Just like in StarCraft 2 and in writing software, fundamentals are important for life. I was thinking about how I'll plan out my time to in enough cycling time, StarCraft 2 time, and work/side project time when I realized in or to get this stuff done, I'm ... more…

Flow state is an important aspect of my life. I remember slipping into flow while building things with LEGO as a kid. Then later when executing my best runs while skateboarding at the skate park. When I was a bit older it was during tests in school and while writing ... more…

I have really inconsistent productivity. Some days I am on fire and really hammering out code. Other days I get to the end and have nothing to show for it and really have a hard time remembering what I was doing. To this end my boss and I have decided ... more…

January, I started off this year knowing I was leaving a company I'd been at for nearly two years. I was setting off to spend time on my side projects, travel, and figure out what I want to do for the next couple years. The last month at Aquameta ... more…

I am sitting in a cafe in Eugene waiting on my girlfriend Eva to get here so we can drive back Portland. I've never really hung out in Eugene, but after asking my friends I found a cafe to hang out at. Now I am sitting here, hacking, chatting ... more…

Goals is a topic I cover now and then. I also have a history of pondering it then not sticking to things I've come up with that would better my life in some way. I think a common thread through this is my lack of stability. While I am ... more…

In my interviews at Mozilla Mike Morgan asked me what my long term goals are. This is a topic I've visited once before. Here I am about a year later. My life has changed quite a bit, but I'm finding it hard to list any long term goals ... more…

This is more a personal recording of thoughts than my normal posts that are aimed at an audience.I've begun exercising. I read somewhere that you shouldn't post/talk about starting exercising much until you've actually started and are a few days/weeks in. I am now ... more…

So I keep trying all these various systems for tracking and getting things done and I keep falling out of all of them. Here is my latest stab at a system. This one has been working pretty effectively for me for about 3 weeks now.I'm using Google Tasks ... more…

I have recently been reading about GitHub the atmosphere they create for their developers. A completely flexible schedule, working remote, creativity is encouraged in multiple forms. All around it sounds like a rather ideal environment.I work at a company that doesn't afford me all of the pleasures that ... more…