I recently finished James P. Carse Finite & Infinite Games and wanted to share some thoughts below ? This is a book I have read many times over. It’s concepts seems to be relevant to many of the decisions we spend out lives making. Carse’s Finite and Infinite Games is a book about life. In terse chapters Carse walks through …
2019 Resolution: Read 12 Books
Major ? for me: making resolutions measurable. In 2017 I made reading books an almost daily habit again with a goal of one book a month. In 2018 I stopped drinking coffee for a bit then went back to a max 2 cups a day before 2pm. #HappyNewYear https://t.co/88S2TgnbIY — Tristan Toye (@TristanToye) December 29, 2018 This year I thought …
Loom & Github is a Powerful Combo
Disclosure: I don’t work for Loom, I know no-one there (say Hi!), these are referral links that I won’t make money off. Loom is a web extension that simply lets you record a video in a browser that you can easily share anywhere, embed directly in other services, edit details of, label, make private or public, watch back at faster …
AWS – Encrypt Existing RDS PostgreSQL Database
If you have a postgresql database in AWS’s RDS and need to encrypt it but don’t want to recreate it and import it, this is for you (and previously me). BE AWARE this method requires likely a ~1h window of data to be rolled over after – OR take your service offline during the process – if you can do …
First Impressions of iOS Development & Swift
For the past 8 months my trusty Galaxy Nexus has had terrible trouble with the microphone and dropping calls. This wouldn’t be much of a problem in normal use – mostly texting and checking email – but while talking to investors, mentors, & preforming other business related activities it is extremely embarrassing & unprofessional. Normally I would just go get the …
Developers need to be able to Touch Type
This week I finally decided it was time for me to stop being lazy about typing. I have for a long time put off correcting my typing style simply out of pure laziness. BUT NO LONGER! I have found in the past 3 months more and more that not being able to type without looking at the keyboard was draining …
Setting up Stripe Payments For Ruby On Rails
I have used Stripe before for multiple projects. It is a great tool with an awesome API & documentation. I have to set it up again, but this time I figured I would document how I did it for my own sanity & so you can see just how easy it is. Any questions ask me in the comments, I’ll …
Workflow Tip: Files, Hotkeys & Rendering
One of my main goals for this class was to increase my workflow speed when producing video images. I typically try to avoid working with video as much as possible, due to the time consuming nature of the media. It literally takes at least as long as the piece to even review your work. In my primary field of graphic …
Tethering a DSLR
For a video project it came up that recording with my own Canon T3i might be a better idea then having to rely on the schools equipment to be both available and working correctly. For most cases this would be fine and in the past a proved to be necessary to use your own equipment, even if available, there is …