Contracts are scary business. Usually a business’s default contract is strongly favorable to them and it can be hard on the relationship to push for tons of changes. I was sent a subcontractor contract today that just made no sense, so I sent back my default contract instead along with a big list of changes they would have to rewrite into their contract if they wished to work with me.… read more “Contracts”
Month: November 2016
Delice De Bourgogne
I really like this cheese named Delice De Bourgogne. As a matter of fact, I am sitting at my desk at work eating a block of it with a knife. Very good stuff. Very filling. Lots of calories to power my brain at work.
Basecamp 3 API PHP Connection Class
Below is the connection class I have written for pulling Basecamp 3 API data using PHP. This is a Laravel class, but you can use the code in any PHP app with some tweaks. I am still working on it, but this is what I have so far. I have implemented caching using ETag, but not Last-Modified yet.… read more “Basecamp 3 API PHP Connection Class”
Secret to Happiness
I try to track my happiness along with a number of variables every single day in my spreadsheet. So far, I have found a few things that can dramatically improve my daily mood:
- Most important is social contact. I have a habit now of calling either a family member or friend both on my way to work and my way home.
Depression / Gratitude
Science shows that writing down what your grateful for can help combat depression and increase happiness. It has worked for me for sure! Every day I write down one thing I am grateful for. See my list recently:
| Relaxing honeymoon day |
| Happy life |
| Good honeymoon |
| Visiting grandparents |
| My family |
| Jimmy running with laurel and i, grandpa and bestemor |
| Healthy life with laurel |
| Nice family visit |
| Able to work from home when sick |
| Laurel is great |
| Things to do |
| Its the weekend |
| Laurel is best wifey ever |
| Back in the office |
| Freedom to structure my days |
| Great CT team right now |
| Sleep |
| Healthy lifestyle |
| Going to portland on wednesday |
| Back in my routine tomorrow |
| Home sweet home |
| Top ranked for everything |
| Laurel is an awesome wife |
| Not in debt |
| Security |
| I have a good brain |
| Healthy diet |
| Very happy, perfect life now |
| Choose my own schedule |
| I am proud of what i do |
| No hangover, i feel great |
| Lots of free time |
| Flexible schedule |
| Fun man date with jeremy |
| Laurel being reasonable and open to change |
| Visiting grandma gross this weekend |
| Back home |
| Driving purpose to my life |
| Great friends like Victoria and Jeremy |
| Laurels family here in LA |
| Laurel great wife |
| Romy is actually solid |
| No lawsuits of big size going on |
| I drink less usually nowadays |
| Generally good health |
| Business is super good |
| treadmill desk |
| Kickoff call a day this week |
| Fun rock climbing with scott b yesterday |
| Renewed motivation this time of year |
| I am not crazy like everyone else lol |
| Fun weekend with friends (jeremy bbq, scott’s gf mel bday) |
| More social contact lately due to my regular morning and evening calls |
| Productive week |
| Fun purposes to work on |
| Bishop trip this weekend |
| Excited about bishop in 2 days |
| Done with work for the week! |
Crushing Grip
I should be a politician as rock climbing has really helped strengthen my handshake grip. I can impress all the yokels with a firm, manly handshake.
That’s the extent of my claim to fame.
Todo management application
I have been building an internal todo management application for Coalition. The key difference between my todo application and others out there is that it has automatically sortable priority lists by client and by user that synchronizes across multiple users and multiple clients. I am also tracking a user activity log and going to sync it with Basecamp.… read more “Todo management application”