Thankful On Thanksgiving

Today marked another uneventful, yet pleasant, Thanksgiving in my book. I saw loads of family members, and ate a ton of food - particularly turkey and mashed potatoes smothered in gravy. I don’t usually take time to think how fortunate I am, but this year I will. I’m…

Remote Pair Programming: Take One

I've had a growing interest in remote pair programming for a while now. It combines the power of continuously collaborating on crafting each line of code with the amazing benefits of having a distributed team. At work we have one member of the development team who, starting today, will be…

Thoughts On Obama’s Executive Immigration Actions

Tonight President Obama gave addressed the nation, informing us of changes in how the country deals with immigrants. It was a pretty good speech, very good policy, and really hit home how critically important and emotional of an issue this is for people. Here are my quick take aways: 1…

Second Hand Smoke Is A Huge Issue That Needs To Be Dealt With

I’ve been back on land for the past few weeks. While I have a pretty nice situation overall, there has been one particular nuisance that has gotten me pretty frustrated. I am now exposed to substantially more second hand smoke as a result of living in Manhattan. This is…

Thoughts On Flatiron School’s New Web Development Fellowship

Today The Flatiron School announced a new free 8 month web development fellowship. I'm super excited for the school, for the NYC tech community, and most of all for the 64 people whose lives are about to be fundamentally transformed because of this opportunity. 1. Flatiron Got Another Huge Grant…

Thoughts About Florida’s Failed Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative

The war on drugs has been an abject failure, and society would benefit enormously by legalizing marijuana. I was thus very disappointed that the small step of legalizing medical marijuana failed to pass on a Florida ballot initiative last Tuesday. 1. The Game Is Rigged Despite the fact that over…