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Expanding my comfort zone, part 2: 2012 personal reflections 15 Dec 2012 | 02:37 am
Update: About an hour ago I emerged from a writing and WordPress-wrangling marathon to hear of the school shooting in CT. Damn, damn, damn, life is so precious, every moment of it. NOTE: This is the s...
Expanding my comfort zone, part 1: 2012 reflections on life and code 15 Dec 2012 | 02:35 am
Update: About an hour ago I emerged from a writing and WordPress-wrangling marathon to hear of the school shooting in CT. Damn, damn, damn, life is so precious, every moment of it. I know it, you know...
Reason #167 why most news venue apps suck 14 Oct 2012 | 08:47 pm
Now that I’m living in Boulder again, I installed the app for the local paper, the Daily Camera, on my Android phone. It’s just a shovelware app, but what the hell. Today I got an email news alert tha...
Coding practice, making new neurons, and the trouble with analogies 3 Oct 2012 | 08:15 pm
As I proceed through my web front-end development class, I’m realizing that learning this skillset really requires making new neurons, and also learning new patterns for thinking and learning. It seem...
Gangnam/Klingon Style + Kim Jong Un? 30 Sep 2012 | 06:56 pm
Since I don’t have cable TV, I’m forever behind on pop culture. This weekend my sister Lynn tweeted me: Hey, @agahran ! The perfect blend of Korean pop and Star Trek! http://t.co/bi4uM4EL That link to...
Coding lesson 1: The tiniest things will drive you batty 28 Sep 2012 | 05:28 pm
First off: As I writing this it’s about 5:30 am. I’ve been up since about 1:30 am. Welcome to Codeville. Wednesday I attended my first Da Vinci Coders class in web front-end development skills. I star...
Learning to code: My next adventure 18 Sep 2012 | 09:24 pm
It’s been a very busy summer since I moved back to Boulder, which is why I haven’t posted here in a while. (All my writing energy has gone to client projects.) But I’m excited to announce that I’m abo...
5 affordable ways nonprofits can use mobile technology: presentation 25 Jul 2012 | 10:02 pm
One reason mobile technology fascinates me is its ubiquity across all levels of society. That makes it potentially a very powerful tool to engage and empower people who don’t necessarily sit at the to...
Stop whining! Lisa Williams on journalists learning to code 2 Jun 2012 | 04:20 am
Lisa is not a magical unicorn Placeblogger founder Lisa Williams is a media person who taught herself to code. That does not make her a magical unicorn. You can do this too -- and you probably should...
Why Facebook’s mobile apps suck: A developer’s view 1 Jun 2012 | 02:21 am
I’ll admit it: Contrary to my own expectations I’ve grown to use Facebook much more than I thought I would have — mainly because it’s the most common point of connection across my many social and int...
