February, 2013

  1. jQuery Delayed Change Event Plugin

    A little while back I created a small jQuery library for a project I was working on. This was mainly an exercise for me to refresh my knowledge of jQuery plugins, but it was also a feature I needed. The feature is a “delayed change” event trigger for a field (useful when implementing background auto-save).…

  2. To: Family & Friends

    Date: February 25, 2013

    Subject: Snow in CO, Sunny in AZ

    Hello Everyone– Looks like we picked a pretty good week to escape to Arizona; our friends back home are all snowed in. Last Friday we met with the oncologist for the first time. My next steps are: – a PET scan to make sure there is no obvious spread of the cancer (probably next week)…

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  3. To: Family & Friends

    Date: February 19, 2013

    Subject: Status Update

    Hello All– Last Wednesday (nearly a week ago) I went in for follow-up appointment with the surgeon that performed my abdominal surgeries. Everything appears to be healing well and he removed the 22 staples from my main incision. His overarching message to me was to be patient. My body is doing a lot of work…

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  4. Your dogma is already obsolete →

    I love the way Rafe applies this to GitHub. I believe we are opportunistically pragmatic at Crowd Favorite, stealing whatever good ideas we can and weaving them together. We believe strongly in giving individuals (designers, developers and project managers) a chance to contribute directly to our projects, but always with an eye on critical self-examination and assessment to see how things can be improved.

  5. To: Family & Friends

    Date: February 12, 2013

    Subject: Progress update

    Hi Everyone– Nothing super significant has happened since my last email. I’m still recovering at home and have an appt. tomorrow to get the staples from my abdominal surgery removed (I have a zipper up my stomach right now). From there we expect a referral to an oncologist and an initial meeting within the next…

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  6. To: Family & Friends

    Date: February 6, 2013

    Subject: Home and progressing

    Hi Everyone– I was released from the hospital last night (the earliest date they would consider) and spent my first night at home. Since I’m now on oral meds vs IV meds, I can sleep in longer stretches. All good things. Unfortunately “released from the hospital” doesn’t equate to “recovered from surgery”. Having never experienced…

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  7. Defeating Busy →

    There are some good tips in here – solid, classic advice well packaged and summarized.

    I love that I was first made aware of this post via an internal team note.