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Blog Post Listing
Blog post: Seven Things to Do Before Asking For Help
Asking for help is important, but so is learning how to give problems your best shot beforehand.
Blog post: I'll Never be Edgeworth
Role models can be good for inspiration but bad for unrealistic standards.
Blog post: Three Lessons From a Luxury Vacation
Three useful lessons taken away from my first, and possibly last, actual luxury vacation
Blog post: The Passive-Aggressive Perfectionist Fairy
It's the fairy tormenting almost every aspect of my existence.
Blog post: God's Evil Problem
'The Problem of Evil' seems to be used more to justify the world's existing evil.
Blog post: How to Give Birth to Oneself
Discovering ourselves means finding activities to fuel our productivity, empathy, and sense of empathy.
Blog post: Never Trust Your Future Self
Willpower is less about 'powering through' lazy moments and more about evading them with careful planning.
Blog post: The Shell Introduction I Wish I Had
I write a letter to my past self about the Shell's importance I wish I'd focused on earlier in my career.
Blog post: It's Not About You
When getting feedback from coworkers about your code, don't let your ego stop you from doing better.
Blog post: Individuality Is A Job
Is uniqueness something natural for us, or does it take work?
Blog post: Lessons Learned from a Failed CSS Talk
Despite confidence in my 'Maintainble CSS' talk, a lack of focus made it go long. Here's how I don't plan to repeat those mistakes.
Blog post: Give Your Goals a Finish Line
Inspirational-sounding goals seem good, but have gotten me nowhere. Measurable goals force me to step up and try.
Blog post: Three Lessons about Verbal Abuse
Verbal abuse shouldn't be dismissed as silly or unimportant. There's easy ways to recognize and handle it.
Blog post: The Career Adventures of Johnny JavaScript
What if instead of 'The Adventures of Johnny Bunko,' he had been a programmer by the name of Johnny JavaScript? How would these six career essentials have changed?
Blog post: The May 1st Reboot
Two months after redesigning my site, a big event makes me do it all over again.
Blog post: Don't Just 'Start a Conversation'
People 'just trying to start a conversation' are never worth listening to.