editorial Archive

Innovation.  That word fascinates me. I literally never heard of the word until a few years ago, and now I feel as though I’m constantly viewed through its lens. I was so sure someone

The Tao Te Ching is a Chinese text written over 2,500 years ago. This ancient work continues revealing modern messages every time I read it, and hopefully convey along to you. My first experience

Have you ever thought, “I can write a book some day. I’m going to write a book this year!” I can guess you’ve had had those thoughts plenty of times in your career. Either

I’ve been fortunate to speak at several conferences, and have a few upcoming. In truth I’m amazed I get the chance because I’m just some guy who likes writing code. Each year I submit

I’m fortunate enough to be writing a book. It’s due to be published by the fantastically supportive folks at Focal Press as soon as I put the words to paper. Creative Process Because I’m a

This year my team’s manager suggested we solicit input for our end-of-year work performance reports. I’m sure there’s copious books and blog articles describing exactly why this is a terrific idea. I only have

Top-10 Reader Countries of 2013 Looking at the Google Analytics report summarizing visitors to my blog in 2013 is simply amazing to me. I’m awestruck how many places my readers come from and here

I’m reflecting on two of the things that truly define my character: cooking and coding. One I do for pay and the other I do purely for the love of sharing. Both passions have

I’m proud to say I have the privilege of speaking at OSCON 2013 on July 24th. While working on my presentation I’m doing R&D on being a better speaker. Why? As a coder I’m naturally shy

Big Ruby Conference 2013 I had the good fortune of attending Big Ruby Conference 2013 at the end of February. Held in Grapevine, TX it brought together fine minds thinking about leveraging Ruby on Rails