Syncing offers a better UX than client-server for iOS/Android apps. Couchbase has an intriguing technology stack for mobile syncing. — The first stop on my European startup journey is a deep-dive with reproductive health app Clue. This week I’m working with their engineering team to explore possibilities for how to add a backend to the app. Mobile syncing technology So it’s 2014, and well-behaved mobile apps that connect to a backend should use…

Six years as Heroku’s CTO was the greatest professional experience of my life. But what’s next? — On January 2, 2014, I boarded a one-way flight to Germany. I’ve never lived outside the US, and my career, professional network, and friends are based in San Francisco. My intention: to connect with startup people in Europe. …

Bonnie Nardi is an anthropologist who studies interactions between humans and computers. In 1993, she published her first book, A Small Matter of Programming. The book's thesis is bold and simple: every human being can, and should, learn to program computers The book didn’t get much attention outside of academia…