Ideas

• Happiness: A Daily Checklist

  What is a good day? What are the things I do that matter and make me happy? I’m doing an experiment in which I make a point to do a few simple things every day.

• How to convert a Rails (erb) view to React (jsx)

  I’m rebuilding the front end of a Rails 5 project as a single page app in React. Here’s my “quick and dirty” search and replace approach to jump-starting the process.

• project_log: Road Show

  This is the first of (hopefully) several installments in which I will log my process of designing and developing a new product.

• How to wash a dog in the shower

  My house only has a shower, and my dog likes to run around in the mud. So I have had no choice but to perfect this art.

• You might not be designing a website

  If the designs you work with originate as Photoshop files that later turn into websites, there are a variety of symptoms that can be considered warning signs…

• Running Rails with MySQL on Heroku

  It is not difficult to set up a Rails app with MySQL on Heroku if you know what to do, but there are a surprising number of “gotchas” that are not well documented.

• Good designers ask good questions

  A lot goes into being a good designer. But I’ve come to realize that there is at least one characteristic that is true of any good designer: good questions.

• Tips on Hiring Women in Tech

  I worked hard to hire women and build a diverse team of engineers. Some things I tried were successful. Some weren’t. The following is a list of what worked for me.

• Web Accessibility Lessons from Blind and Low Vision Users

  Approximately 10% of US citizens are blind or have some degree of vision loss. We learned some important lessons that we wanted to share.