I went to three conferences in three months (2.5 months, really).
www.beyondwritingcode.com/2025/11/13/t...

I'm a writer at heart, so enjoying speaking at conferences is a bit of a surprise for me.

Speaking at LeadDev StaffPlus went even better than I was hoping, and it's got me thinking about what works for me as a speaker. #LeadDev #speakingtips #StaffPlus
www.beyondwritingcode.com/2025/10/20/w...

It's been a long time since I've felt I like I was hanging on every word of a book.

I was so done reading about AI. Then I saw that IT Revolution was publishing a new book...
www.beyondwritingcode.com/2025/09/17/v...

Posted just now about writer's checklists - so let's post about the developer's checklists here too!

As a developer, I maintained a checklist of troubleshooting tips.

I would have conversations like this...
www.beyondwritingcode.com/2025/08/19/d...

Some of the best writing tips I learned were from a summer class I took as a teenager. I'm still adding to my writer's checklists, decades later.

However, I have mostly kept these checklists in my head...
www.beyondwritingcode.com/2025/08/19/w...

Beware of the scams targeting job seekers. I'd say "it's a new low" for scammers to target people who are looking for work, but no, unfortunately... the scammers seem to reside at those depths. #jobseekers #scammers #tips
www.beyondwritingcode.com/2025/08/11/j...

I try to avoid posting about AI, but today I found myself wondering: did I just chat with an AI?
www.beyondwritingcode.com/2025/08/06/d...

I've been listening to books on storytelling recently. Here are three I recommend highly.
www.beyondwritingcode.com/2025/07/28/b...

Turning up the pressure when I’m not getting stuff done sounds like it should work. But it absolutely doesn’t.
www.beyondwritingcode.com/2025/07/21/p...

Made up statistic: 99% of people dread networking. Here’s why and here’s what to do instead.
www.beyondwritingcode.com/2025/07/09/b...

Anyone have a favorite solution for keeping up with multiple social media accounts, specifically Mastodon and Bluesky?

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Implicit in the vilification of “woke” is this message: we would prefer the people asleep.

I'm writing a book :)

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