Creativity, curiosity, and code
Further to writing about “Creating and Consuming”, I’ve been thinking about how some of the people I find most interesting on social networks are people who actually talk and write about what THEY are doing rather then repeating things that OTHERS are doing. So often we learn things small and large, technical and social, through […]
I find that there is a constant tension in my life, and I think particularly in my industry – working on the web – between creating content and consuming content. I always feel like I SHOULD create more content. But it’s hard because the content I consume always make my content feel low value, not […]
I'm using Test Driven Development (TDD) for the first (and second) time on a couple of side projects. Here are some further reflections on the process and issues I've come across.
It does seem that the expectations that the church puts on people don't match with how a lot of people live out the month of December.
A simple, practical example of how accessibility is good for everyone.
You probably thought I was a bit funny. I mean, you were the adult man on the pink, three-wheeled Barbie scooter, but *you* probably wondered what *I* was doing. I was in my car. I saw you from afar and had resolved to cheer you on. At first I wasn’t sure if you were a […]
Examples of websites that use no, or very few photos, simplifying design choices, and making them super fast.
And so we've come to see that one of the key facts of parenting is that you really truly do start living someone else's life.
TL;DR: We’re coding for the web all wrong. And it’s mostly because of the languages we’re using. We’re piling hack upon hack upon hack. Good coding principles and practices are becoming more common in web development, but I can’t help wishing we could take a few steps back and start with tools that help us write better […]
I wish we'd stop glorifying Startup culture and start celebrating the many successful, happy, bootstrapped and lifestyle businesses that exist.