Book Review — Bad Blood Just finished reading the book Bad Blood by John Carreyrou. Oh man. What a crazy book to read. As I read it, I really could not believe what I was reading was true. Also, much of it was hard to read — in the sense that I really could not believe they acted that way. It’s … Continue reading Book Review — Bad Blood
Why We Switched to Distributed Work at CodeHS About a year or so ago, we switched CodeHS to be a fully distributed company. This means we changed our policies and went to supporting it fully. We had supported it partially in the past, with a few people not in our San Francisco office, but it was … Continue reading Why We Switched to Distributed Work at CodeHS
Tips on Applying to CodeHS I’ve read a lot of job applications now, I think many thousands at this point as we have worked on CodeHS. I am not a hiring or HR expert but have a few tips that could help if you are someone who is interested in applying to work with us at … Continue reading Tips on Applying to CodeHS
Apple Accessories: Kind of Annoying and Don’t Really Make Sense I imagine Apple has a sizable side-business selling some of their accessories. Converters from USB to USB-C or a headphone jack to a lightning cable, mini-display port to VGA … the list goes on (this is just the adapters section). One thing that is a bit annoying right now … Continue reading Apple Accessories: Kind of Annoying and Don’t Really Make Sense
A Few Use Cases of Cryptocurrency That Seem Inevitable I think it’s always a bit crazy to predict the future, but it’s also a fun exercise to do. I have definitely blogged and been very wrong on a number of technology predictions (what ever happened to Google Wave… ). Anyways, with that caveat, here are a … Continue reading A Few Use Cases of Cryptocurrency That Seem Inevitable
QR Codes — Very Underrated Simple Technology I’m a huge fan of QR codes. I think QR codes right now are both hugely underrated and positioned to be used even more across technology. I think common usage of QR codes could really increase over the next few years. Why I like QR Codes Many people are not fans … Continue reading QR Codes — Very Underrated Simple Technology
Blog Idea: Absurd Insurance Stories I think anyone who I’ve had a somewhat detailed conversation about health insurance with has explained to me a story of some absurd interaction they or someone they know has had with the health insurance system. I also have this sense that these stories are far more common than people … Continue reading Blog Idea: Absurd Insurance Stories
Idea: Government NPS (Net Promoter Score) Would you recommend this government to a friend? Here’s a random idea. NPS (Net Promoter Score) is used by many different companies to evaluate the customer experience. The essential question to calculate a Net Promoter Score is: On a scale of 0 to 10, how likely is it that you would … Continue reading Idea: Government NPS (Net Promoter Score)
I’ve had lots of small and large coding projects I’ve done over the last 10+ years. Those projects are here: https://thekeesh.com/projectlist/ The issue is, almost all of the projects break over time if they aren’t maintained. They suffer from “bit rot,” where they just degrade over time. This happens for a number of reasons, but software changes, … Continue reading How do you keep personal coding projects working over long periods of time without maintenance?
I’ve felt for a while the main story with US elections is voter turnout, and that reflects the trend that apathy is the biggest factor in who wins and loses elections. I think the most effective thing to do now is to get people to sign up and commit to voting. I’ve written about that … Continue reading 2020 Get Out the Vote Starts Now, and other Thoughts on Voter Turnout
