In thinking back at my time at Marketvine I’ve come to realize one of my character traits; I fill gaps. By that I mean when I see someone that needs help, something that needs done or a leadership gap I tend to fill it. In the end of the day I love building great products [...]
I’ve been exploring several NoSQL solutions this year including MongoDB, CouchDB, Riak, HBase and Cassandra. For one problem set we are trying to solve it appears Cassandra is a good fit. The challenge with using any new technology is there is a learning curve and new techniques to learn. If you get in deep with [...]
If you’ve been in a web or software development group you’ve probably experienced what is commonly referred to as crunch-time. Crunch-time is when the deadline is quickly approaching for a project and everyone has to put in extra hours at night or weekends to get the project completed. I’ve worked on numerous projects where the [...]
It’s tax season again. You know the signs: People talking IRS, TurboTax, Deductions, IRAs, Tax Credits and the dreaded Tax Payment. Tax season always reminds me of a little tax utility I wrote. About 3 years ago I had a problem getting my trades from my Broker into TurboTax. I had all my trades in a [...]