I met some fellow coworkers at Hudson Business Lounge downtown Milwaukee today on a $25 day pass. I've been a member in the past but haven't been there in over a year. I sat down and realized that the four of us wouldn't fit at the table because of that awkward power outlet under the one chair. I decided to move the table so that it was centered between the chairs. ...
I was apparently feeling philosophical the other day and posted two tweets about dealing with systems architecture. They generally apply to life as well, so I'm posting them here on my blog so I don't forget them. Just because something was done a certain way, doesn't mean it was done right and even if it was done right at the time it may be wrong now.https://twitter.com/astralbodies/status/488786577360171008 Wax on, wax off. https://twitter.com/astralbodies/status/488786693999558656
Today marks my one year anniversary with Automattic. I work with some awesome people and it's been a rewarding first year. I've had challenges to face (my attention for one), fun speaking at conferences, shipped a number of improvements and new features of WordPress for iOS, and learned a ton of new things. I'm excited to experience my next year here!
Developers interested in contributing to the WordPress mobile apps can now connect to WordPress.com with their own account. More details to follow on how to set up the individual projects.
On occasion my Calendar on Mavericks gets hosed when syncing with Google. If I look in the console, I see errors like the following mentioning "An error exists on principal": 6/5/14 10:05:00.337 AM Calendar[59555]: [com.apple.calendar.ui.log] [An error exists on principal: [iCloud]] 6/5/14 10:05:00.338 AM Calendar[59555]: [com.apple.calendar.ui.log] [An error exists on principal: [Time Off]] 6/5/14 10:05:00.340 AM Calendar[59555]: [com.apple.calendar.ui.log] [An error exists on principal: [Events]] 6/5/14 10:05:00.341 AM Calendar[59555]: [com.apple.calendar.ui.log] [An error exists on principal: [Launch]] 6/5/14 10:05:00.341 AM Calendar[59555]: [com.apple.calendar.ui.log] [An error exists on principal: [Conferences]] 6/5/14 10:05:00.342 AM Calendar[59555]: [com.apple.calendar.ui.log] [An error exists on principal: [Some Team]] ...
I posted a while back about what I've been doing to lose weight. I was my heaviest last year around September 2013 at 277lb (125kg). I started on my ADD meds around October and stopped taking a medication for my cluster headaches that was causing weight gain as well. You can see the drop but then around end of January I came off the meds. The weight hopped back up for a bit but I dug deep and kept my exercise a bit more regular. So far I'm down 40lb! I don't really have any goal in mind other than to reach at least 235lb which the lightest I've been for the past five years. ...
This is probably one of the best videos I've seen promoting the need for us as humans to reconnect with each other. I work for a distributed company and I call tell you, we realize the importance of face to face interaction. Also we need to make sure we're connecting not just to our friends, family and other humans but also our pets. It's so easy to ignore them when you're tied into an electronic device all day long. They need love too :). ...
In January 2014, the Mobile Team at Automattic met in Tokyo Japan for our quarterly face to face meetup. Here are some of the pictures I took from the meetup. It was a great experience and I would definitely go back to Japan!
Before coming to work for Automattic, I pair programmed a lot. Developers who pair learn from each other in a symbiotic sort of manner. It's definitely a good way to get a project off to a fast start and to come to consensus on design and intent. Once I started working at Automattic, I realized pair programming is less of a reality since we're all in disparate locations across the globe. We tend to use code reviews as our way of pairing together on code and making sure the design we discussed in chat came through properly. We've also done screen sharing but never really felt it was effective. ...
My friend Marty gave a nugget of wisdom today that I thought I'd share. I mentioned how I've been doing good at losing weight but this past weekend I cut loose a little with family over. I intended on relaxing the calorie count so I don't feel guilty at all. His quote though, brought things into perspective. Progress is never a straight line. You just need to re-focus this week.Progress really never is linear. Looking at all of the metrics I've been capturing relating to my progress with improving my health that is certainly the case. ...