jake

Technology + Biology

2008-11-14T17:10:53Z

For any of you who know me and my interests, I've always held a special place in my heart (a big one) for Science and Technology... When two specific parts combine, it makes me smile: Air Art from flip on Vimeo ....(read more)

Once upon a time

2008-11-12T18:42:56Z

Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo ....(read more)

Fieldrunners

2008-11-11T15:19:32Z

So as student in the United States Public School System, I often became bored... pretty damn quickly... So I used to do a lot of drawing... mostly vehicles and airplanes... But about half of the time, I ended up drawing military battle plans. Typically an invasion / sack scenario where the enemy is trying to sack a military base... Fast Forward 15 years and in complete surprise (no really), it became a game. Tower of Defense . Apparently I wasn't the only one doing these as a kid and now I can...(read more)

Drop.io API Released

2008-11-05T22:49:22Z

So after many months of planning and coding... and several grey hairs later. I'm excited to announce that my project at Drop.io has been released. Drop.io now has an API... We're already the simplest way to share files online privately... but now we're letting other people build applications on top of our platform! Our team at Drop.io was fantastic and brought together some real insight and code crunching capabilities... We produced a few neat apps along the way: uSend.io Collab.io haha...(read more)

For the win

2008-11-05T15:08:34Z

Congratulations goes out to all of the people in the United States that went out and voted... and especially those who voted for Obama... Like this guy: It was crazy, I was at the Fort Worth Democratic Election Night Party last night and it was insane. Being in a red state, it's very exciting to see so many like-minded people... and to see that Dallas County voted blue, I smiled! Congratulations also goes out to Obama... you did it... and now the entire world is looking to you to change things...(read more)

I voted

2008-11-04T18:35:11Z

(Yes I know I checked the All Encompassing "Democrat" box AND the Obama box, but I wanted to double check) So I voted... and I voted for Obama... I don't agree with most of the McCain / Palin ticket (not sure if I agree with any of their policies)... and I don't agree with all of Obama / Biden stances... But I feel as if Obama represents innovation and progress, something I hold to dearly... It's amazing to think that over 50% of every individual eligible to vote, will do the...(read more)

Fury Shirts

2008-10-25T20:46:20Z

My friend Matt has put together an awesome little company... and I'm completely jealous that he has gone independent... so please, everyone go and check out Seventh Fury ... Fury Shirts At any rate, I snagged some shirts and wanted to give a quick review of what I thought of them... We took the t-shirts out for some BBQ and let me tell you, they are comfortable. They come printed on American Apparel cotton tees, love it. They are soft, stay soft, and hold their color really well. The designs...(read more)

First Days with Rails

2008-10-24T15:45:24Z

I remember my first day with Ruby on Rails ... back in June 2005 Neil, John, and myself decided to enter a 24 hour competition to hack out some Rails code. I read my first pages of the "book" the day before we started... It was my first day with Ruby AND Rails... We created a social networking app (yeah in 2005, cause it was "so new" /sarcasm)... that was focused on families... sharing photos, birthdays, anniversaries, and other tidbits of family oriented information. It felt...(read more)

My Home Office

2008-10-21T14:42:18Z

Here's a picture of my home office... I have been working from home for almost a year now and it's been fantastic. A description of the above image... MacBook Pro (Left) - Personal laptop, used for chat + blog reading + etc... Cinema Display - Main workspace + Code MacBook (Right) - Communication Console with Drop.io (Skype w/video + Chat) Just wanted to share a few Pros and Cons because I get asked all the time; not many people have this opportunity. Pros Bed to Desk in 15 minutes flat....(read more)

Hanselman's Survey

2008-10-14T00:36:21Z

Scott Hanselman posted a quick, one question survey about what frameworks and platforms that they use while they develop applications in the Microsoft .Net Framework... You should know that I used to be a .Net Developer and am now a Ruby Developer (with Objective-C and Erlang envy)... so I took the survey. And granted in the timeline that I was a .Net Developer, these technologies and platforms were in their infancy (some still are)... but I feel as if I would only use a small handful of them......(read more)

iPhone vs Windows Mobile Development

2008-10-10T16:30:49Z

WARNING This post will be technical, so feel free to turn away from this post if writing software for mobile devices is not interesting to you :) After spending a few weeks working with code on my iPhone, I've come to the conclusion that I don't think the SDK is where it needs to be before the "killer application" comes to the iPhone. Here's why... There are ways to build frameworks that let people quickly get tasks done with as little code as possible, for actions that are...(read more)

Goodbye Grill Cover

2008-10-03T14:29:52Z

My grill cover had NO chance against a 56lb puppy......(read more)

Facebook Advertising

2008-10-02T17:20:05Z

I did a double take this morning when I was perusing through Facebook... (click for larger image) Practically a "Wake up Neo..." moment... And then came the explanation NOTE: For those who haven't figured out the picture, I work at drop.io ... and the ad on the far right is directly targeted at me from my one, Mr. Sam Lessin....(read more)

My Heart Aches

2008-09-24T17:09:35Z

Lucy was going nuts this morning... I went outside to see what the commotion was all about and found this little guy: I really really wish we could keep him, but we had soo much trouble with Lucy at the puppy stage and we just want to not have to deal with another stress right now. I just want to say that I did the right thing and took it to a Human Society because the dogs stomach was full of worms, it was tired and skinny, covered in scabs as it has been scrounging for food anywhere it can, infested...(read more)

4 Year Blogiversary

2008-09-23T20:21:04Z

It all started 4 years ago with this post ... It's been a fantastic journey... When I started: Single and looking to party... Living in Minnesota.. A cocky "rockstar" .Net Developer... And now: I'm engaged, soon to be married to the love of my life... I live in Texas! Yeehaw! I'm maturing as a developer on a Mac doing Ruby and Objective-C work... Let's hope I can squeeze another 4 years outta this :)...(read more)