Startups and Code

I love to make developers' and clients' lives easier through technology.
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I'm working on this site on a regular basis. I'm playing with some AI generation and some 3D work also. My goal is to make this site simple and easy to use. I'm considering doing a podcast, but I'm not sure yet.
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25+

Years of Development

Python, JavaScript, C#, DevOps (GCP/AWS), and much more.

10+

Leadership Experience

Recruiting, Hiring, Mentoring, and Retention

12+

Companies Helped

Microsoft, General Assembly, SAI Global, Consumer Edge, and many more

Latest Posts

Writing on Medium for now.
August 17, 2021
Interviewing and HackerRank and Learning
May 16, 2021
Interview Overload
April 30, 2021
Interview Tutorials
April 15, 2021
AppSeed.us Templates
March 25, 2021
Learning how to learn
March 9, 2021
Old Repositories and Sites
March 8, 2021
Animate on Scroll
March 7, 2021
Surface vs MacPro Setup
March 6, 2021
Startups and Code - The Beginning
March 5, 2021
Customer Service 101
October 10, 2020
Interviewing 101
September 25, 2020
Brawl Stars Deleted
September 18, 2020
Previous and Next for Next js
September 13, 2020
Getting started (again)
September 6, 2020
Fully migrated to NextJS SSG
September 5, 2020
Starting on NextJS
September 4, 2020
Coding is not difficult
May 31, 2020
Leadership Books
May 23, 2020
Flask Tutorial Next Steps
March 15, 2020
A Flask Tutorial Journey
January 25, 2020
Learning a new programming language
December 22, 2019
Code Writing Topics
December 21, 2019
Christmas Time
December 17, 2019
Social media damages
June 17, 2019
Let's start at the beginning
June 2, 2019
Technical Blogs vs Life Blogs
May 25, 2019
Development Whys?
May 5, 2019
Two Years in NYC
February 15, 2019
Goal setting - FAST vs SMART
January 4, 2019
The pursuit of happiness
December 10, 2018
A week of DevOps on GCP
October 6, 2018
Balancing life
September 3, 2018
Getting stated with Python for the Web?
August 12, 2018
Getting started in programming?
August 5, 2018
Landing your dream tech job
August 2, 2018
My slow conversion to Mac
July 24, 2018
My Agile Rant
May 28, 2018
Finding a good tech tutorial
May 9, 2018
What really stifles innovation?
May 7, 2018
Execution over Perfection
April 27, 2018
Simplicity over Complex
April 24, 2018
Practice does not make perfect
April 15, 2018
Building Teams and Careers
April 14, 2018
About not being the best
April 11, 2018
DevOps Playbooks
March 12, 2018
The Power of No
March 4, 2018
Pursuit of knowledge
February 9, 2018
I need to write - this one is for me.
February 6, 2018
Turn around!
January 2, 2018
New Year - New Goals
January 1, 2018
How to be a leader without the title
December 29, 2017
Azure Services - The Whole List
December 10, 2017
Actual needed skills on a job posting.
November 30, 2017
Keeping up with Technology
November 26, 2017
Conversational UI - Why it will never be mainstream.
November 16, 2017
The Developer Marketing Game
November 15, 2017
The Angry Developer - Corporate Etiquette
November 6, 2017
Corporate culture changes
November 1, 2017
Why open-office layouts don't work
October 31, 2017
Agile should die
October 29, 2017
The Future of Development (Round 23,895)
October 13, 2017
Software Development over 40
September 20, 2017
Solving the problem
September 6, 2017
Retention vs Recruiting - In Tech
August 21, 2017
Practice, Resting, and Balance
August 6, 2017
5 steps to get started...
July 27, 2017
My 30 day challenge and what I've learned
July 24, 2017
30 day challenge - 30 sites in 30 days
July 20, 2017
Creating a new project
June 18, 2017
Everyone has the same fear
June 11, 2017
Agile is Dead
June 9, 2017
Keeping up with technology
June 4, 2017
