Well it’s been about a month since I did the product challenge. It was a fun experience and with it I came with a pre-release version of 7 Recurring Revenue Recipes for Freelancers (or 7RRRF thanks to a reader). Here are all the things I’ve actually done: Setup zenpayroll. Client work. Caught up on all […]
Over the last several years I’ve been on the product bandwagon but just made a ton of excuses. Follow my process as I gave up the excuses and delivered a new product in 6 days.
Its been roughly a year since I started to help co-organize the Norfolk Ruby Users Group. When I started Ken, the sole organizer at the time, was getting a little burnt out. And to no fault of Ken (he’s a pretty busy dude) it was becoming apparent in our meeting attendance (from May to August […]
Just today I was working through one of the exercises and it struck. The little voice in my head started to say things like “don’t submit this, people are going to think you’re an idiot.”
Maybe as developers part of the way we’re wired just makes us naturally susceptible to it. And maybe we just need to face up to it
This is a spiritual successor to my friend Corey Haines’s talk at Steel City Ruby last year. If you haven’t check it out first. How does one win at a conference you say? For some the purpose of going to conferences is to learn but for most its to expand their network of like minded individuals. […]
Earlier this year I hosted a RailsBridge workshop. While it went well I definitely felt like it could have gone better. I decided that I would not host another one until attending one given by a more experienced leader. This past weekend I got to help out with one hosted by the very person who […]
Several months ago I put together a workshop focused on teaching women to code. I wanted to improve our male/female ratio for our local Ruby User Group, 757rb. Fortunately for me I had the resource of RailsBridge. RailsBridge is “an organization that works to increase diversity in tech by putting on a variety of awesome free events.” One […]
Yesterday I had to say my final goodbye to a mentor. He served as a professor during my time at VCU and I feel deeply saddened that I didn’t get to have one last insightful conversation with him. To honor him I wanted to share my favorite lesson from him: listening deeply. Dr. Primeaux was […]
Bootstrap Hero, xTuple and the 757 Creative Space My thanks to our food sponsors xTuple and BootStrap Hero as well as to the 757 Creative Space for letting us host the event in their space. Each of these organizations are filled with awesome people and if you’re interested in getting involved in the Hampton Roads […]