programming - I Am Bob, Hear Me Rawr

Open Questions (on tech, growth, and life..well, not life)

I'm back! After months of ignoring this blog, I'm ready to re-commit myself to the frustration of staring at a white screen. Ready to introspect and navigate my thought-space, searching for topics I care deeply enough to pound on a keyboard for. I'm ready

programming

Accessing Google Analytics From Django

Whew! It's been awhile since my last post, huh? So much for my "...vow to keep up with this blog" and bold statement that "everyone else can do it, so damnit I can too" mentioned in the inaugoral post. But

programming

Death to the Technical Interview

Coding is hard. Most would agree and - if not - then either you know something I don't (likely) or you don't know what you're doing (also, likely). With that said, coding while a potential future employer is scowling over your shoulder and murmuring

backstep

Folk to EDM: The top 10 artists to code to

Coding without a soundtrack sucks. It's one of those things that - like working out and movie montages - requires a powerful score. While hacking away on BackStep it's my life-blood, second only to coffee in importance. Now, without further ado, let me present

sterling archer

Making a POST request in an Android app (and why I hate Java)

As anyone who's read my past post on context switching knows, my most recent project - Backstep - is being built with a combination of technologies including Python/Django and Java/Android. Similar to my previous experiences with it, Python is a pleasure to

sterling archer

Context Switching: A problem or a blessing?

Carol - A problem or a blessing??? Conway - ....A problem Ah as always, Archer provides the perfect foil to real life. Today I'd like to talk about context switches. Context switching is the reason why I'm writing this post instead of writing a

backbone.js

Growing a Backbone

Backstep has two sides to it. One, which is the public facing side, is at the link given above. The other is an admin panel built with Node.js and Backbone at another (undisclosed) url. Now, when I first started building the panel I