With the premiere of Foundation on Apple TV back on September 24, 2021 as well as rewatching the show. It got me thinking back to 2003 when I read Issac Asimov’s Science Fiction epic. I began to rethink of the feelings I had about prediction planning and how maybe in...
One idea that I have seen picking up steam recently is the idea of the 4-day work week. Is this possible? Would something like that be able to work within the US? Would I want to work 4 days?...
Self-driving in cars is becoming the new feature that is being added to nearly every new car, Tesla started the trend but now we see in Toyota, Honda and Ford is that self-driving is becoming the new must have feature....
Apple has always been a company about pressing forward, creating the all in one Mac, changing the music industry with the iPod series, followed by the iPhone which disrupted the phone industry. To Apple it was always about creating innovation but not so much nowadays. Nowadays Apple’s marketing and design...
Knowledge of a system vs experience with a system are two vastly different things. Going through a boot camp and gaining a certification is not necessarily experience. Instead what that is is knowledge....
Being trapped indoors and having Disney + as well as having the ability to binge the entire Star Wars Saga has got me thinking…where should it go now?...
With these trying times, I have been asked about where do I think society as a whole is going and with all these companies changing their ways and workers adjusting. I have been asked what happens after all this virus is over? What will happen to society as a whole....
To celebrate Halloween this year, I decided to share an idea I had for the next Alien film, especially since it may or may not be happening since now Disney owns the entire Alien Universe. So everyone who knows me knows I am a movie person. I love going to...
You get hired by a company. They supply endless snacks, drinks and you have to become a coding machine so you find yourself never leaving your desk, constantly chugging down energy drinks and snacking . We as developers can fall into this snackhole trap where we never leave our chair...
With Endgame coming out this week, I thought I would discuss my top 10 favorite Marvel movie moments. I will only be sticking to the movies within the main MCU, so no Fox owned properties or the TV shows and I will try to leave 1 moment from each movie...
With the Mobile World Congress convention in full swing the past weekend, there was a lot of phones that are becoming foldable. Now I have been asked by quite a number of people “What do you think of those foldable phones?” Well let me break it down with what I...
Recently I read an article that was making the rounds on social media by the website “Fast Company”. It is about how Millennials have decided to move over to freelancing. Well I took a problem with this. Its not just because I have some disagreements with the article but from...
Apple introduced the 1000 smartphone last year in the form of the iPhone X. Now since then a few other companies have followed suit, Samsung has released a 1000 galaxy note. Now why are phone prices getting so high? Well if you remember a few years ago phone companies stopped...
This new series in my hiring series talks about what you can expect from interviews. From the call ins to the in person interviews. I will cover the dos and don’ts. Mind Your Surroundings When you finally get that interview, expect it to usually be a phone interview first. Rarely...
I am sure you probably saw or heard the headline that blew up all over the news. The FCC plans to wipe out all the net neutrality rules that the previous administration put into place that would help protect individuals and businesses to keep the internet equal. Now I have...
Another fall, another Apple event. This is the time where Apple shows off its newest iphone, something they usually come out swinging and this year being the tenth anniversary of the iPhone expectations were running high…and this year they came out with a stumble? Wheres The Pow? There were quite...
A few months ago I met Karlie Kloss, now for those of you who don’t know who she is, she is a developer. Yes she use to be a Victoria Secret model, but now she is a developer. She runs a coding camp called “Kode With Klossy“. Now why is...
Recently, I have encountered something that has been bothered me. Many people who have many qualifications for a job are having trouble finding jobs. Now why is this? After sitting down and talking to them, I have come to realize that maybe, just maybe Job Posts are done the wrong...
Something that has recently happened a lot more these past few months, is I am joining a few projects here and there that require a lot of salesforce and wordpress customization. With this I am really reaching a turning point in my career. I have been fully focused on Swift and...
This is a term I use when it comes to building a website. Many of the clients I meet who have great ideas for their website but then do not like the revelation of the actual cost to building a website, or maybe in some cases they are just starting...
June, once again the many developers and designers pack the hall in order to see what the next big thing Apple is doing software wise. A new iOS, a new MacOS and a few hardware surprises. I have been looking over everything and rethinking over and over since it debuted...
Lately I have been asked the same question. “Will a robot replace my job?” The answer has to range from “sort of” to “definitely” or “not for some time”. I know there are a lot of people who are worried about their jobs in the future. With the increasing dependance...
Privacy. It Matters Recently, Trump has repealed President Obama’s privacy laws that protect peoples data. Now why is this important? This protection was put into place to prevent internet service providers or ISP’s from selling what you do online to the highest bidder. How does this affect someone? It effects everything...
Massive projects are definitely an undertaking, something every developer, designer, copywriter, and anyone who works in marketing will at one point work on a massive project that will take months and months to complete. When you work alone for a long time, it can be hard to break away from being inside your...
Recently I have discovered an app that has been making some headway in this politically charged world. Currently Countable is picking up speed due to the fact it makes government and tracking what your reps and the entire congress are doing and voting on simple to keep tabs on. Yes it...
What a year it was for the web and technology but where will it go in 2017? 2016 saw the advent of connectivity, responsive and simple. I believe 2017 will usher in some even more big changes into the tech and web. Here are my thoughts on where it is all...
The Earth’s orbit around the sun is 940 million kilometers. I have done this 30 times. What has happened in this rotation cycle? Well a lot of growing up and watching things change vastly this year. “I’m sorry Tony…but he’s my friend…”- Steve Rogers 2016 will probably go down as...
The other night I went to the Austin WordPress group. It was very casual and very friendly. One of the users pointed out to me that their website was made by someone who wasn’t a developer and in turn ended up with a very poor website. I realized from this...
There is a important thing in being a developer, and that is meet ups. Meet ups are a great way to network and to see that there are many different kinds of developers out there. I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that all developers live in their parents...
Something old becomes something new. A mentor is someone who you can look up to and gain first hand knowledge of whatever it is you are going into. If you are fresh out of college and just got your first entry level position then a mentorship might be needed in...
Innovation. Innovation is what Apple use to drive, from the start of a full touch screen phone, adding a front facing camera and accelerators to even adding fingerprint unlock, and then creating the iPad that paved the way for the tablet world. Now with the iPhone 7 releasing in the...
