How to set up a Private Ethereum Blockchain

In this tutorial, I will give you a complete step by step guide on how to build a…

How to protect APIs with JWT and API Gateway Lambda Authorizer

Micro-Service Design Pattern: Dependency Driven Decomposition (DDD)

Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth

The management wisdom — and folly — of…

6 Things Training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu For a Year Taught Me About Life

Do all twenty-something year olds feel unfulfilled by work?

A Helpful Alternative to console.log

Learn a helpful way to log tabular data in a clean and organized way

How to Take Maternity Leave When You’re Self-Employed

My plan for taking 12 weeks off when my first…

Why Your Baby’s First Years of Life Matter Most

Signs your company is bad for your UX career

Your UX career might be in jeopardy. Focus on your growth…

VIPKid Financing Finally Confirmed: Why Did It Take So Long?

Relational Databases — Know your Primary Keys!

Never allow your (potential lack of) knowledge of…

How to Better Describe Your Startup

5 strategies for describing startups that don’t involve buzzwords…

An Idea Guy’s Dream Come True

No Code / Low Code

Unit Test Frontend Components

Testing our code is (or should be) part integral of our daily work. It…

Research Tips for Fiction Writers: Where to Find Information and How to Use It Effectively

How to Make Your Team Happier and More Productive

Hint: skip the trust falls and team-building…

You’re 30 and Single — Now What?

Encouragement through Life Lessons for Singles Who Want to Marry and Hurry Things Along

Understanding The Critical Rendering Path in 5 Minutes

What it takes for a browser to render…

Livestock monitoring using Machine Learning and Computer Vision approach

Flutter hot-reload in Gitpod

Challenge accepted ;)

Boredom will help you become great at what you do

Self-awareness of your boredom will lead you down a…

Friendship is as Powerful and Important in Life as Romantic Love.

The Orange Story

Whether or not you are a fan of orange, read on. Let Dr Wayne W. Dyer’s orange analogy give you a new lens on life and a better you.

Conducting user interviews: case study learnings

Stunning images of Interstellar visitor captured by Hubble

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured…

Pitfalls of Positional Power

Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.

How to choose a useful measure of incremental progress for your team

Recently I had an interesting call with a senior QA leader. He reached out to me He wanted to get a better sense of how his people are doing, both as a functional unit and individually. Primarily, I suspect he…

How to Be a Catalyst for Culture Transformation in Your Organization

Have you ever stopped to think…

How to Lose Good Employees

Not giving your employees the recognition they deserve will almost always end up with you losing said good…

Understanding Vanity Publishing

Avoid losing thousands when getting your book published.

It’s Not A Glass Ceiling Issue

Main Takeaways From The 2019 Women In The Workplace Report

Bitcoin Mining Explained by a Mechanic

Rarely are technologies introduced that leave us wondering how we managed without them. The…

The Complexity of Happiness

My mother had a joyous sparkle for life’s little things. She loved to read, watch movies, have friends over…

My Book Got a One-Star Review on Amazon and Something Amazing Happened

Why You Need a Writing Retreat

No, it’s not about productivity.

Home DNA Kits and The Untold Truth

Having the ability to understand our roots and where our ancestors came from is something that…

4 Mad Scientists Using Superplants to Solve Climate Change

extension Reactive: What is that? (RxSwift)

You can expose your codebase to RxSwift. I know you want…

Signs & Symptoms of a Toxic Workplace

Have you been feeling nauseated at your workplace lately?

Nature over nurture: How our brains are wired to react to a different world

The 3 Books To Pick Up If You’re Trying To Put Down Your Phone More Often

The Art of Budgeting

Forming a budget is the first step when building a solid financial foundation and…

There’s Plenty of Room in the Universe

Closing in on one of its greatest kept secrets

The Power of Persistence

Helping demotivated staff find themselves again

The Rational Case for Optimism

Why science and logic suggest the glass is half full

Why You Should Keep an Experience Journal

And how it helps with your writing.

