Field Notes

Flush your ATG cache after deployments using a component triggered by Deployment Events to prevent stale data.

East Coast Starbucks lack the operational flow of West Coast locations - poor cash handling slows everything down.

Retailers should sell the lifestyle first - IKEA shows how context and story drive product sales.

Safari's RSS "View All" feature is a game-changer for reading multiple feeds at once.

Online shopping splits into focused buying (you know what you want) and unfocused discovery - each offers unique advantages.

"Cake Bastards" - a pitch-perfect TV show concept: bake an amazing cake for someone, eat it in front of them, and laugh.

Eclipse templates save time and improve code quality by automating commonly repeated code blocks.

Back from Puerto Rico with amazing memories - sun, beaches, rain forests, and iguanas. 2,000 emails waiting though.

Spark::red's ATG MC Edition hosting bundle makes launching Commerce applications faster and cheaper for mid-market customers.

Quick thought on Portland.

A surprisingly tough squirrel found its way to my doorstep - straight out of The Godfather.

Google's speed optimization guidelines emphasize smaller code size, but avoid over-optimizing CSS at the cost of maintainability.

Custom desk build for my home office - designed for corner placement, knee-free rolling, and cable management.

Find IPs hammering your web server with a single command: `cut -d ' ' -f 2 | sort | uniq -c | sort -nk 1`

After a hard drive failure, I moved backups to Amazon S3 - cheap, remote, and fast enough for cost-effective disaster recovery.

Featured member at HowGoodIWas.com - a sports bragging and social networking site worth checking out.

IE 7's JavaScript engine runs 10x slower than Safari 4, making it painful for AJAX-heavy interfaces.

Server hard drive failed - don't forget to back up /etc and apt package lists along with your data.

3G card speeds at Logan airport are surprisingly solid.

Delayed at Logan with power and internet - heading to Seattle for projects and friends despite Emma being sick.