
It’s always best to do your invoicing with a drink by your side.
※ Permalink for photo published on date_to_rfc822It’s always best to do your invoicing with a drink by your side.
※ Permalink for photo published on date_to_rfc822Chicken cordon bleu.
※ Permalink for photo published on date_to_rfc822Dinner and a show.
※ Permalink for photo published on date_to_rfc822Does anyone know how to get information about court cases or police investigations in Ontario, Canada? The case I’m interested in is from over 10 years ago and I have no idea where to start.
※ Permalink for post published on date_to_rfc822Anyone running the beta know if “Hey Siri, ping my partner’s phone” is possible in iOS 12?
※ Permalink for post published on date_to_rfc822Since moving from Ontario to British Columbia, my exposure to the Michigan accent has dropped precipitously. Glad my recent purchase of a Herman Miller chair has resulted in an uptick in said exposure.
※ Permalink for post published on date_to_rfc822Thank you to Chris Coyier and his team for the impact his work has had on my career and the careers of countless developers around the world. I wouldn’t be who I am today without this incredible resource.
※ Permalink for “Happy Birthday, CSS Tricks” published on date_to_rfc822I’ve redesigned the search form on my site. It might be the most customized DuckDuckGo search bar on the Internet right now.
※ Permalink for post published on date_to_rfc822If you’re in Uganda, chances are you can’t read this Medium post written by my friend and Ugandan developer, Mwaka Ambrose:
Today morning as i was on my way to work, a friend i was traveling with asked me about yesterdays football scores, as you would imagine, he was holding his phone, and I got baffled and asked, you seem to be online, why don’t you give it a google search? and yes you guessed it, he was using a social pack.
These social packs Mwaka is referring to are described by his friend:
“There is something about the bundles” one of my friends attempted to explain. Its cheap and gives you access to WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.
Most Ugandans can’t Google to learn that Facebook owns both WhatsApp and Instagram. These social media bundles are about half the price of regular data bundles and are being sold to people who don’t know they’re getting less than half the Internet.
The lack of net neutrality in developing countries is felt immediately by those who, like Mwaka and the team at Ensibuuko, are trying to build technology to educate, entertain, and improve the lives of their friends, families, and communities:
My frustration is, it’s very hard to get any app to succeed when social bundles are still around. No matter how great your idea is. To succeed, you either pivot or build what works with social bundles. It’s the bitter frustrating truth that led me to building my Kanamo app as a facebook bot. I saw some growth there. But who am I kidding, the bot experience is not as nearly nice as the android app.
That last sentence gives me pause when I consider the attitude I and other iOS users have toward Android. But even more importantly, this is having a direct impact on the viability of Ugandan-founded tech startups and the impact they could have on their communities.
I saw the impact of this first hand while traveling throughout Uganda. Microfinancing institutions throughout the country rely on very unreliable electricity and Internet services to manage the finances of their communities. Not to mention the $1k USD we paid at our own office for a 1.5 MBPS connection shared amongst a dozen employees.
The chances that a corporation like Facebook or the Ugandan government will do anything to improve this situation are slim to none.
My hope is that by talking about it here, I can let my friend Mwaka and others know that I am thinking deeply about this problem and hope that together we can find a better solution.
※ Permalink for “Can someone kill social bundles please!” published on date_to_rfc822I’ve known Allen Pike, co-founder of Vancouver’s Steamclock Software, for several years now and have had the privilege of working side-by-side with him on a number of projects, including an iOS app for Canadian outdoor clothing and sporting goods brand, Arc’teryx.
When it comes to product design and development, interacting with and managing clients, growing and nurturing a team, and giving back to the community, I hold Allen in the highest regard.
Allen and his team just announced they are looking to hire a lead mobile designer and I thought I’d give you a few damn good reasons why you should strongly consider applying: