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Issue 26 - The Learning Pyramid of Nonsense and Writing a CLI App in Go
Command-line tools always make me smile. I love using small, useful utilities to solve problems, but I've found it even more fun to build my own tools. The Go programming language is one of the best...
View ArticleIssue 27 - Doing the Dirty Work and Querying your OS
I've spent the last month and a half involved in performance reviews and employee calibration, so I've had a lot of time to reflect on what success looks like for myself and for the people I manage. In...
View ArticleIssue 28 - Taming Multiple Dev Servers and Embracing Formative Assessments
Have you taught, or did you just present to a group of people? Did your audience learn, or did they just read your words? In this issue, you'll explore how to add assessments to your content to nudge...
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Issue 29 - Measuring Traffic and Renaming Files
Hello, friends. If you're going to put hours into creating content, you owe it to yourself to measure its performance and impact. You can use what you learn to determine where to spend the rest of your...
View ArticleIssue 4 - Growing "Soft" Skills and Empowering Learners
Happy April, friends. I hope it's been good to you all. The new job is taking up a lot of time and mental energy, and I've been dealing with some personal family things this month, but I'm excited to...
View ArticleIssue 5 - Quick wins and feedback
Hey friends. It's the last day of May here in the US, so technically, this still counts as the May issue. Things have been hectic on the personal side, but I still had a couple of thoughts around...
View ArticleIssue 6 - Moving on and thinking outside of your world
Hi friends. Once again, I’m putting out the monthly issue at the very end of the month, but I’m excited to share a couple of things with you in this issue. First, you’ll find my advice on when it’s...
View ArticleIssue 7 - Stories, Fences, and Doing instead of Learning
Happy Summer, folks. I'm excited to share this issue with you because it covers three areas I think are important for career development and growth. I'm looking forward to hearing what you think.Let's...
View ArticleIssue 8 - Marketing, Bat, and Résumé Polish
Ah, late August. In Wisconsin, it's the time of year when kids are gearing up to head back to school, football is gearing up, and the realization that the weather is about to start getting...
View ArticleIssue 9 - Warning Signs, Inclusive Content, and Leaving Notes in Git
Hi friends!It’s Fall in the United States, and here in Wisconsin, the leaves are changing color and falling from the trees. The air is drier and colder, and it’s almost hockey season. It’s also the end...
View ArticleIssue 10 - Rethinking Learning Styles and Understanding Rejection
Hey friends. I'm excited to share this October issue with you because it covers a topic I've been thinking about for most of the year, and I'm ready to start discussing it more widely. In this issue, I...
View ArticleIssue 11 - Finding Fit with a Potential Team, Testing APIs from the CLI, and...
Hi friends.In this issue, you'll find some questions you can ask your potential teammates to see what the team culture is like so you can make a better decision when interviewing. You'll also explore a...
View ArticleIssue 12 - Finding Work, Freeing Up Disk Space, and Rethinking First-Person...
It's the last issue of 2022, and it's been quite a ride. But rather than do the usual "look back at the year," I'm bringing you three fresh articles in this last issue, and I hope they're helpful....
View ArticleIssue 13 - Diagrams as Code and a Model for Self-Evaluations
We’re one month into the new year, and for many, that means annual review time. I’m preparing for it myself, writing my self-evaluation, an evaluation for my manager, and evaluations for the team I...
View ArticleIssue 14 - Interviewing When You Like Your Job, Enforcing Style, and a...
Hi friends. February draws to a close, and it’s been a busy month. A couple of weeks ago, my former team was laid off, and since then, I’ve been networking with folks to help these fantastic educators...
View ArticleIssue 15 - Using ChatGPT to Work Faster and A New Way to Transfer Files.
Happy Spring! Some folks are closing out the first quarter of 2023, and others are wrapping up their taxes. But many are talking about ChatGPT. I’ve got a lot of opinions myself, but in this issue, I’m...
View ArticleIssue 16 - The Compensation Edition
The end of April is always an interesting time for me. I often spend the first part of my year figuring out the priorities and goals for the year while also preparing for income tax payments. Usually,...
View ArticleIssue 17 - Going Against the Grain, and a Tiny CSS Library
Hi friends. It’s May, and I’m thinking back to my teaching years, watching my students graduate and move on to start their careers. I remember how hard it was for many of them as they competed for a...
View ArticleIssue 18 - Campbell's Law and Careful Measures, Concise Interviewing, and...
If someone's ever told you that you need to get to the point faster or that your answers are too shallow, this newsletter issue is for you. In this issue, you'll see how to give concise answers that...
View ArticleIssue 19 - Adult Learning Theory and Understanding Promotions.
Hi friends. This month's issue will be slightly shorter than others; I spent the last couple of weeks under the weather, so I've been catching up on many fronts, but I still wanted to get a couple of...
View ArticleIssue 20 - Preparing to Work, Editing Commands, and Keeping Learners Engaged
Hello, friends!In this issue, you'll see three things that can help you work smarter and faster. First, you'll see how you can get ready to do the work you need to do each day by explicitly setting...
View ArticleIssue 21 - Tracking Time and Adapting Your Playbook
Hello friends. This month, I want to focus on an area of professional growth I've seen some people struggle with recently, and I'd like to see you avoid that struggle. As you navigate your professional...
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Issue 22 - Scheduling Time, Stages of Authorship, and a CLI Navigation Trick
In this issue, you'll look at how scheduling your work helps you focus on the right tasks so you can focus on what matters, and you'll explore the stages authors go through when developing a large...
View ArticleIssue 23 - Tools for Text-based Content Creation
I've been writing, presenting, and teaching my entire career, even when it wasn't my primary job. I created tutorials using Microsoft Word and converted them to PDFs, and I used PowerPoint and Keynote...
View ArticleIssue 24 - The First 90 Days, HTML for Changes, and Reluctant Learners
In this issue, you'll see how you can navigate the first three months of a new role and look at three HTML elements you can use to mark up changes in documents. Then you'll see some strategies you can...
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Issue 25 - Advocating For Yourself and Viewing Changes with Delta
You want to grow your career, but those conversations with your manager might not come naturally to you, so in this January issue you'll find some advice on how to get those going. Then you'll explore...
View ArticleIssue 30 - Juggling Databases and Multiple Audiences
If you're a freelancer who works with multiple databases, you'll love this issue; you'll explore a tool that lets you connect to multiple databases using a common interface with syntax highlighting,...
View ArticleIssue 31 - My Least Favorite Word and Copying Lots of Files
This was a busy month. I've been working on finishing up my latest book and preparing for a conference talk. But I have two small things to share with you in this issue. First, I'll explain why I...
View ArticleIssue 32 - Considering Management and Managing Git Commits
In this month's issue you'll explore if people management is right for you, and you'll look at how to take changes you've made to your code and split them into multiple commits. Split Changes into...
View ArticleIssue 33 - Finding Your Hourly Rate and Throwing Work Away in Git
In this issue, you'll walk through what it takes to figure out a sustainable hourly rate that hits your desired target and covers your expenses, along with a link to a calculator I built to help you...
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