Caffeine was quick to get through but a fascinating history lesson on a chemical that has become so intertwined in our lives that as I learned in the book we can hardly differentiate consciousness without it. Michael Pollan does a wonderful job of covering the rise of “western civilization” correlated Read more…
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Power of Habit comes a fascinating book that explores the science of productivity, and why managing how you think is more important than what you think—with an appendix of real-world lessons to apply to your life. At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key productivity concepts—from motivation and Read more…
In 2018 I began posting my goals to the universe in an attempt to make myself more accountable for them. I am tracking them here along with details for my own benefit, and perhaps anyone else who may find any use in my code related exercises. Writing Them Down If Read more…
Part of my vacation time I like to spend learning and playing with tech. As I spend every waking moment of my professional day in the “frontend” space, I wanted to step back into the “backend” space and my roots of PHP and explore what’s new with PHP8 in particular. Read more…
This has been a challenging year for all parents, but we are fortunate to be in a situation where we can be technologically creative. Our daughter’s birthday occurred right before the Covid-19 lockdown, but our son was not so lucky, and we wanted to be creative and make the most Read more…
A large part of my work life is dedicated stewardship of the Amplify CLI team at AWS. As someone who lives in the open-source community day-to-day I found this book particularly poignant, albeit highly redundant. For any curious reader who does not contribute to or participate in open-source software I Read more…
