introduction, Building from Scratch, a challenge usually has more than meets the eye, and I think part of what makes a tech consultants, product managers, solution architects, etc. good at their job is understanding the depth of a challenge and what might go into a solution.…
As a wannabe developer, my skills primarily lie in front end web design. Although I've managed much more technical developers, and regularly work with clients to transcribe requirements into high-level technical specifications. I'd say I know my way around the technologies I work with well enough to be productive. The…
The Internet of the 2000's The Internet is a very different place than it was a decade or two ago. I don't have much room to talk, but I have early memories of AIM (Adium) always being on, using StumbleUpon, Digg, and occasionally del.icio.us. I remember joining forums…
In the world of things that cause unnecessary stress, boarding a plane is one of them. Everyone boards a little differently, and they all suffer from the same issues that leave the boarding process feeling inefficient and ripe for restructuring.…
I recently found myself wondering how you might go about measuring the efficiency of your contributions to a team. An odd thing to stumble upon, but it was grounded in a recent situation that I'd imagine isn't all to uncommon in industry: you and some coworkers are working on something…
A travel blog of my time spent in Mumbai, as a part of a two week business trip I took in February of 2018.…
When I started my undergraduate education, I began in a Master’s of Architecture program. And although I didn’t end up graduating with that degree, I’ve recently drawn parallels to some of my recent work, and the challenges I was assigned as a part of my classwork in…
If we think back to the beginning mobile messaging, the first thing that comes to mind is Blackberry and the Blackberry Messanger (BBM). In a world of SMS, the read recipts and primative smiley faces BBM afforded its users was unique. So unique infact, that RIM was convinced that this…