I killed my Nexus 4 a little over a month ago. Despite my best efforts at a repair, I decided to cut my losses (that glass is expensive) and move to a cheaper phone. Here were my requirements: 1. Cheap -- less than $75. 2. Open -- I can easily…
When a gem updates itself and breaks a lot of stuff, it's easier to go back to an earlier version than fight to solve all the issues at once. Although this is the lesson I took from a recent experience where a gem updated and broke the main…
After putting it off for over a year, I finally started posting abandoned projects to Github and Gist. These include a volunteer management web app [https://github.com/chellinsky/river] I made in 2005, a project [https://github.com/chellinsky/gameacert] that turned out to be too similar to Udemy…
After years of "nothing to report," I finally updated chellinsky.net [https://www.chellinsky.net/]. Check it out. The goal was to make it straightforward. Appreciate any thoughts.…
Last year, I switched my blogging (both here and on sowedu [http://blog.sowedu.com/] to Ghost [https://ghost.org/] from Wordpress. Here's why I continue to use it and think it's fantastic. Amazon EC2 It forced me to learn Amazon EC2. I wanted an excuse…
I know this is late to the conversation by nearly two months, but I feel the need to respond to Dave Winer's "Government develops software differently [http://scripting.com/2013/11/19/govtDevelopsSoftwareDifferently]" post regarding the federal health care site rollout. Having managed federal software development…
Interesting article about one of the major proponents of MOOCs pivoting [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2013/11/sebastian_thrun_and_udacity_distance_learning_is_unsuccessful_for_most_students.html] . I didn't dig too deep, but it's worth reading. Will have to do more…
Some questions I have going through my head today: * How should an organization reward innovation? * Should there be a direct compensation for implementing innovative ideas, or should any rewards be indirect? * Should an organization reward innovation, or just make it part of normal work expectations? Here are some ideas I…