It all started a number of months ago when @dolske randomly linked to an innocuous video about fluffy unicorns. Little did I know the first time I watched it, but I’d end up spending hours upon hours listening to Pantaloons’ videos, and would eventually be led to his current collaborator, Mr. Gunnarolla, only to spend Read More
I just released a new build/release harness1 I’ve been working on for about a year now called QuickRelease. How does this relate to the Mozilla community, you might ask? Some bootstraps are clearly more…ornate & complex than others… Well, some of the core ideas behind QuickRelease actually come from an automation project Rob Helmer and Read More
Allow me say this as plainly as I can: all “haters” are critics1, but not all critics are “haters.” During a recent (mostly-online) discussion, one of the responses to the issue at hand that I (indirectly) ran across was “don’t be a hater yo.” It’s a common response in tech circles these days, especially among Read More
I recently had to re-download Firefox1. I’m not exactly sure what new features Firefox 5 sports, but based on the landing page, it must have something to do with Harry Potter: Now I’m a little slow. Mozilla is “reinventing itself.” Got it. But can someone help me understand what a half-page about the new Harry Read More
Writing, they say, is never done, it’s just due; as it is with software. I’m happy to announce a project I’ve been working on for some time now: QuickRelease. QuickRelease is a lightweight harness1 with a focus on automating build and release-related activities. Searching Google Images for “quick release” returns some… interesting results… It’s designed Read More
I recently told a friend of mine I had discovered James Altucher. He said “Oh, he’s a great read! I love reading his stuff. He’s totally crazy.” At the time, I didn’t understand. But after reading more of Altucher’s work, I realized what he was referring to: Altucher’s frankness1. As I’ve continued to enjoy his Read More
My communication was supposedly so poor,it necessitated “gifting” me this book… One of the worst mistakes I have ever made was letting my manager-at-the-time convince me I was a poor communicator. Quality communication is hard, certainly1, and we could all be better at it. But I’d been in the workforce for some time at this Read More