Organizing My Product Development Lifecycle
Every time I start a new project, I find myself following this process. Discovery Discovery - This pretty much means research. Research about the customers we want to...
The Malcolm Gladwell myth
This story below is interesting because it makes you wonder if you really need 10,000 hours to get great at something or you if just need to...
Sources of inspiration for developers
If you area a software developer looking for your next gig, here area few sources for inspiration. I've organized this list into two main categories: paid...
Where to find free fonts
Let's be real, Google Fonts is amazing but they're not the end-all be-all. When you're looking for more, try these services below....
Moodles Real-time MIDI Composer Deep Dive
Moodles, a first-of-its-kind musical instrument app for kids to compose music without the banality of classes. Built using Swift, AudioKit, and Firebase.
What is ISRC?
ISRC stands for International Standard Recording Code [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Recording_Code] is pretty much like the audio equivalent of a GS1 US [https:...
Easiest way to install Chrome on Windows
I generally dread any time I have to create a new instance of Windows and Internet Explorer. Why? Because it's just not easy. For example, here...
Creating a Privacy Policy document for your app
If you plan to publish an app to the iTunes store [https://itunesconnect.apple.com], there's a really good chance you will need to draft and...
Learning about Decision Trees
Below are a few notes on decision trees. I still have a lot to learn but this will become my working document. The aim with any decision tree...
Ideas, Knowledge, Skill, and Cash
How to solve your startup dilemma using: ideas, knowledge, skill and cash.
Invention
I love this quote. It really helps frame why AWS, Heroku, Openshift and Microsoft Azure are so successful. > Invention requires two things: 1. The ability to try...
What to ask a developer during an initial interview
Shortlist of probing questions I suggest new founders ask while interviewing their first software engineer or CTO.
Interesting Music Projects
Here are a list of interesting music projects. Classifiers and Curators * Music Map [https://developers.musimap.net/] is attempting to create a database that organizes music into emotional...
Where to buy an SSL certificate
These days, the web is becoming a secure web. Companies like Google are now using HTTPS as a ranking signal [https://security.googleblog.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal_6....
How to record which users are leaving your site on Google Analytics
As a website (or app manager), I oftentimes ask myself this question, "How many users are we sending to our external partner sites? Also, how many are...