Jun 20, 2018How to move a custom emoji between Slack networks 🎉Your coworker added an emoji that you’ve come to rely on, but it doesn’t exist in your other Slack networks… These working conditions are 🚫 not 🚫 acceptable. Someone call OSHA. Whoa whoa whoa. Calm down. After all… this is important office biz. It is impossible to effectively communicate with…Emoji2 min read
Apr 23, 2018Using Segment’s Java Library with ScalaRecently I was tasked with adding Segment’s event tracking to a Scala service that I work on. If you use Java Libraries in your Scala project you might already know there’s some small differences that can cause big headaches. …Scala4 min read
May 31, 2017Top Five Films Across The BoardFavorites, bests, whatever you want to call them, these are my top 5 (sometimes more) from every genre and sub-genre I thought worth mentioning. The list comes to a total of over 225 of my all-time favorite films. Every single entry here I would consider essential viewing, at least once. …Movies9 min read
Jan 20, 2017A-Z’s of pro-equality companiesUpdate: When I originally collected these logos I felt that companies were a bit more genuine in their displays of solitude. Nowadays it feels more like pandering and some companies have been proven as contradicting their shows of support with actions that say otherwise. So take this collection with a grain of salt, stay strong, and don’t be a dickhead 🖤.Startup9 min read
Published in The JavaScript Collection·Dec 3, 2014Event tracking with Google AnalyticsWith just a few lines of code you can get analytics about specific user interactions on your site. Cross reference successes, failures, and more, with all the great information Google Analytics already provides. Image source: https://flic.kr/p/dtQgWh If you’ve built a website in the last 7–8 years you’ve probably copy pasted…5 min read
Nov 19, 2014How to be treated like a professionalSimple steps to be treated with respect in your field. Image source: https://flic.kr/p/7ykQ19 Step 1: Act like a damn professional. Step 2: Don’t not act like a professional.1 min read
Apr 17, 2014Creating a basic site with KoaKoa.js — A next generation web framework for node.js — 8/29/2017 Disclaimer: This tutorial is well out of date nowadays, so please do your own research to verify which parts of this article you end up using or learning from so you don’t run into too much trouble down the road. …6 min read
