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Interview Questions

over 1 year ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
When I got my first jobs, I didn’t know that job interviews should include the candidate interviewing the company. I learned from the experience and...

Globalton

over 1 year ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
It’s Steve Yegge’s fault that I was rethinking the singleton pattern. I read his Singleton Considered Stupid post in early 2008 with the rest...

Reading 400 Feeds with Newsbeuter

over 1 year ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
I posted a few years ago about looking for a good Linux feed reader and a reader’s email reminded me to revisit the topic. It’s time for another...

Travels of Indefinite Duration

over 1 year ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
Starting January 1st, 2011, I’m going to do some traveling. I have definite plans out through March and will choose and plan new destinations as I...

Investing in Cloud Computing

~1 year ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
A friend forwarded me an sales email he received from The Motley Fool about why “cloud computing” was poised to disrupt to the market. I ranted...

Twitter

~1 year ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
I’ve starting using Twitter as @pushcx. I’ve been reading a few people for a while, but not really contributing. Any longtime readers will know...

Spreadsheet Errors

~1 year ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
Last week the magazine The Nation hurried to correct a story that they had suffered the worst drop in advertising of any weekly magazine. Their loss was...

Book Licenses

~1 year ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
One downside to the web being interactive is that it can turn everyday activities into legal agreements. If you bought or were given a manual for an ARM...

The Dog That Didn’t Bark

~1 year ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
Silver Blaze is one of the most popular Sherlock Holmes stories, in part because (spoiler alert for a 118-year old story you can read by clicking that first...

Social Pastimes

~1 year ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
In a previous post I wrote: I look at the most popular Facebook games and only see pastimes, idle toys requiring action with little thought, minimal direct...