Jul 24, 2017The One Thing You Should Know about Starting a Business (or doing a startup)I’ll get right to the point: It’s not glamorous and it’s not fucking easy. You may have heard this before, but let me say it again just to really drive the point home. Building a company is not glamorous and it’s not fucking easy. I’m not successful, not yet anyway…Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Apr 4, 2017Our Path to MVP: TachyonsOur Path to MVP: Tachyons Being a technical founder ain’t always easy. You have to balance your technical side that wants to play with the latest and greatest technologies, as well as the practical side that wants to build things quickly and efficiently. …Web Development5 min readWeb Development5 min read
Feb 16, 2017How Apple Missed An Opportunity With SiriA few months ago Sal Soghoian announced that his position as Product Manager of Automation Technologies at Apple was being eliminated due to business reasons. Sal integrated and grew AppleScript support within existing Apple applications, and advocated for AppleScript use within third-party applications as a way to empower users. …Apple4 min readApple4 min read
Feb 7, 2017Going the Extra Mile When Onboarding New usersI’ve been working on a new product. This one is a bit different in that our users aren’t developers, nor are they pro/power users. In fact, a large majority of our target market work in the trades–plumbers, electricians, carpenters, handymen, cleaners, etc. WorkWeek is geared towards small, blue-collar, service-based businesses…UX4 min readUX4 min read
Dec 16, 2016Our Path to MVP: Choosing RailsRuby was the first language that made me feel like I could be a programmer. I’d always sorta tried to learn programming — I got books from the mall bookstore “Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours”, “Learn Java in 7 Days”, etc. I don’t think I learned anything from them. …Programming3 min readProgramming3 min read
Dec 3, 2016Sometimes Opportunity Finds YouI recently lost my job for a large tech company — it was sudden and unexpected. It was unexpected because the company had just moved our team to a new office, and they invested a lot of time and money into not only the office, but our remote team. I’d…Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
