Book Reviews
Getting to Gmail Inbox Zero with Filters and Labels
Over break, I set a goal for myself to get to Inbox Zero 360: Inbox Zero-ize all my active email – which are all Gmail – accounts. I was fortunate in that my previous three jobs, I was using Gmail for Business,…
App Permanence is Vastly Overstated
Mobile apps are far from perfect. In fact, it's remarkable how popular and ubiquitous they are on mobile devices, despite being difficult to discover, closed off (both from each other but also across mobile platforms), and harder to…
Why Javascript is a Joy
I'm probably a bit biased - being a front-end web developer for a few years will do that - but I really enjoy writing Javascript. I've recently retreated from pure coding the last few months, but…
The Luxury of Simple
I've been spending the past fews days helping my parents unpack after their first move in over a dozen years. On top of the weekend I spent over Thanksgiving moving out of my old room and the subsequent…
Social Exit
This is a post I wrote a little over a year ago onmy old blog, but still resonates with me and its contents are relevant to this blog. It's not plagiarism if you copy from yourself. Well, it…
Conducting Developer Interviews
Some comments from my last post and on Hacker News brought up an interesting point: it's not easy to conduct software engineering interviews. If you've ever looked for a job as a developer, chances are you…
