Disable Adobe Flash: Disable flash to make your web browser faster

Categories tools
To disable flash on your web browser, select your browser below: Disable Flash in Chrome Open up Chrome. In the URL bar, type about:plugins and press enter. Navigate to 'Adobe Flash Player' and hit 'Disable'. Disable Flash in Firefox Open up Firefox Go to the Settings Icon in the top right. Click Addons, then click Plugins. Next to any Flash items, click the dropdown Read the article >>

Slack EmojiBot

Categories future_of_tech, sideprojects, software, technology, tools
Couldn't sleep last night, so I started futzing with an experiment I've been noodling on.  It's called Slack EmojiBot and I built it last night. It's a bot that adds custom emojis your slack team; inline in Slack. 🤔👌 No more putzing around in your web browser. Supports all of the below inline in slack. 👇 Searching google images. 📷 Uploading images to slack's (IMHO hard Read the article >>

Boulder Startup Week 2016

Categories colorado, sideprojects, startups, technology
Boulder Startup Week wrapped up a couple weeks ago. Boy, what a week! These were some of my favorite events. How to CTO The format of this event was 3-4 local CTOs interviewed by Miles Matthias. It was great to hear what some of the up & coming engineering leaders in Boulder are doing.  Audio of these talks will be posted on Exec Podcast. Building Virtual Reality From Boulder Startup Read the article >>

Where is the fire around this fire?

Categories community, life, startups
A few years ago, I was at a small bluegrass music festival in the mountains of Colorado.  Nestled in a ridge next to a winding river, you could see a square mile of tents during the day, and you could see the milky way after the sun went down.  Late at night, after the music had ended, the festival attendees would circle around campfires near their tents for warmth. Our camp was visible on a stretch Read the article >>

Social Anxiety

Categories mind, suicide survivors
Today is my brothers 27th birthday.  Or, it would have been, if he had not committed suicide in December 2014. My brother suffered from unamangeable anxiety & depression.  I'm remembering his life, his illness, and his death, as I read the Spring 2016 edition of Tricycle magazine. Social anxiety comes from being focused on "how we are doing" in this world.  We are constantly judging our Read the article >>

Coding Music 2016

Categories music
I love music, I love coding and I love coding to music.   To stay in flow mode, I've found that coding music must: Not have lyrics in it.  Something about lyrical music interferes with my ability to reason algorithmically. Not be overpowering.  I haven't found that I'm able to focus when listening to metal or hard rock. Some assorted coding favorites from this year:  (To see last years Read the article >>

Oculus Rift cv1 First Thoughts

Categories investigations, technology
At CES this year, I stumbled into getting an Oculus Rift cv1 (Consumer Version 1) demo.  I had heard that the quickest way to turn a VR skeptic into a VR believer is a demo.  Turns out I was no different. The Demo Two things that carried the demo: Presence - The device really tricks your brain into thinking you are in the virtual environment.  I think that this is a combination of the Read the article >>

Exec Podcast

Categories engineering, leadership, sideprojects
About a year ago, my friend Miles and I started organizing informal monthly lunches for startup engineering leaders in Boulder (contact me if you're not on the list). I'm past the point in my career where there's much upside to showing up to a random networking happy hour, and have found a recurring informal lunch with high caliber people to be a nice alternative.  These lunches have evolved into Read the article >>