Want to know the secret to creating amazing apps, writing great articles, or even owning a business? Just start. That’s it. We have so many amazing ideas every single day, the number of ideas that turn into reality is a tiny percentage of all the ideas we have. One of Read more…
I recently had an extremely frustrating week with Instagram. I created a new Instagram account to publish programming and career related content and advice. I ran into a lot of issues where I kept getting errors and timeouts trying to create the account, then I keep getting my account disabled Read more…
Do you feel stuck, stagnant, or lost? All you need is a little momentum. Momentum is the engine that drives creativity, inspiration, and productivity. How can we gain momentum if we currently feel stuck? Easy! We start with a small, simple, easy to do action. Once we’ve done that, we Read more…
Where is your focus? If your answer is more than one thing, you may not actually be focusing at all! The definition of focus as a noun is “a point of concentration”. A point. Not two points, not three or four or five, a singular point of concentration. As our Read more…
Clarity is like the magic spell that makes things run smoothly. Clarity is an often-underestimated superpower. When we have clarity on what we are trying to solve, what needs to be done, what we are trying to say, we are able to turn that understanding into action with ease. One Read more…
What am I trying to accomplish? I have started to ask myself this question before starting any task, programming or otherwise. Asking myself what I am trying to accomplish with this task helps me clearly identify the end goal/definition of done and figure out if this task is actually necessary Read more…
How do you define success? For me, success is growth in the direction of my goals. This summer has been a very successful summer because I have grown so much from the start of the summer to now and my growth has been focused on my goals of improving my Read more…
Hello! I hope you’ve had a wonderful March. My March has been fairly eventful. I danced a lot, made new friends, and wrote a story from start to end, something I tend to have trouble with for anything longer than a one-shot. If I had to describe March in a Read more…
Hello! I hope you’ve had a wonderful first week of March. Do you have any special plans for this month? This past week has been pretty busy. My contract with Interapt ended on Monday and I’ve been in a bunch of calls and interviews all week. I’m very fortunate to Read more…
Hello. I hope you’ve had a wonderful first week of September. This past week I’ve discovered a novel planning/worldbuilding tool called Campfire that’s really neat and also free! It does have paid tiers if you want to use more than the tools allotted in the free version, but it seems Read more…