How To Design a Strong Week for Better Energy

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn…

Why Chasing Happiness Doesn’t Help

Everybody wants to be happy, but it just doesn’t last. Stoic…

CryptoKitties: An Early Application of the Blockchain That Led to Digital Cats Worth $100k+

Sometimes You’re Just Unlucky

My hands are shaky. Anyone who’s semi-close to me knows this. Anyone who…

Startups are not a science

Let’s stop pretending they are

How Losing Can be a Winning Strategy

What doesn’t kill you really can make you stronger

Dead People Have No Use For Cash

Making the case for enjoying your money while you’re still around to…

“Unpaid work is macro-critical”

The IMF released an important new paper on the economic importance of…

Feeling Sassy

Four Features of Sass That Will Make You Feel Like the Sassy Dev You Know You Are

How to be the Creative Genius in Your Next Innovation Session

Innovation does not happen in a flash…

How to Build your Customer Service Team

The 5 must-have roles for exceptional customer service

How to Stop Procrastinating Your Life Away

Everything is temporary and we still need to make the most…

Big Tech Has Taken a Page Out of the Big Tobacco Playbook

Silicon Valley’s funding of academic…

Why Wealth Taxes Are a Good Idea

Most of the wealth taxes we have now are not just for the wealthy. This should change.

The Building Blocks of Me

Stepping Out of Fear’s Shadow

When everyone becomes more and more noncommittal, do the opposite.

I hate it when people keep all…

Small things to do for others (that’ll make you happy too)

CAREER INSIGHTS

Being a Skilled Juggler Is Not a Good Career Strategy

I Fired Myself From My Wife’s Business

Business, marriage and being the shield

In the Mix

What’s the secret formula behind Billboard Top 100 tracks?

Giving Credit to Our Guilty Conscience

Despite my clean record, I feel guilty often…

The Right Way to Reign in Google

On Elizabeth Warren, antitrust law and alternatives ways to regulate…

You Can Afford To Travel.

Here’s how you can save some money to go on that trip you’ve always wanted.

7 Habits All New Leaders Should Adopt For Success

Set your team (and yourself) up for success with…

Why Self-Promotion is Hard and How to Do it Anyway

The struggle is real, and it’s fairly universal…

Can Anyone Stop Facebook from Poisoning Democracy?

When Wonderland Beckons

or: How to love the rabbit hole while still shipping code

This Is What Happens When Society Teaches Punishment Instead Of Skills

Punishment doesn’t teach any skills.

A few weeks ago, I read the headlines of a story about a boys reform school in Florida. I passed by it, thinking nothing…

Travel Tips for Remote Workers

At Kuvio we work remotely and that has given several of our employees the opportunity to take some longer…

Proposal as Pitch: How to Get Reviewers to Buy into Your Conference Proposal

“Patience”: The Magic Ingredient to Success

To start, we are going to highlight a list of businesses that are woven into the…

How To Find Meaning In Everything You Do — Embeau

I’m sure your life is full of meaningful moments-

Breaking the bonds of fear

Every day I wake up and face the same thing, like an endless Groundhog’s day repeat: fear of not being enough.

A creative block is not a failure

Stop believing it is.

Going Long

Swimming Lake Windermere with a Resilience Mindset

It’s a Great Time to Be a Citizen Scientist

The phenomenon of citizen science has two excellent outcomes: first, it provides…

Pivoting to proactively address change

If you’re doing it right, at some point your business grows. More customers, more employees…

Conflict: Not Just for Stage or Screen

When it’s good to be a drama queen or king

Why I Always Publish My Drafts

As of late we are all writers in some capacity. Tweeting, Facebook posts, blog posts, text messages are…

What This City Needs Is A Tagline With A Capital “T”

We got trouble! Right here in River City! With a capital T that rhymes with B, and that stands for brand positioning.

Working with cleantech companies means I’m often in meetings with scientists and engineers. By…