lesson Forgiveness When stuck on coding issues or mistakes in your code, the best way to move forward is to forgive yourself first for making the mistakes and then move forward
music Workstation: Spellbound Music that will capture your attention and alter your mood enabling you to think deeper into your work without being distracted.
lesson Initiative Initiative is a major key to becoming a great developer withing your company or team
music Workstation: Parks and Recreation Light hearted summer jams. To play in the park with your friend or while holding a beer and coding at your computer
lesson 3 stages of design in software The three stages of designing needed to set your software up to be completed successfully
music Workstation: Think and Grow Rich (Week 7) Music to focus with, get in the zone and get work done. Plays in the background and you forget music is playing
lesson HRL: What is your status? Three different methods of reporting your status to remote clients. Status reporting is critical for maintaining a healthy project.
music Workstation: Ratchet Birthday Party (Week 6) I do not like parties but when I have them they have to be ratchet. I prefer to celebrate how young I still am, rather than celebrate how much older and together my life is
HRL Challenges of working remotely (HRL pt1) The challenges of working remotely and introducing the series discussing various solutions and hacks to make its unique challenges easier to handle
music Workstation: Genesis (Week 5) Motivational tracks and Mashups of inspirational speeches over instrumentals, to get you out of your slump and back to work!
lesson No one gives a shit One of the best advice or statements that has influenced my thinking on building and selling web-applications was one I got from a VC during a Google sponsored Entreprenuer lecture series I attended. He said "I want to tell you guys a secret, No one gives a shit about your apps..."
music Workstation: Business Class Lounge (Week 4) Serene funky tracks. Turn any chaotic day into a day of deep focus and get things done
product Spotgetter: An app I wish I made Spotgetter, A simple neat application that helps medical students find exam spots that are very competitive to get. A deconstruction on what makes the application tick
lesson Communication is a major key 🔑 Communicating clearly with clients and managers, creates success in your career and leads to trust and freedom
lesson The Delivery Man I was at a child dedication a couple weeks ago. As you can imagine, the guys at the event huddled up at a corner with our bottles of beer discussing guy things. The
music Work Station: Popsicle (Week 1) Anyone that has been reading this blog for a while knows that music is an essential part of my work process. In my quest of finding the best playlist or songs to get
Dark Patterns It is late at night. You have Google Maps open on your phone and you have your phone hooked up to your car stereo speakers, this way you can listen to music and
learning Happy New Year!🎉 Considering it is the middle of 2018 I understand "Happy New Year!" is a weird thing to read. Looking at my last post, it has been slightly over a year and one week since I last posted anything
Crypto in the Hood CryptoCurrency Yo fam, so you have heard about crypto? but you be wondering what it is all about? imagine having Gwap but the digital kind, this gwap is special because unlike the music
Designing for Joy It's 10am and I am on my second cup of coffee... I can already see it is going to be one of those days. I have not been writing because I have been
Lessons learned from Office hours with Patrick Mckenzie (@patio11) 🔑 Two weeks ago I was in Las Vegas at the tail end of my vacation to attend MicroConf. Microconf is a Conference for individuals who want to run a self-funded startup. Although the
Should you become a developer? A question I get all the time is "Adim does it make sense for me to become a developer now? I want to become a developer but I think the train has