Do open-office environments really work?
June 3, 2017
I'm a coder, not a devops guru!
May 11, 2017
The Corporate Hustle
May 7, 2017
The Side Hustle Game
April 10, 2017
Some ideas
April 2, 2017
Meeting Rules - Why are we working so hard?
March 30, 2017
Continuous Integration and Deployment - But WHY?
March 19, 2017
My first solo subway ride!
March 9, 2017
Angular 4 is out... but is it too late?
March 2, 2017
The World of DevOps
February 28, 2017
The love of a dog
February 11, 2017
JavaScript fatigue is real
February 4, 2017
Xamarin, ASPNET Core, Mac, and PC
January 28, 2017
Keep learning to stay inspired and innovative
January 16, 2017
Brooklyn, Seattle, Atlanta, New Orleans
January 15, 2017
City Living so far...
January 4, 2017
Moving to Brooklyn!
December 31, 2016
Our next adventure
December 27, 2016
Creating something that lasts
November 14, 2016
JavaScript Coding Teaching challenge
October 2, 2016
Coding Dojo - Code Practice
September 5, 2016
Be Aware - a startup series (part 6/6)
September 1, 2016
Deliver Early - a startup series (part 5/6)
August 31, 2016
Listen First - a startup series (part 4/6)
August 27, 2016
Be Polite - a startup series (part 3/6)
August 25, 2016
Be Punctual - a startup series (part 2/6)
August 23, 2016
That was easy... - a startup series (part 1/6)
August 22, 2016
A Medium Summary of recent posts...
August 22, 2016
VS Code - Open HTML using tasks
April 17, 2016
Medium Posts are coming...
January 18, 2016
Coding Best Practices - Really?
August 30, 2015
Inspirational Coding
August 19, 2015
A GitHub Post
June 15, 2015
Knockout JS and Moment JS - an intro
June 4, 2015
3 CSS Tips that have helped me recently
May 21, 2015
Planning blog posts
May 8, 2015
Why WordPress and Azure suck together
April 11, 2015
What I learned about blogging
March 8, 2015
Choosing Frameworks
February 8, 2015
WordPress Site Migration - Duplicator
January 18, 2015
Surface Pro 3 - Is it really that great?
November 27, 2014
Why vacations are important.
October 25, 2014
Why your development practices are wrong.
October 12, 2014
Not everyone should learn to code
October 4, 2014
The WordPress Community
September 25, 2014
Communication and Personalities
September 21, 2014
Career Growth and Life Growth
September 10, 2014
Leadership Styles - In a new world.
July 7, 2014
Agile and the UI/UX Debate
June 29, 2014
Writing again...
June 24, 2014
What a long year...
June 23, 2014
WordPress Plugin Development - My next attempt
May 3, 2014
WordCamp Atlanta Roundup
March 17, 2014
The Future of Development Processes
February 20, 2014
CSS triangles with borders
February 3, 2014
The Art of Doing Nothing
February 2, 2014
Putting the pieces together - Product Management
January 26, 2014
A new look, feel, and new direction
January 19, 2014
Time is not scalable
January 10, 2014
Looking Forward
January 2, 2014
Remote Working and the end of 2013...
December 31, 2013
So much to learn...
December 22, 2013
Sky is the limit
December 8, 2013
Getting things done - Holiday Motivation
November 29, 2013
Culture Disruption
October 30, 2013
Communication - Work, Life, and Home
September 17, 2013
Website Performance tips
August 31, 2013
Keeping up with blogs and technology.
August 25, 2013
Connecting with your community
August 13, 2013
Finding Opportunities
July 27, 2013
Soft skills of development
July 11, 2013
Be present this week.
June 22, 2013
Why I like CrossFit vs a Gym
June 12, 2013
WordPress Workflow and Plugins
May 27, 2013
WordPress Plugin Upgrade
May 19, 2013
Life, goals, and dreams
May 12, 2013
Agile Software Development
April 28, 2013
Startups and entrepreneurs
April 20, 2013
Startup Weekend Atlanta 2013
April 16, 2013
Workflow Management
April 10, 2013
Plug-in Development (The Final Chapter)
April 9, 2013
