3 Places To Keep Your Pocket Code (Besides Your Pocket)
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Every developer has some amount of code that they feel is reusable to them, but doesn’t clear that bar to be reusable for everyone.
This is what I call Pocket Code - reusable code that does not belong in reusable libraries that is shared amongst projects and team members, but code that you keep handy somewhere […]
Twitter - A Possible Support Circle?
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After being on Twitter for many moons, I am starting to finally understand the true potential it can hold.
It is true, Twitter is huge time sucking blackhole void of time; however, Twitter does have its fantastic community aspects. For example, the other day I had a quick development question. I could have went […]
Save Energy - Kill Your Screensaver
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This post is in response to Blog Action Day. This year’s topic is one that is important to everyone - the environment.
Screensavers have been around since the beginning of computing, but the days of CRT burn-in are now far past us. So why do we still keep screensavers around? If […]
Use RSS Already
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If you are reading this sentence on the website, let me put this lightly:You are soooo Web 1.0 - do try to keep up.
Seriously effiecient developers do not go hunting for new information, they use RSS to have it delivered. Here are some videos and links for both the RSS […]
Get Yourself A Morning Ritual
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A few blogs such as FreelanceSwitch and Zen Habits have written about ways to improve morning productivity. These posts intrigued me to analyze my morning ritual as a blogging developer.
First off, I am a night owl by nature and very slow to start in the morning. At least 30 minutes of mindless shuffling in […]



