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I’m leaving my role as the Product Lead for the Go Language at Google. I’m super proud of …

The New spf13.com

The New spf13.com

I’m proud to present the new and improved spf13.com a dramatic redesign of the very first …

Go Go Hugo blog

Go Go Hugo blog

After after a few months of work I’m happy to display the newest incarnation of …

MongoDB Driver days hackathon round up

MongoDB Driver days hackathon round up

A round up of projects created during the driver days hack day by the 10gen drivers team focused on the MongoDB user experience.

Giving the most viewed presentation on slideshare ever at OSCON

Giving the most viewed presentation on slideshare ever at OSCON

Giving a presentation that had more views on slideshare in it's first week than any other OSCON presentation had in 12 years.

Add PhotoshopCS5 support to Picasa

Add PhotoshopCS5 support to Picasa

How to easily add a button in Picasa that will allow you to edit the current picture in Photoshop.

Don't look now, I'm on DZone

Don't look now, I'm on DZone

I'm happy to announce that going forward you'll be able to read my articles on DZone as well as spf13.com.

New personal site powered by GitHub Pages

New personal site powered by GitHub Pages

At 10gen we had new headshots taken recently. I think mine came out great. I took this …

MongoDB and PHP, The Book

MongoDB and PHP, The Book

I wrote a book. It is published by O’Reilly, and available now on Amazon, O’Reilly Media and a …

Windows Power User Tools

Windows Power User Tools

I’m a huge fan of Windows 7. It’s the first time I’ve ever run a Microsoft OS on my primary …

LDS SORT Tech Conference 2011

LDS SORT Tech Conference 2011

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the LDS Church’s SORT tech conference. Nearly 1200 …

Announcing Projects & Presentations

Announcing Projects & Presentations

I’ve decided to expand the scope of this site a bit to be more than just a blog. It makes …

The most productive 20 minutes of my day

The most productive 20 minutes of my day

As part of my new years resolution to get in shape and spend less dough I decided that I’d be …

MongoDB & Ecommerce : A Perfect Combination

MongoDB & Ecommerce : A Perfect Combination

Last night I gave a presentation on MongoDB & Ecommerce. OpenSky is the first company to …

16 lessons from 16 years

16 lessons from 16 years

16 lessons learned I learned from my first 16 years working in the technology industry.

Selling on OpenSky

Selling on OpenSky

As anyone who reads my blog or follows my tweets knows, I’ve been working for a new startup …

Transitions

Transitions

I couldn’t be more excited to announce that I have accepted a position at The Open Sky Project. …

My Online Business Card (Vcard)

My Online Business Card (Vcard)

I wanted to polish up my javascript coding so I decided that the best way to do that was with a …

The Importance of Focus

The Importance of Focus

Imagine if Apple, Disney, Microsoft, etc had chased every oppotunity that they came across. One …

Conclusion of the Blog-a-thon

Conclusion of the Blog-a-thon

Today marks the last post of my blog-a-thon. It has been a learning and growing experience. I …

Take Time to Help Others

Take Time to Help Others

While it may not seem intuitive taking time out to selflessly help others will help you more …

How I Blog

How I Blog

Not surprisingly, given my semi random content, I arrive at my posts a few different ways. 1. I …

My Own Private Blogathon

My Own Private Blogathon

Someone once said a goal is a dream until you write it down … in your blog and tell the world …

Featured in CIO Magazine!

Featured in CIO Magazine!

I don’t know what could be more shocking that opening this month’s edition of CIO magazine and …

Social Media Recognition

Social Media Recognition

Recently I’ve been fortunate to be recognized in a few publications. I extend a warm welcome to …

Portero Raises 6.6 Million

Portero Raises 6.6 Million

In a round of financing led by LFE Capital Portero Inc, the worlds leading online luxury store raises 6.6 million to build out a robust technology platform.

One Hundred Pushups

One Hundred Pushups

Move over skinny nerds. I've begun the 100 puphup challenge and am announcing it here to ensure I take it seriously.

Promotion

Promotion

Portero Inc, the worlds leading online luxury destination, announces the promotion of Steve Francia to CIO.

Managing Multiple Firefox Profiles in OS X

Managing Multiple Firefox Profiles in OS X

Sometimes you need more than one profile in Firefox. This post will show you how to manage multiple profiles in Firefox.