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In terms of reaction to a request for work, there are several responses. In order from most desirable to least desirable: Successful action with a message of success. Failed action with a message of...

This should be a footnote, but I have always wanted an excuse to use the stencils from the Visio Work Flow Diagram. They just seem like a fun way to represent something. What does it take, if...

About nine months ago, Divvy bike sharing program went live in Chicago. I was thrilled with the concept of it from the initial launch, and was excited to see it quickly expand throughout the city*. ...

This old code? Sure, I think I can make a quick tweak to it. Let me take a look. Thus, the yak shaving begins. The code compiles just fine, the tests all pass, and I can just edit a couple of lines...

When you have children, you can have exactly one hobby. Anything else is an exercise in futility, self-deception, and ineffectiveness. Cooking healthy food is a hobby. Exercising is a hobby....

Now that I have been tinkering with Knockout for about a year, I have finally settled on a host of design patterns that I feel strike a nice balance between rigid consistency and flexible...

Somewhere between the freshly fallen, pristine snow of winter and the new growth and warmth of spring lies the ugliest week in Chicago. This week that exposes the filth of the city. During these...