Branding is important

Today at the DevNexus conference, my colleagues and I from the Nashville Java Users Group synched up and put on our awesome t-shirts that Jeremy put together. This has already had immediate payoff. As other members of our group showed up, it was incredibly easy for...

Rebalancing my portfolio – Part 1

I’ve recently started a plan to rebalance my portfolio. The first leg is to stop investing in my 401k, and instead route that money into an overfunded Equity Indexed Life Insurance policy (EIUL). More on exactly what that is in a moment. Mutual funds won’t...

Why you should learn vi

I periodically run into new developers. It’s a wonderful opportunity to see what other people are doing  and what areas they work in. It always amazes me at how limited my own work and pursuits are in the grand scheme of things. I feel like I diversified...