Never Stop Learning!

“It’s easy to sit there and say you’d like to have more money. And I guess that’s what I like about it. It’s easy. Just sitting there, rocking back and forth, wanting that money.” — Jack Handey

I love Jack Handey, and you know what else I love? Knowledge. Learning. Experimenting. Successes and failure both. I think it’s easy in this industry, for one to rest on his/her laurels, and not seek out any information on items outside of their immediate scope of work. I interview a lot of candidates that, when asked why they’re looking to leave their current job, or what they’re looking for in their next job, they say they’d like more opportunities to learn. Continue reading

My First jQuery Conference Presentation

So, I did my presentation for the Austin jQuery conference earlier today. Being my first time presenting at anything like this, and being fairly introverted, I think it’s being generous to say I was merely nervous. “Scared shitless” might be a more accurate phrase, which is good, because being shitless, I couldn’t crap my pants right there on stage. My voice was shaky throughout, my breathing was uneven, and I was sweating buckets by the end of it (a combination of the heat-lamp spotlight and my nerves), but I got it done, and got everything out that I wanted to say. Continue reading