Much like music, smells and tastes bring me back to past memories, code does the same thing. I often think about a particular component or feature I was writing and it brings me right back to where I was when I wrote that code. Here's a couple interesting ones that stick with me. StealthRECOVER Prototype [...]
In my last post, I went over some of the tooling I’m using to develop my first software offering completely on my own. One of those tools is the Google Analytics Measurement Protocol. Like many website owners, I use Google Analytics to track hits and behavior on my site. I’ve hooked Analytics into the Google [...]
TLDR: I've sold 40 licenses, made some money and did it with very little monetary expense. I announced my experiment about three months ago and shipped my first version about a month later. After feeling burnt out on my open source project, I needed something to make it exciting again. I had always considered monetizing my [...]
TLDR: Check out the very early beta of my new PowerShell Pro Tools for VS 2017 that contains a PowerShell form designer. Available on the Marketplace. I have been working on PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio, formerly PowerGUI VSX, for almost 7 years. My first checkin to CodePlex (RIP), was on June 12, 2010. A lot [...]
Nestled between a lush mountain range about an hour and a half north of Chiang Mai resides a 250-acre sanctuary for elephants and many of their smaller friends at the Elephant Nature Park. Several weeks before heading to Thailand we reserved a spot on a tour to the park. We were surprised to find the [...]
We have been visiting Thailand for the last week. We spent a couple days in Bangkok and explored some temples around the area. We then hopped down to Phuket and took in some sunshine and lounged on the beach. Finally, we’ve arrived in Chiang Mai. It’s a historic and holy city speckled with temples connected [...]
As Sarah and I gear up for our upcoming trip to Thailand, I made a last-minute stop at the local travel clinic to ensure I was up to date on my vaccinations. Here some things that the doctor recommended when traveling to Thailand this time of year. Vaccinations If traveling primarily in only urban areas [...]
My Ironman journey started about two years ago, when I purchased my first serious road bike. After watching and volunteering at the 2015 Ironman, I made the decision to compete in 2016. It was a new world of races, sweaty clothes and Cliff bars. I spent an enormous amount of my free time training, eating [...]
I had an interesting nine miles up and down the strip. This week I am in Las Vegas, NV with a couple of my friends on a golf trip. We typically go once a year to golf in the southern United States to escape the cold and snowy weather of the northern Midwest. I've been [...]
For the last three months, I worked primarily in Switzerland for a United States-based team and company. My team members were in Madison, Wisconsin. I learned a lot about how to be productive, work effectively with a very remote team and use the tools available to ensure success. Being Productive Without others around me during [...]
