Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Learning How to Code

And what I’ve learned from teaching others

Before you learn to code, think about what you want to code

WTF is a hackathon?

Sounds scary, right? Don’t worry, it’s not that type of hacking.

The Dirty Secret Behind the Salesforce $1M Hackathon

How Not to Run a Hackathon

[Updated again with final post-mortem on Salesforce’s “resolution” at bottom]

Will I really steal your idea?

Some people demand signed non-disclosure agreements before they will…

Running an Inclusive Hackathon

How to get better representation at your hackathon

My first hackathon experience

12 hours of iOS hacking and building the essentials

Forketing

The next evolution of developer evangelism

It’s Not “Too Late” for Female Hackers

Are individuals who learn to program in college too far behind…

Hackathons are like gyms.

I’m a pretty small guy, so I never really go to the gym. But, if I never go to the gym, I’m never going to get…

Learning by hacking

I do hacks. Tiny prototypes for digital things that I show to people quickly. And…