reflection - Grant Winney

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Jan 21, 2020

Sharing is Caring

These days, it seems like the modern business's purpose, reduced to a single point, is to separate you from your data. And as it happens, I stumbled across several instances of data mining wrapped up as "features" just last week....

thankful reflection

Nov 28, 2019

Thanksgiving 2019

It's nearing the end of Thanksgiving, so before it gives way to Black Friday and shopping season, here's a quick list of what I'm thankful for this year....

github reflection digitalocean

Oct 31, 2019

Hacktoberfest 2019 🎃🖱

It's the end of October and yet another Hacktoberfest. I don't even care about the prizes, which leaves me wondering, why do I even bother? I can think of a few reasons... and they're not all as altruistic as I'd like....

StackOverflow SocialMedia reflection

Oct 22, 2019

StackOverboard (how to ruin 10 years of goodwill and alienate your users)

Last year, SE decided that the community is not friendly enough and introduced a single network-wide CoC. Then a few weeks ago, they announced a change that advocates a specific ideology and compels the speech of every contributor on their network. Here's a brief rehash and my own thoughts....

estate planning carousel reflection

Sep 01, 2019

What happens to our online presence (digital legacy) when we die?

My wife and I are in the process of updating our wills, and I got to thinking... what happens to our online presence (digital legacy) once we're gone? Especially those places we've contributed time and talent, where people might want to reach out to us... except we're already gone! 😬...

legalese humor tos reflection

Aug 27, 2019

Terms of Disservice

One of the proudest innovations in the world of law has to be the modern "terms of service". A combination of cover your arse and the customer comes last, it frequently seems like a contest of the longest TOS wins. Here's a few I found that seem especially silly. Enjoy!...

reflection devlife

Jul 11, 2019

Why paying (and getting paid) for software is okay

Our skills are about much more than the materials we use and the time we spend on any individual project. It's about a lifetime of building and honing those skills. And it's okay to expect to be paid well for it....

reflection

Jul 10, 2019

It seems everyone has a system to sell

When it comes to a complex problem, you're the only one who understands the desired outcome. You owe it to yourself to find someone who will discover how to get there with you along the way, not jump to conclusions with a canned solution from the start....

Experience gets you far, but finding good tools and services can get you much further. Here are some of my favorites:

DigitalOcean is a versatile, affordable cloud provider. You can serve up a blog (like this one!), deploy a wiki, try out ansible, or do something much bigger. They host the annual Hacktoberfest too.

Cloudinary is an image and video management platform, which freed me from my dependency on YouTube to host videos on this site.