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That’s what heroes do
…the nightmare of that day so many months ago. I closed the book and set it back inside the drawer. I flicked out the light and dropped into sleep. No peace for me. None. The dreams came again. They… [more]
the megaphone
…If you haven't read her books you should. Start with Radical Candor, but read more than just it. https://www.radicalcandor.com/ ↩ "The divine right of kings, or divine-right theory of… [more]
The Hunt Begins
…Get in touch The easiest way to get in touch is to book some time on my calendar . Alternately connect with me on twitter or linkedin . You can also email me at daniel[at]designfrontier.net Let's… [more]
Book Report - Rilke's Book of Hours
…I wasn't sure were to start and so I started with the Book of Hours. It was beautiful. Rilke wrestles with his relationship with God, and others, but mostly with God. We all have to wrestle with… [more]
Last Lectures
…it would be worth writing about them a little bit more. A book that was really impactful for me when I read it for the first time was The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. It's a great book, but I… [more]
Book Review-How to Survive in a Science Fictional Universe
…If it makes you feel intrigued then you might enjoy this book. If not, then, maybe not. I could say more about how I thought it was going to be a fun, sci-fi, time travel, story, and then it is. But… [more]
Book Review-Stranger in a strange land
…strange land is a sci-fi classic. It was the first sci-fi book to be a New York Times Book Review best seller. It won the Hugo in 1962. But how does it hold up? It feels like a book I should like, but… [more]
Lessons Learned From a Film Producer About Making Software
…that. The Obstacle is the Opportunity A reference to the book of the same name, but this was an idea that we returned to over and over throughout the day. When we talked about not being able to do a… [more]
The infinite power of people
This afternoon I was reading a theological book ( Jacob: a brief theological introduction by Deidre Nicole Green ) when I happened on a quick mention of power over vs power with. It sounded familiar,… [more]
Cultural Homogeneity
I've been thinking about France and French culture, and why it is that a country that only recently in the broad scheme of things adopted more equal policies around gender, is also a nation where… [more]
Book Review-Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
…doesn't back the emotional punch of some of the other books in the Cosmere. I literally cried at the end of The Lost Metal. That's emotional punch. Elantris for me felt like the first painting… [more]
Book Review-The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
…we’ve sought since childhood? Yeah. It’s a short but deep book. Well short for Sanderson. If you are a reader of other Cosmere books you’ll recognize the magical system from the final book in the Wax… [more]
Book Review-A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
…by story tellers. It takes center stage for much of this book as Donald Miller discusses the power of the narratives we tell ourselves. Its role in shaping how we see ourselves, others, and the world.… [more]
Book Review-Getting to Yes
…get set from positional negotiating but that is what this book of is all about. A good read even if some of the examples haven’t aged incredibly well. [more]
Book Review-Aloha Rodeo-Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West
…the nascent cattle ranches of Hawaii. I heard about this book on NPR a few years back when it came out and finally got my ears on it this year. It was worth the wait. As a history book, I’ll note,… [more]
Book Review-The Ocean at the End of the Lane
…named some variant of Neal… Either way this was one of his books that I enjoyed. I didn’t highlight a ton, but I did find myself reflecting on life, and memory, and childhood’s big and little traumas.… [more]
Book Review-Road to Valor
…love for history, as evident from my college degree, this book was destined to find its way into my reading list. "The Road to Valor" delves into the life of Gino Bartali, one of the great… [more]
Human Communications Are Hard
…reading Digital Body Language by Erica Dhawan. So far the book is good but I paused to dig into this paper that lays out some of the base research behind it (This is a habit I picked up in college,… [more]
2021: Year in Review
…of them here are the top items from each category below: Book: Every Tool’s a Hammer - Adam Savage Video: This injury almost broke me. Now I’m fighting back. Article: How committees invent -… [more]
2020: A year
…human being was. It's been a year. If you are here for the book reviews… feel free to jump to them. For now let's talk about other things that happened this year. Early in the year we welcomed… [more]
Tech Things I read in 2018
…I’ll also toss in a some notes or thoughts about a book where it seems reasonable. Things Worth Reading First and foremost I joined the Association for Computing Machinery this year on the… [more]
Neptune (Gremlin) Local Dev Setup
I am playing with some graph databases right now, for a fun project I may write about later. When I first started out I was using Neo4j, which has an excellent local development story, a lovely web… [more]
So you Studied History and You're a Conservative... I am Sorry.
…reveled in ripping apart the sources in a popular history book for at least one class. Mine was The Wild Frontier: Atrocities During the American-Indian War from Jamestown Colony to Wounded Knee, a… [more]
Let's talk about Boot camps
So the giant article I’ve been planning to write from what I learned prepping for that talk I gave on being senior a while ago has stalled. So instead I am going to write about small chunks of it.… [more]
Being Senior Part 1- the books and data
This is just a quick post to throw up the books I quoted from and a link to the data for anyone who attended my presentation at Utah JS Conference 2016 today. I am putting down my thoughts in a long… [more]
Getting Lost and Happiness
…things that really bring them a lot of enjoyment. In my book I talk about when we got my son a little mechanical car when he was about 3 years old, because he saw a neighbor get that car. He was into… [more]
Seven Languages
A few weeks ago we started a book club at work and we are running through Seven Languages in Seven Weeks (but we are doing it in 14 weeks instead). So far the book is fantastic but I want to get even… [more]
reducing noise
…would share a few of them here for posterity. Goodbye Facebook Just kidding. I am not leaving Facebook. It solves an important problem in my life by enabling me to organize get togethers with friends… [more]
Learning the Trade
…is a playlist of the talks Crockford gave on JS for YUI Books: JavaScript the Good Parts . Say what you will about Crockford this is still the foundational work for javascript development. Eloquent… [more]
REST vs. RPC and a mention of HATEOS
…RPC is the “awesome” API (The Instruction booklet or maybe even kraggle …). If you haven’t seen the Lego Movie… go watch it! REST says “hey! here are the building… [more]