Why software projects go wrong
In most cases? Because they are not planned, managed, and delegated well. In order for a software project to be successful, particularly in an agency environment that has lots of clients, employees, and layers of communications, a strict set of operating procedures is a fundamental requirement. Based on my experience working with many agencies, founding companies (now on my 4th), and having to take an active role at just about every stage of many projects... I will attempt to share what I feel ...
Thermo-Electric Axolotl Cooling
So in my many ventures around the interwebs I eventually ran into a picture of an unusual animal, the Axolotl. Over the years I have cared for and been aware of a lot of exotic pets but this... this was something totally new to me. On seeing pictures of these for the first time I did some research, then did some more research. Turns out they are a listed as a critically endangered species existing wild in only one lake in the world. Specifically, Lake Xochimilco in a valley in the mountains of ...
My Mobile Tech Office, Replaced With Android
An entire mobile support office, now replaced with my phone. I am 24 years of age, and I am feeling my age. Seriously. I grew up with MP3 players (had the first Rio), Gameboy advance, Yo-Yos with ball bearing suspension systems, electric scooters, Internet access as soon as I was old enough to type. My first computer was powered by a 366mhz pentium 2 I built myself. I was an early adopter and usually stayed on the front lines of tech. When I started running my own company a few years ago, I did ...
WikiLeaks and the Info War Warm-Up
You can say what you want about WikiLeaks and groups like it. You can hate them or love them. Any human being has a right to morally judge for themselves if they are pro or anti WikiLeaks. I do however firmly believe that every human being has a moral obligation to be anti-anti-WikiLeaks. Once their right to free speech is taken, yours is next. Times are changing at an exponential rate. Movies once physically bought in stores are now downloaded or streamed online for free. Musical artists that ...
Force Craigslist Posters To Email You Directly
Ever get tired of the usual slow and cumbersome process of responding to a craigslist ad? Go browse, find a post, determine if you have responded to it or not, then copy the email address to your mail client as well as the text of the ad so they know what you are replying to. Perhaps even copy the post’s title to the subject of the email with re: in front of it. It is a pain and it is a big enough pain that no one has time to mess with it and by the time you do all of that, someone else has ...
My Last Laugh at WhitePages
o I long story short I recently reached a legal agreement with WhitePages.com where they agreed to not sue me over some data I collected from their servers. I however never agreed to not blog about the experience nor did I ever agree to not share my source code with the world as well. Woops! So it all started with the following email from WhitePages: Mr. Vick, Please find attached a letter that addresses your activities with respect to web properties owned by WhitePages, Inc. Please contact me ...