Mar 30, 2021Try time-boxed panicsMy mom is very clever and thoughtful and when I was in my early teens and easily overwhelmed and generally freaking out or panicky she’d say, “feel it. Be here. What is your body telling you. Freak out fully but put a time limit on it.” This idea of “time-boxed…Mental Health3 min readMental Health3 min read
Apr 21, 2020Quarantine work is not Remote workIt’s hard. Now, to be clear, if you’re working at all in these times, you’re very fortunate. I am very fortunate to have a job that lets me work from home. …Remote Working2 min readRemote Working2 min read
Oct 26, 2019Be a Technology TouristI was talking to Tara and we were marveling that in in 1997 15% of Americans had Passports. However, even now less than half do. Consider where the US is physically located. It’s isolated in a hemisphere with just Canada and Mexico as neighbors. …Travel2 min readTravel2 min read
Apr 4, 2019The Transitive Property of Friendship — and the importance of the Warm IntroOriginally published at www.hanselman.com. Per Wikipedia, “In mathematics, a binary relation … is transitive if … element a is related to an element b and b is related to an element c then a is also related to c.” Per Me, if I am cool with you, and you are…Networking3 min readNetworking3 min read
Sep 10, 2018The Extremely Promising State of Diabetes Technology in 2018Originally published www.hanselman.com. This blog post is an update to these two Diabetes Technology blog posts: The Promising State of Diabetes Technology in 2016 The Sad State of Diabetes Technology in 2012 You might also enjoy this video of the talk I gave at WebStock 2018 on Solving Diabetes with…Diabetes5 min readDiabetes5 min read
Aug 9, 2018Retrogaming on original consoles in HDMI on a budgetMy sons (10 and 12) and I have been enjoying Retrogaming as a hobby of late. Sure there’s a lot of talk of 4k 60fps this and that, but there’s amazing stories in classing video games. From The Legend of Zelda (all of them) to Ico and Shadow of the…Gaming6 min readGaming6 min read
Jan 6, 2017Teaching coding from the Metal Up or from the Glass Back?Maria on my team and I have been pairing (working in code and stuff together) occasionally in order to improve our coding and tech skills. We all have gaps and it’s a good idea to go over the “digital fundamentals” every once in a while to make sure you’ve got…Education4 min readEducation4 min read
Sep 8, 2016How to deal with Technology Burnout — Maybe it’s life’s cyclesSarah Mei had a great series of tweets last week. She’s a Founder of RailsBridge, Director of Ruby Central, and the Chief Consultant of DevMynd so she’s experienced with work both “on the job” and “on the side.” …Burnout3 min readBurnout3 min read
Aug 26, 2016Psychic Weight — Dealing with the things that press on your mindPsychic Weight — Dealing with the things that press on your mind I was really stressed out ten years ago. I felt that familiar pressure between my eyes and felt like all the things that remained undone were pressing on me. I called it “psychic weight.” I have since then…Life Lessons3 min readLife Lessons3 min read
Jul 14, 2016Self-care matters: Pay yourself firstI was meeting with a mentee today and she was commenting how stressed out she was. Overwhelmed with work, email, home, life, dinners, the news, finances…you know. LIFE. I am too. You likely are as well. We spent about an hour on the phone talking about how to make it…Money3 min readMoney3 min read