Woke up early (6:30) in the cold next to the roaring creek. The air was moist so there was no chance for a fire; no chance for breakfast. We worked much faster to pack up camp. The morning mist floating above the creek Our campsite for the night Packing up We traveled to Ironton, MO…
At approximately 8 o’clock my Impala set course to Nashville to pick up Guillermo, Nina, and Jose at Nina’s home. I arrived at about 2:30 to a meal prepared by Nina’s mother. After the meal, we began to pack the Impala; worried after seeing Nina’s two large luggage bags by the door. We got the…
“It’s really happening.” is the thought that keeps playing on repeat in my head as I pack and distil all my belongings into a single suitcase. “What am I doing?” is the thought that usually follows the former. I’m packing my things and tossing them in my car. I’m picking up three of my best…
Every successful marketing campaign and “viral” video exhibits one or more of the six principles outlined in Stanford School of Business graduate and professor at the Wharton School of Business, Jonah Berger’s Contagious: Why Things Catch On. In Contagious, Berger provides the mnemonic STEPPS which stands for Social Currency, Triggers, Emotion, Public, Practical Value, and…
So you’ve got a Ubuntu based NAS (in my case a Raspberry Pi with 2TB external hard drive mounted) and a hoseted server? Wouldnt it be great if you could mount your NAS to your server? Here’s how to do it! You won’t find many commands here. Every machine is different so its up to…
A friend of mine asked for my opinion. Galaxy S7 or Google Pixel. Keep in mind that I wrote this with my friend in mind so if it sounds like a personal letter, it is. The primary thing I look for in a phone is software. The Google Pixel does software well. With the Google…
The last post of this internship. Time to look back on everything I’ve contributed to Punchmark. SMS STOP/HELP Added functionality to automatically unsubscribe customers from Punchmark’s automates SMS messaging platform. The functionality not only had to comply with the CTIA Short Code Handbook but also required a lot of backend mapping from customer to phone…
This internship represented a lot of firsts for me. It was my first time living in an apartment. First time living in a city. First 40hr/week job. First non-minimum wage job. Those are the big ones. Before this internship, I was curious how I would react to these environments. I’m glad to say that I’ve…
I’ve got just over 2 months of experience working with Punchmark. The company has operated for nearly a decade with only a handful of full-time employees. Furthermore, the three owners are the only ones who deal with the code on a daily basis. I’m choosing to write about what I would do differently if I…
I started learning web development out of necessity. A year ago, my friend, David, asked me to help design a website he was contracted to do for the Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (a program we had both been a part of). He noticed my design eye and also the fact that I was beginning…