Talk on The Dangling Pointer

Getting Burned Out

Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:13:41 +0000

It's In Our Nature

The human body seems to have a natural instinct to burn itself out. We find something we like and want to continue receiving those brain signals so we keep on doing the thing. Eventually our brain grows weary and sometimes our body too. My scientific analysis has some gaps but you get the idea. We like to put blinders on until we feel pain that something is no longer fun.

Things With Wheels Flash Talk

Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:51:25 +0000

Every year at Automattic we get together at what we call the Grand Meetup. Everyone is expected to give a four minute flash talk on any subject - literally any subject. Last year I described a funny story about a boss stealing my iPhone. This year I combined another funny story with some personal philosophies.

Last summer I posted about how Things With Wheels Are Meant To Move and that paired well with my tweets about my philosophy on systems. This flash talk is an amalgamation of those two posts.

CocoaConf Chicago - Advanced Core Data

Sat, 08 Mar 2014 13:42:37 +0000

I was lucky enough to be able to speak at CocoaConf Chicago 2014 about some more advanced Core Data topics. The bulk of the talk surrounded concurrency and data model migrations but I did touch on a number of other things. Sadly the session wasn't recorded, but I am considering recording a screencast if there is enough interest.

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