Unit Test Your Dev Environment
This is likely one of those parties I just happen to be late showing up for, move along if this sounds like old news. I had an issue this weekend related to having the wrong version of a framework...
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Email Productivity
A quick update on my attempts to keep email at bay. I can’t say I’m doing an excellent job of only checking email twice per day but I’m making a worthy effort. The main issues I keep running into is...
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I’m Not Technically Here
I’m not 100% sure what real life application this has so I’ll leave that to your imagination. I will say that for some reason I’m asked about this a lot. This technique allows you to tunnel all TCP...
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Speaking at IgniteTO tonight
I’m lucky to be speaking tonight at IgniteTO so please stay the hell away from The Drake tonight. Failure to heed this will force you to endure my sweaty babbly nonesense about how you need to run your...
View ArticleIgnite Waterloo Talk…Beer!
I was lucky enough to speak at Ignite Waterloo about a week ago. If you haven’t been to one, make sure to attend one of these events soon. They’re highly approachable and entertaining events that move...
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Slightly Less Tethered
It doesn’t seem that long ago when I didn’t own a cell phone at all. When I moved to being an independent contractor, almost a decade ago, I “needed” a blackberry. The logic was sound as I was the...
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My New iPhone!
I figured I should update you all and let you know I lost my battle to untether and am now the proud owner of a lovely iphone 6c. Oh you’re so gullible. No, no, rest assured I’m still living the...
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How to Hire Great Developers
Please stop asking me to find developers for you. Yes it takes work. No it isn’t easy. Yes it can be done. No it isn’t accomplished with expensive recruiters, job boards and reading mountains of...
View Article“Starving” Startup Train Tickets
We’re looking for six startups local to KW, Guelph, or Toronto who’d benefit from being on our train to Startup Fest in Montreal in a couple of weeks. This is massive opportunity for some early stage...
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The Future of Mobile Technology
I was lucky enough to have spent last weekend at another instance of Alistair‘s Bitnorth conference. Core to Bitnorth is that everyone contributes. I gave a short talk with no slides. I figured I’d do...
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