Developer, author, musician, global domination theoretician
Ooo boy, this one is going to make a lot of people mad. But I know that it’s true. How do I know that it’s true? Because I have written three books on software development, I have been a software consultant for over 10 years, I have worked with some of the top developers inContinue Reading “Why you do NOT need a college degree or even long-term training to be a software developer”
The ineffable, omnipresent Kalen Jordan (at least according to my Twitter feed) recently posted a Medium article on working remotely where he stated I took the cake for the longest tenure of working remotely on his list at 15 or so years. I started working in web development in 1998, having gotten on the tailContinue Reading “How to work remotely”
A year or two ago I wrote a blog post on what it is like to be a foster parent. Given that this is a technical blog that post has surprised me quite a bit. That one post is responsible for about 25% of the traffic on my blog, currently, and has been read about 45,000 times.Continue Reading “What is your foster/adopt story?”
My wife and I saw the new Star Trek movie in Imax 3D last night. It wasn’t too bad. She complained about it being too loud (fuddy duddy) whereas I was impressed with the acoustic treatments in the theater and the clarity of the low end frequencies. Imax has always been cool with the large screens,Continue Reading “What’s wrong with the sound in movies”
If you don’t know what Magium is, it is a Selenium based testing framework for Magento and other platforms that makes it much, MUCH, easier to test those applications. I’ve been working on it since December and it is now 7 months out. 7 months of very little income (thank you to MagentoU for having me doContinue Reading “Shutting down Magium (and (eventually) looking for a new awesome company to work for)”
When I say that this is an experimental blog post I mean it. I’m thinking out loud here. Those who know me know that I am somewhat critical of some modern advancements in software design. It’s not that I’m a Luddite or anything but the root of my discontent is that software and real life oftenContinue Reading “Metaphysics and Software Design”
I saw a tweet today concerning authentication. Monaco, at White House cybersecurity summit at Stanford, calls for replacing passwords with more secure technologies. — Paul Krill (@pjkrill) February 13, 2015 When reading that the first thing that came to my mind was “with what?” When will that one be hacked and then replaced by something else,Continue Reading “We don’t need better authentication”
For all the talk of getting money out of politics we don’t really seem to understand what draws it there in the first place. Why does money funnel into politics? Because in politics there is influence and power. Influence and power gives you control. It helps you get what you want. And those in powerContinue Reading “Net Neutrality is about money and power, not openess”
We all have important things to do but some things are more important than others. Using these 3 strategies you will find success to come easier. Find something you love to do – it’s easier to do something you love Do things for other people – blah blah blah blah blah blah Things that are worth pursuingContinue Reading “3 things to do that can make you completely successfull”
I’m not necessarily against it either, which makes that one of the more passive-aggressive titles I’ve written in a while (that, or wildly successful link-bait). But while I’m not really for or against; I tend to be wary of calls for more government control of something. But the truth be told, I almost did comeContinue Reading “Why I’m not for Net Neutrality”
