Jul 19, 2015Managing InnovationScott Berkun shares Five challenges of managing innovation at an organization: Life of ideas: Ideas can come from anywhere within an organization. It’s what happens to them that matters. Are people pushed to explore, prototype, follow their instincts, and learn from what happens? The environment: Bob Taylor was a manager…Management2 min readManagement2 min read
Jun 27, 2015How Jobs-to-be-Done can help you create successful productsI recently attended the Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) workshop in the lovely offices of Basecamp. Bob Moesta and Chris Spiek run these one-day workshops in a hands-on manner. The workshop is a blend of presentations and interviews. In total, three interviews were conducted throughout the day. The JTBD approach has helped me…Jtbd8 min readJtbd8 min read
Nov 7, 2014JavaScript without jQueryJavaScript is a language that powers all web browsers. To some, it’s a necessary evil a developer has to learn. As much as each developer wants to get away from writing JavaScript, it seems like shipping any feature requires some form of interaction with this dreadful language. At least, this…4 min read4 min read
Oct 22, 2013Rationality and ThoughtIf just logic is what makes sense, you’re limiting yourself to rational thought. To be free, be open to what’s beyond. You don’t have to agree to it, but know that wit isn’t in limiting. Rationality is not the only gate to wisdom and knowledge.1 min read1 min read
Jun 6, 2013Perfection Results From PracticeI’ve been contemplating a lot lately on how a person achieves perfection in life. I’ve always learned new things by diving head first over and over again and taking something out of it each time. I learned designing business cards in Microsoft Publisher back in late 90s. It seemed Photoshop…1 min read1 min read
Jun 5, 2013Strong Opinions Usually HurtI’ve learned that holding religiously strong opinions about matters usually hurt in the long run. Each choice in life brings with it a certain set of pros and cons. And by blinding ourselves to a particular option usually entails sacrificing the pros of the other one. For example, the developers…2 min read2 min read
Published inRuby on Rails·May 9, 2013RailsConf 2013 ReviewI love the Ruby community. The amount of innovation that happens is astonishing. It’s full of kind people who are willing to talk and get acquainted. I enjoyed hearing stories and networking around so much that it’s going to be really hard to miss the conference next year. Talking to…5 min read5 min read
Published inRuby on Rails·Apr 24, 2013The Powerful New Rails RouterOriginally posted on the Rails Dispatch website on May 3, 2010. In this week’s post, we’ll be looking at the new Routing API in Rails 3. …5 min read5 min read
Published inRuby on Rails·Apr 24, 2013Upgrading a Rails 2 App to Rails 3Edited by Yehuda Katz. It was originally posted over on the Rails Dispatch website on May 13, 2010. You say, “No, not another Rails upgrade!”. While it can be daunting and frustrating to see a new release of software, as it usually means more learning or changing the workflow for…11 min read11 min read
Published inFusion of Thoughts·Apr 24, 2013Revamped Routes in Rails 3While much of Rails 3 is seeing an internal rewrite, the Routes DSL has seen a complete revision in Rails 3. It has been rewritten from the ground up a few times before, and it has brought speed and flexibility with each iteration. …3 min read3 min read
