Hey, I’m Steve Francia

I design and develop experiences that make developers lives simple.

You may know me from helping to build the Go Language, Docker, MongoDB, and Drupal & creating Hugo, Cobra, and spf13-vim. Here I publish my thoughts on technology, open source, and life.

Hey, I'm Steve Francia
Vim Plugins: snipMate

Vim Plugins: snipMate

Why use it It’s super easy to use It has tons of snippets It’s pretty well compatible with …

Checking Vendor References

Checking Vendor References

One task that should be part of every IT managers is performing reference checks on potential …

A Better Follow Friday

A Better Follow Friday

Follow Friday is a common practice on Twitter where many people spend friday posting things …

Engaging Employees

Engaging Employees

There is one trait that if possessed can virtually ensure success, the ability to nurture a …

Installing Git on a Shared Host

Installing Git on a Shared Host

Git is a fantastic tool and is very useful for deployment. If you can’t install git system wide …

Apple's iconic presentations

Apple's iconic presentations

Recently a book came out The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to be Insanely Great in …

Vim Plugins: NERD Commenter

Vim Plugins: NERD Commenter

The NERD Commenter is an indispensable tool when programming in VIM. It understands like a …

Mastering the Command Line

Mastering the Command Line

If you use *nix, no doubt you’ve spent some time on the command line. Here are a few of the …

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 …

Windows 7 launch notes

Windows 7 launch notes

I was fortunate to be able to attend the Microsoft Launch Developer Preview meeting in NYC. …

54% US Companies Ban Social Media... and That's Fine

54% US Companies Ban Social Media... and That's Fine

According to a study commissioned by Robert Half Technology, an IT staffing company, 54 percent …

Managing Your Social Media Presence

Managing Your Social Media Presence

As social media continues to emerge, many professionals are curious on what is the best way to …

The Death of Search

The Death of Search

Social media will be the next innovation in the most unlikely of places, search ( leveraging …

How I Blog

How I Blog

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

Analyzing and Improving Conversion

Analyzing and Improving Conversion

Conversion is one of those core metrics that every business depends on and strives to improve. …

Ranking Social Media

Ranking Social Media

In business it’s common to use sales as a metric to determine success. Songs, albums, books and …

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 …