Linux Featured Power Management: An nVidia Story This is a short chronicle of the "suffering" I experienced on my formerly Ubuntu, but now PopOS, System76 laptop. The problem I experienced was as far as I can tell identical to those experienced by other Linux users on the nVidia forums here and in the similar threads. TL;DR
Open Office Enmity Foreword: This post will probably only be valuable to anyone who currently works in an open office, is about to work in an open office, or is just interested in what a strange man on the internet might have to say about open offices. I have been fortunate, in my
The Novice's Dilemma Imagine. It's your first day of your first ever job. As you drive into the office you're reflecting on what it took to get to this point. What felt like hundreds of ignored applications, only maybe a dozen interviews, and if you were lucky a handful of offers before you
Software development Software is Clay Everyone who has written a line of code knows what it's like to turn away from their monitor to extinguish a glimmering ember of a problem only to turn back and find that their train of thought has departed, left to try to figure out how to summon it back
Challenge Thyself Typically when people use the phrase, "go out of your comfort zone," they're referring to engaging in activities that purposefully make you uncomfortable. And on the surface what they mean is skydiving or triathlons, extending the boundaries of their physical self and abilities by challenging themselves to learn something new,
Software development Agile Habits Part 2 I've now finished reading Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit. One idea that has stuck with me, and I think can be used to analyze what makes a company successful, is the idea of culture. In The Power of Habit, Duhigg discusses the idea that changing just one habit, a
Agile Agile Habits I've recently begun reading Charles Duhigg's bestselling book about habits and right off the bat I'm seeing a lot of suggestions for changing habits that are fundamental to scrum. (And I have to admit I only started reading it because I attended a Meetup about agile and habits!) To sum
