2017 recap, 2018 goals. Every year I try to document out what I am trying to accomplish the next year. As one might expect I don't always get my goals, but it's nice to have a good
Books I read in 2017 Debt: The First 5,000 Years - A summary of the history of debt, and how it has helped form a modern society. I loved their hypothesis that debt predated money, and how
Network End-to-End Health Checker I am helping a friend with a business he is starting. One thing he wants is the ability to test a network health remotely and regularly from an endpoint, not just using the
UX Interview Questions Over the years I have been apart of several interview teams, and have been interviewed several times for new jobs. I realized pretty quick questions I like to have answered and the questions
New side project! I am starting a new side project with my soon to be wife. Travel Save and Be Merry is a travel and personal finance blog that helps people save money while traveling the
Prime Number Sieve The goal of this project it to: Practice math Build a prime Siev Entertain me on an airplane First thing we need to do is build an empty array with a bunch of
2016 recap, 2017 goals 2016 Accomplishments My 2016 goals should ideally follow my life goals. Career Front-end developer Technical reviewed a book on React Reviewed portfolios for the front-end developer program with turing and offered to be
Best game to stream The goal of this project it to: Practice consuming a rest api (or json file) with node Practice building, sorting, and cycling through arrays Figure out which game has the best ratio of
Stock Prices part 1 You are handed a Back To The Future 2 style book. Instead of the almanac though, its tomorrows stock results. For this exercise we are going to work out a way to figure
My Goals Be a better front end web developer Give 1 talk per year on front-end development Create enough bugs that I know why I am messing up, don't create those bugs in the future
Genius has many parents... Genius has many parents, and one of them is isolated ineptitude. - Triquetra4715
CO Trail Section 7, Hike and Bike! On June 18th we did a Hike from Breckenridge to Copper via the Colorado Trail. There was still a bunch of snow on the path, so gaiters and hiking poles were extremely beneficial.
Money is Like Gasoline Money is like gasoline while driving. You never want to run out, but the point of life is not to go on a tour of gas stations. - Tim O'Reilly
A good programmer is... A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - Doug Linder
Running Mother Cabrini Shrine In our attempt to train for a summer of hiking and biking we took a week day to loop the Mother Cabrini Shrine located in Golden Colorado. The part that interested us the
tymerry@gmail.com Packing light On my most recent trip to NC to visit family I for the trip I took only an older model timbuk2 bag. It was so great compared to most work trips where I
Whats in a portfolio? I received a question today that reads: I have a question regarding portfolios. I have a line on a possible job, and they are asking for one. Bad news is that I don't
User Interviews Methods This post is a follow up to a previous post I wrote about getting started with user interviews. In this post we will deep dive into foundational knowledge on interview methodology. Common interviews
Leaving good in search for great. I was living a dream situation, I was working with my friends, getting paid more then I ever had, and building something I felt had value. On Maslows pyramid I was pulling up
tymerry@gmail.com Getting started with User Interview prep We can discern plenty of valuable information about a customer from this data, based on what they do and when they do it. That data, however, doesn’t answer the question of why
What are framing questions? When conducting user research it is important to start on the right foot. A good starting point is to define what exactly it is you want to accomplish through this research. This is
financial independence... meh For the past three years I have focused the majority of my energy onto the goal of achieving financial independence as quickly as possible. Financial independence is reducing your spending to a point
How to get 4k at 60hrz on a ASUS PB287Q 4k LED Monitor I recently purchased a ASUS 4k Monitor, I hooked it up via hdmi and it pretty much changed my computer using experience, I use spectacle so I can keyboard shortcut windows to corners
tymerry@gmail.com What I learned at AEA Performance isn't a bolt on addition, its user experience, and it needs to be thought about from the begining http://stylifyme.com/ What will I do: write a blog post http://www.webpagetest.
Add some spring to your front-end step!!! Talk is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEs2jgZBaQA Page performance is like black magic To fix: Set a goal ~1s page load- Speed index of less then 1k Max 200ms server responce
