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37 Articles
Google's search engine might not be telling the 'truth'
A Google exec, Danny Sullivan, recently spoke out about Google's search algorithm not being the mystical oracle that many of us want to bel...
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July 10 2018
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5 min read
Nikola Tesla died penniless, and that's alright
Nikola Tesla has been making the news rounds lately, probably due to his recent birthday. Happy late birthday Mr. Tesla. And after reading ...
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January 10 2018
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6 min read
I'm Still Blogging Somehow
This will mark my 300th blog post since this writing journey began a few years back. And it will be as random as anything else that was wri...
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June 15 2017
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3 min read
Advice For New Computer Science Grads
Graduation season is upon us and with that, many fresh grads are leaving the warm shelter of A+ tests to the colder realms of "Yes, I have ...
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May 30 2017
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4 min read
Happi Pi Day
For as long as I can remember, I was both aware and unaware of Pi. And I took it for granted really. 3.14. That's all that was known from...
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March 15 2017
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3 min read
The Sharpie Steel Pen Review
If you read my previous post on the importance of sketching your code, then you know that I'm a huge fan of getting ideas out on pen and pa...
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February 24 2017
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3 min read
I Can't Fix Your Computer, But I Will Try
For as long as I've been a programmer, I've been a PC repair man in the making. Not by choice. But by association. Most people don't know w...
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February 08 2017
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3 min read
Thank You StackOverflow
For a while I believed that just maybe StackOverflow was a crutch for many programmers. That maybe it was causing us to forgot how to code ...
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February 01 2017
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4 min read
Localizing This Blog In Spanish
It recently dawned on me that I speak the Spanish language. Not in a "I got my PhD in Spanish" from some far off university way, but in a m...
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December 28 2016
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4 min read
My Own Journey Into STEM
Needless to say, technology is alive and well in our present age and society. I grew up, and still live in, Los Angeles and I've done so fo...
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October 20 2016
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4 min read
Is Innovation On The Web Slowing Down
Just recently I wrote about the web turning 25, and about how that was a big milestone in the tech world. And for sure, it is. In that time...
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September 13 2016
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6 min read
I Don't Know How To Make A Video Game
When I first chose to make programming my career choice in life it was mainly because I spent the first half of my life playing video games...
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August 15 2016
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6 min read
I For One, Welcome Our Robot Overlords
Kind of... Lately, there's been alot of talk on the internet about robots and "AI" taking away 200% of the jobs in the country in the ne...
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February 29 2016
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7 min read
Fireside Chat With Joel Spolsky
Just recently I had the privilege to attend a talk by Joel Spolsky, co-creator of Stack Overflow and creator of Fog Creek Software, and it ...
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February 08 2016
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5 min read
Why Windows 7 Is Still So Popular
It's been some years since Windows 7 came out, and apparently, I never got over it, as I sit here today on my Windows 7 laptop with about 8...
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January 16 2016
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4 min read
Starting The Year Off Wrong
2016 has arrived, and all resolutions have already been shattered into a thousand disappointing pieces. The excuses have already arrived an...
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January 04 2016
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4 min read
Setting Up Workspaces In Chrome Developer Tools
How many times do you load up Google Dev Tools in order to make styling changes on the fly? If you're like me, then that's the first place ...
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September 23 2015
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3 min read
Software Development: Why We're Doing It Wrong
A long time ago, great men walked the Earth. Now too, just not so many. Back then these men read books from age 2 and onward and they were ...
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September 05 2015
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4 min read
Revisiting My Bug Ridden Code And Found All This
Every couple of months I like to go back to an old project and show it some love and attention. And every few months I'm surprised at how o...
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July 24 2015
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5 min read
Working As A Full Stack Developer
I've been a 'full-stack' developer for the better part of 6 years now, and it's been an amazing time. In comparison to when I was just that...
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June 30 2015
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5 min read
Why Comments Are Hard
Comments are in every corner of the interwebs. Sometimes they're wise, sometimes they incite good heated conversation and sometimes they li...
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June 25 2015
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4 min read
Top 5 Coding Blunders
No matter how many people learn it, and how many online schools open up for it, working on software is hard. Whether it's a mobile app, or ...
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May 28 2015
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5 min read
Programmers Who Said Goodbye To Coding
Programming professionally can be a rewarding and fun life long career, sometimes. It depends on where you work more than anything. It can ...
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May 25 2015
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3 min read
Good Blogs For Developers and Programmers
Blogs are an excellent place to pick up tips and techniques and in general to better keep up to date with technology. They're also just fun...
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May 19 2015
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4 min read
Life As A Code Monkey
Code Monkey get up, get coffee, code monkey go to job... Before I start with my story, I just want to say that software development is a...
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May 12 2015
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6 min read
How Fast Can You Read?
Greetings there. Before you continue with the post, please hit the start button down below, read the passage and then hit the stop button w...
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May 03 2015
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4 min read
It's Time To Make Your Sites Mobile Friendly
Google just released a brand new algorithm update that should hopefully give a tiny bit more credibility to websites that follow proper mob...
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April 24 2015
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4 min read
5 Steps To Making Your Website More Secure
Security is one of those things that are normally saved for last or ignored completely when working on a website nowadays. As most people h...
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March 20 2015
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6 min read
Never Pay For Online Web Courses
I recently saw an ad on the old YouTube for an online course in web development that guaranteed that you'll make money within some weeks by...
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January 10 2015
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6 min read
Why Having An OS With An AI Might Suck
Just like Joaquinn Phoenix in "Her" we all slowly started to fall in love with Scarlett Johanssons character Samantha. How I wish I had a s...
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May 28 2014
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3 min read
Ok Google On Desktop Is A Start
Google just released their newest "OK Google" feature on the Chrome Browser for all to revel in and enjoy and it is..ok. Personally, I've...
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May 24 2014
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4 min read
Introducing My New Laptop Search Tool
h4 { text-decoration:underline; font-family:Oswald; font-size: 16pt; } I mentioned this idea 2 weeks ago to a friend, as I was looking fo...
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May 11 2014
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3 min read
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
It's a question that gets posed to kids all the time. Sometimes with hilarious results. Vampire, is a popular answer. I heard a kid say he ...
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March 05 2014
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4 min read
Why you should give up multitasking
Multitasking has been my enemy for as long as I can remember, I just didn't know it at the time. The concept of multitasking is fantastic. ...
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March 01 2014
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4 min read
It's Not How Much You Know, It's What You Can Do With It
"Do you like apples? Well I got her numbah, how you like them apples B)" I love that moment when Matt Damon totally owns that guy who's pro...
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February 24 2014
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3 min read
Why I Coded This Blog Myself
As a software/web developer person guy, I usually don't have too many exciting tasks at work. - Run this report - Analyze this query - 2 c...
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January 16 2014
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2 min read
Welcome To My Tech Blog
I have been writing software for over a decade now, and it has led me to this blog. I have spent years going to lunch with co-workers spend...
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January 15 2014
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2 min read
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