When I decided to go back to school to be a software developer I had a grand plan. The plan was to use this site to show off my programming projects, but I didn’t want to just show the finished projects. I wanted to show how I developed the projects […]
Last week I decided to stop recording the Colorado Tech Weekly Podcast. It was a fun experiment and I’m glad I tried it. It gave me the confidence to talk more freely about my knowledge and I’m proud that I gave podcasting a try without spending money on all the cool […]
On Thursday, March 10 the Colorado Technology Association is hosting C-Level at Mile High on the club level at Sports Authority Field. C-Level is CTA’s premier annual networking and fundraising event. It allows providers to bid for time with over 60 different top Colorado technology executives and includes a silent […]
I just finished my last 2 classes of the year which means I can spend the next 2 months doing what I want to do. It means I have ACTUAL FREE_TIME! I’m not sure how to free-time but I’ve been told it is a vital part of my mental health […]
Definition of a hackathon flame-out: A hackathon flame-out occurs when a participant gets so frustrated and discouraged that they leave the hackathon before it ends. This weekend I took time off of work to participate in the Pebble Rocks Boulder Hackathon. The hackathon is described as “seventy-five bold designers, developers, […]
2 years ago, on June 16, I posted my first Colorado Tech Weekly. A year ago I reflected on what I learned so I figured since I’m still going and the last reflection was fun I’d do it again. 5 things I’ve learned in no particular order You need style […]
I have been going at almost top speed since the beginning of March and I’ve finally let off the throttle just enough to realize I have not documented my cool things as much as I would like. Being ambitious means that any free time I have is either spent moving […]
The biggest reason for my website, my blog and my Colorado Tech Weekly posts is to get noticed by influential people in the Colorado technology community. So how excited am I that my name was included in a BuiltinColorado list of “50 Colorado tech CEOs, founders, designers & hackers you […]
(I’ve had this blog post in my drafts folder for almost a year, it’s about time I actually write it.) Everywhere I turn I’m being told that I need more. I’m told I should have more friends and like more pages on Facebook. I should have more connections on LinkedIn. […]
One of my ideas behind my website was to chronicle some of my experiences of becoming a developer. My Colorado Tech Weekly posts were just supposed to get people to come to my site to see all the cool things I was doing. Instead, my CTW posts have become my […]