How’s your rhythm?
This weekend I wrote a simple webpage to measure the accuracy of my rhythm (the timing project on GitHub). Just load the page then start tapping any key(s) periodically; the page records and reports on...
View ArticlePoem a Day – Part 2
Sunday Continue kicking ass And you will be rewarded By life and your peers Monday Anonymity Increases your bravery For better or worse Tuesday Whoa crazy lady Are you really afraid of dogs? No need to...
View ArticleAbstract for my PhD dissertation
I completed my PhD in May 2011. My dissertation, Simplifying the Programming of Intelligent Environments, was basically about making home automation usable. Below is the abstract. Abstract In the...
View ArticlePoem a Day – Part 3
Sunday Countless thoughts to share Until I’m at the keyboard Then it just dries up Monday Off me hungry cat I’ll feed you when I wake up Until then, shutup Tuesday Haters gonna hate Eagerly trolling...
View ArticlePoem a Day – Part 4
Sunday Can I make one rhyme Easy enough this one time Twice would be a crime Monday Authentication Usable security My new job, Toopher Tuesday Deer in the greenbelt Just hanging out and sleeping What a...
View ArticleAnalyzing recruiter emails
I receive a fair amount of cold calls from recruiters. One night I responded to three emails and realized I could not distinguish between the three within seconds after reading them. Why not you ask?...
View ArticleBooks read May 2013
How to Talk so Your Kids Will Talk and Talk so Your Kids Will Listen by Faber and Mazlish The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino Poke the Box by Seth Godin How to Win Friends and Influence...
View ArticleChief Morale Officer in the trenches
I previously blogged about the Chief Morale Officer (CMO) who would focus on employee happiness. This is important because happy employees produce more high quality work more quickly and they’ll work...
View ArticleBe a Farmer, not a Firefighter
Firefighters sprint from task to task with adrenaline pumping. They achieve great things in very little time. At the other end of the spectrum, farmers do a little bit each day. At the end of a season,...
View ArticleNote to self: revisit later
Just a note to myself about a few things I want to circle back to… sometime. Slides explaining the DOM and base JavaScript operations Statistics for Machine Learning Brown Programming Languages Four...
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Books read June 2013
The Prince (Bantam Classics) The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership The Art of War The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind...
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Books read July 2013
Ready Player One: A Novel Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition) The Magic of Thinking Big slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating...
View ArticleBrake lights exist–why not gas lights?
Effective, safe driving is all about processing information and communicating with your driving peers. Brake lights let those behind you know that you’re slowing down–and they’re pretty good at that....
View ArticleToopher Engineering Blog
Can’t get enough of me? I’m writing posts on the Toopher Engineering Blog. Toopher Engineering Blog is a post from: Seth Holloway's Blog
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Books read August 2013
Thinking, Fast and Slow Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box Books read August 2013 is a post from: Seth Holloway's Blog
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Books read September 2013
My book count for this month was lower than previous months, but the total number of pages was probably the same. I finished a great, although sometimes dated, overview of philosophy, before moving to...
View ArticleAdvice for a new manager
Someone asked me for advice on becoming a manager. Caring enough to ask probably means the new manager will do well, but I offered some resources that might help too. Below is my reply. I think the...
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Books read October 2013
In October I continued on The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, completing books two and three (a grand total of about 1500 pages). So far I’m really liking the series, which is a fantasy hero...
View ArticleBooks read November 2013
I’ve continued with the Wheel of Time series, which sucks up my reading time beyond blogs and work stuff. I’m tiring a bit with the lack of diversity. A couple people commented that the middle of the...
View ArticleBooks read December 2013
Lord of Chaos: Book Six of ‘The Wheel of Time’ – I finished up book six of the Wheel of Time series and am ready for a break. This book felt like a slog, but ended really well. Some friends advised I...
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