Getting in the groove of business...
April 7, 2013
WordPress Plug-In Development (Round 2)
April 6, 2013
WordPress Plug-In Development (a how-not-to series)
April 4, 2013
WordPress Workflow
April 3, 2013
Project Management Estimation
April 2, 2013
Kanban - Project Management
March 29, 2013
Agile Project Management
March 28, 2013
WordCamp Atlanta and Corporate America
March 17, 2013
Priorities and Career Paths
March 12, 2013
New Projects, New Goals, Old Questions.
February 24, 2013
Solving the problem
February 18, 2013
Doing what I do...
February 17, 2013
WordPress, Innovation, and Tools
February 13, 2013
Managing code of egos
February 9, 2013
My morning routine is starting again - TV is Dead.
February 7, 2013
Comparison and Goal Setting
February 2, 2013
Posting to get on track
January 27, 2013
A long month, but doing well and nutrition debate.
January 23, 2013
Catching up on life...
January 13, 2013
Today's Epiphany
December 4, 2012
Ready for the next Big Thing
November 23, 2012
What is home?
November 19, 2012
A long week...
November 13, 2012
Food, fun, and life...
November 4, 2012
Getting a groove...
October 28, 2012
A weekend of innovation
October 21, 2012
A Perfect Week
October 13, 2012
Another week and SOOO much technology...
October 6, 2012
Classes, Food, and a new Beginning
September 30, 2012
Week 11 in Atlanta...
September 23, 2012
Week 10 in Atlanta
September 15, 2012
Week 9 in Atlanta
September 9, 2012
Week 8 in Atlanta
September 2, 2012
Week 7 in Atlanta
August 25, 2012
Week 6 in Atlanta
August 19, 2012
Week 5 in Atlanta
August 11, 2012
Week 4 in Atlanta
August 4, 2012
Week 3 in Atlanta
July 28, 2012
Week 2 in Atlanta
July 20, 2012
First week in atlanta...
July 9, 2012
The halfway mark
July 4, 2012
California?
June 30, 2012
Going going gone...
June 27, 2012
Getting ready for the final trip
June 27, 2012
Farewell to Seattle
June 23, 2012
Dessert in ballard
June 20, 2012
Getting back to writing...
June 18, 2012
Chunks trying to ride shotgun.
June 18, 2012
Turning 40!
February 19, 2012
Working on a bluetooth keyboard...
January 21, 2012
Snow 2012
January 19, 2012
A new year.
January 2, 2012
Just writing.
October 5, 2011
A day of testing...
September 29, 2011
Doing what I do...
September 8, 2011
Just saying hey!
September 7, 2011
Been quiet.
September 2, 2011
JavaScript and Server Development in the new world
August 27, 2011
A blog shift...
August 27, 2011
Inspired to write.
August 23, 2011
The week of summer
August 22, 2011
Code Samples being shared.
August 20, 2011
A day of rest
August 16, 2011
Day 10? - Ok I missed the weekend... so let's talk about consistency.
August 15, 2011
Day 9 football is back
August 12, 2011
Day 8 - Back to work
August 12, 2011
Day 7 - Finally home in Seattle.
August 10, 2011
Day 6 - A trip down memory lane...
August 9, 2011
Day 5 - I did miss a day
August 8, 2011
Day 4 - Visiting Home
August 8, 2011
Day 3 - People Watching
August 6, 2011
Day 2 - Writing...
August 5, 2011
Writing challenge for myself.
August 4, 2011
Life in the US now.
July 30, 2011
I forgot about this blog. :-)
April 2, 2011
A new day...
December 6, 2010
Relationships - Part 2
June 1, 2010
Managing Projects...
June 1, 2010
Corporate America.
May 29, 2010
Why the northwest?
May 20, 2010
Relationships - Part 1
May 20, 2010
Vacationing
May 17, 2010
Another day off...
May 6, 2010
In between jobs...
May 5, 2010
Money does not buy happiness...
April 24, 2010
Everyone has already said it...
April 23, 2010
A Beautiful Wednesday.
April 22, 2010
The Job Hunt
April 20, 2010
A beautiful day
April 8, 2010
Welcome to my new/old blog.
April 7, 2010
Happy Easter
April 5, 2010
Not a regular blogger...
April 3, 2010
A new blog...
February 13, 2010
Getting ready for a regular blog....
January 13, 2010