1. The Year Without Pants

    Scott Berkun has captured some great ideas and observations in this first-person narrative that recounts his time at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. I found Scott’s story to be interesting and self-aware; an introspective and honest account of how his team operated. I am fortunate to be friends (or at least friendly) with many of…

  2. A “Writing” Desktop

    I often find myself in a situation where I need to interrupt my development to focus on writing something; but I don’t want to screw up my development environment (open apps, browsers, consoles, terminal windows, etc.). I used to use OS X’s Hide Others command (Command+Option+H) from the Application Menu, but recently I’m trying a…

  3. Stickies as Visual Organizer

    For the last few months I’ve been trying something new to visually organize my priorities. I’m using the built-in OS X Stickies app as a visual organizer. I have a separate desktop that I use just as a Stickies board. It’s easy for me to switch over to it as needed when I want a…

  4. Late 9

    I was able to get in a late round of golf this weekend. The weather was perfect. We finished just as it got too dark to play.