Hater News
Haterz gonna hate. But now you can know who the haterz are. I wanted to use data science / machine learning to identify and rank trolls by their “hater” level throughout the internet. …
Using anything from #hashtags to selfies in your rails application.
Instagram and You.
The power of social media is fantastic and people are using Instagram to do some pretty amazing things. Companies are making real-time mosaics for events and parties, printing out Instagram photos using instaprint. People are creating iPhone cases with their own pictures. Marketers are building platforms to creatively communicate to…
Thrown into the deep end and loving it.
In an attempt to collect my thoughts, observations, and emotions while they are still fresh, I will break down my first real week at General Assembly and their Web Development Immersive.
My Week In Review
What I Learned:
I am now surprisingly comfortable in the basics of the Ruby programming language, command-line (I love…
Starting the General Assembly experience.
After doing a lot of soul searching, I decided to apply to General Assembly’s Web Development Immersive. I got accepted, dropped everything in my life, and moved to NYC. …
The powerful business of ideas.
I have watched it play out time and time again.
Everyone around me, every person I have ever been able to observe or read about, seems to go through this process:
- Encounter an idea.
“money = happiness” - Allow it to become part of them.
“That makes sense, it has to be true.” - Allow the…
Diving head first into the start up world.
So far my life has been a crazy ride. I’ve played in bands, opened a manufacturing plant, married a German, Invented production equipment, played ultimate frisbee in different states (haha), been an “Exec” (CIO at Service Spring Corp.), given talks about nerdy stuff, built all sorts of interesting systems, traveled…
