The Ambient Exercise Deficit of Working Remotely

I had a really productive time working remotely over the holidays. I learned a lot about what it's like to work remotely in general and also had an unexpected learning burst. Getting back into my normal routine this week, I had to adjust to a lot more body movement than…

An Unexpected Learning Burst

My two weeks of working remotely all on my own came to an end today, when everyone came back into the office for the first time this year. Although I enjoyed my time out of the office, it was nice to be back and get back into the swing on…

What I'm Thinking About At The Start of 2015

Here is what's on my mind on this New Year's Day. The Future Is Now My favorite movies of all time are the Back to the Future movies. I've watched them countless times, and always get completely engrossed with the story. The ideas of time travel, destiny, redoing the past…

Three Things I Learned While Working Remotely For A Week

I've been working remotely for the past week, and it's been wonderful. Due to people's vacation schedules I'm actually the only engineer working as well - which has been a nice change of pace from pairing all the time. I've been able to get in some good work, learn a…

Five Things I Learned By Missing Some Awesome Travel Deals Today

I was up late last night, catching up on Homeland and sifting through my cluttered twitter feed in between episodes when one tweet in particular caught my interest: Still can't believe these fares- JFK- Johannesburg for $275 total roundtrip including ALL TAXES on Etihad http://t.co/cjJsegkfo7…

How I Became A Better Developer In 2014

I ended up making a ton of progress on a side project recently, and was super excited about the quality of code I was churning out. What's really amazing is how far I've come recently in my skill as a developer. Earlier this year I was pretty proud of building…