Author Archives: Derek

Splitt

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Derek

While I mostly write about technology on my blog, amazingly I do have other interests as well. One of them… Baseball. This was a blog post that was sitting in my Drafts folder for about 6 months, unpublished. Not sure … Continue reading →

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iPod Killer Found, pt 3

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Derek

Back in 2006, it was becoming very clear that the iPod had so little competition, that it could continue to grow, and grow, and grow, until… what? What would finally displace the iPod? Something had to come along at some … Continue reading →

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Creating an API Service with YQL

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Derek

I spent a few days last week in New York City at Yahoo’s Open Hack All-stars event. At this hack day, I was mentoring a team of 3 students from the University of Texas who set out to create a … Continue reading →

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Learning JavaScript

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Derek

So you want to learn JavaScript huh? I can’t blame you, it’s a pretty rad programming language. Well lucky for you, it’s a really easy language to pick up and learn. You can get started with the language without spending … Continue reading →

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The Best Career Advice You’ll Ever Get

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Derek

The Huffington Post just posted an interview with Marissa Mayer (“Google Exec Marissa Mayer Explains Why There Aren’t More Girl Geeks”) in which she explained why she chose Google over 13 other companies she had job offers from out of … Continue reading →

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Planting Seeds

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Derek

6 years and 6 months ago I was a recent college grad, unemployed, and recently fired from my computer sales job. I was horrible at sales. Not because I’m not social and can’t communicate, but because I always viewed myself … Continue reading →

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Joining YUI

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Derek

It seems like just yesterday I accepted a position with Yahoo and began a new adventure. These last 18 months have been an incredibly exciting time in my life, and am very thankful to have been given the opportunity. I … Continue reading →

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On: The Engineer

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Derek

(Most of this post was written a few months ago and for whatever reason it has been sitting in “draft” status for a while. Figured it was time to finish it up and publish) According to Wikipedia: “Engineering is the … Continue reading →

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Google shutting down the Translate API

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Derek

When I have conversations with people about what excites me in technology today, I usually start with the fact that the Web is breaking down barriers in a way we’ve never experienced before. It is simply amazing that anyone is … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on Twitter vs Ecosystem

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Derek

So Twitter is once again in some hot water with their developer community. After a well-intentioned, but poorly executed suggestion to their developer community that they stop working on developing clients and instead work on “vertical” ideas, the feedback they’ve … Continue reading →

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