StartupCTO.io

Categories sideprojects
A few months ago, I wrote about a podcast I started, called Exec Podcast -- We are a podcast capturing conversations about startup engineering leadership.  Since my post, we've done 20 episodes with local startup leaders.  Today, we are announcing a rebrand; to StartupCTO.io.  The hope is that the clear brand, a refined focus on product quality, interviewee caliber, and professional cover art / Read the article >>

Side Project: Photo Workflow Tools

Categories photography, sideprojects, tools
I started a side project to automate paro automate (or gracefully degrade into just being more efficient) my photography batch post-processing process. One of the first elements of my photography workflow is to select which photos are worth post-process. To do so, I need to select which of my set of photos to promote to a 'best' subset. This is what it looked like before: This is what it Read the article >>

`du` for AWS S3

Categories technology, tools
I built and open sourced a tool called s3_disk_util last week.  It's meant to help cleanup disk space on your AWS bucket.  Its very similar to the linux command `du`, but for s3. Here's how it works: kevinowocki@local /Users/kevinowocki/Desktop/s3_disk_utils~ % python3 du.py --depth=1 --bucket=BUCKETNAME BUCKETNAME (Cloudwatch bucket size estimate: 22.7GiB) / : 22.7GiB - DIR1/ : 22.6GiB Read the article >>

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 >>