New Base Site
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.…
Why I Continue to Use (and Love) Ghost
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…
Government SW Development
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…
MOOC Developments
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…
Rewarding Innovation
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…
TCA Open Forum
Just found out about the Tech Coast Angels Open Forum [http://www.spreecast.com/channels/tca-open-forum], not sure why I didn't know about it before. Interesting interviews with the Angels of TCA. Worth checking out if you are interested in that sort of thing.…
FI Thoughts
As part of finishing the Founder Institute [http://fi.co], I posted my thoughts on the program on the sowedu Blog here [http://http://blog.sowedu.com/2013/09/02/founderInstituteWrapUp].…
Go Bucks
I finally made it to an Ohio State game today in The Horseshoe. It is my first game in the stadium since I graduated after the 2003 season. Here is a double Script Ohio as proof: It was great to go back. Hopefully they will come out to visit me…