Elasticsearch is a powerful, distributed search engine that companies like Github and Soundcloud use to power their search capabilities. This crash course focuses on bootstrapping a local Elasticsearch instance using college basketball rankings to understand how to get started and how it works.
Read moreMary Meeker's 2015 Internet Trends Report was released earlier this week. It's a 175 slides and I've condensed them down into a five minute read.
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I spent the last twelve days backpacking through Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Palestine and numerous places along the way. This journey was one of the few moments in my life that I can't really describe.
Read moreStart your day off right with a simple process to focus your creative mind.
Read moreWhen problem solving, too often we jump right in without questioning if this is the right problem to solve or question to ask. Ask the wrong question, and you'll receive the wrong answer. Ask the right question and you'll often find the answer fairly quickly.
Read moreIf you want to see continued athletic performance gains, you need to be constantly challenging or shocking your body with every opportunity. Here's how to turn your workouts into a bit of a game using Dice.
Read moreIn 30 fast slides (and some notes), I walk through: what is A/B testing, what you can test, what to measure, how you can test and an example of why you should test everything.
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Below is a triathlon gear checklist I've put together to keep organized for races and for my upcoming race in Florida. Feel free to use on your next race. Good luck!
Read moreA quick quick guide to make Universal Analytics play nicely with Turbolinks.
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