Today I present the Atkinson family’s 2010 Christmas card! Handwritten cards? So last century. Photo cards ordered and sent from Shutterfly? So last decade. E-cards? Not good enough. This year I decided to create a big project for myself and it turned out pretty weird. Good and weird and funny (I hope). I created the [...]
Archive for 2010
Dev to Staging to Production
December 10th, 2010
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How do you keep your development work from interfering with testing new features and providing a stable application to your users? Create a dev to staging to production chain. You’ve worked for months on a Web application, you launch and all is fine. Now you need to add a new feature that will take you [...]
The Fractional CTO
October 5th, 2010
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One of my favorite things is solving technology problems. Fortunately, I get paid for that. Unfortunately, I’d rather do more of it. Therefore, I’m putting out a call to anyone interested: if you need a fractional CTO, ask me. My friends introduce me to other entrepreneurs and describe me as a genius. They usually skip [...]
Car Damaged, Repaired
August 30th, 2010
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In June, I was rear-ended on my way home from work. I’d been doing the Martinez-to-Berkeley commute via I-80 for seven years, so I was probably due for some teenager to run into me. Neither of us was hurt. I was stopped and she wasn’t looking. Since I pay for collision insurance, I knew I’d [...]
