All the world's a stage; the rest is just syntax.
👋 Hello everyone! It’s been a little while since I’ve added anything here. Life and other things kept me from writing for a while. But, I’ve gotten back into the swing of things. However, I won’t be publishing things on randomdrake.com for the time being. I’ve moved over to Medium (link) for my writing for... Read more »
Empathy is a trait of good developers that is not often discussed. It’s one that I learned and honed through creative endeavors and has served me well in my roles as a developer. While discussing what makes a good developer on Hacker News, I wrote a comment regarding empathy. A lot of folks identified with... Read more »
When Overgrow.com was taken down in 2006, the Internet lost access to over 6,000,000 posts about cannabis from over 130,000 users[1]. It was the largest source of information about cannabis ever created. Boasting information ranging from how to cultivate cannabis, to which books to read about topics regarding cannabis, to the popular strain guide to... Read more »
Ninety minutes until we have to check out. I’ve been meaning to do a lot more writing on this two week journey of the Pacific Northwest. It’s been over a year since my last post and an incredible amount has happened in my life during that time. It’s difficult to know where to start, or... Read more »
Just got done with a live translated entrepreneurship presentation to Japanese kids from the Tomodachi Initiative. Inspiring experience. — David Drake (@randomdrake) August 5, 2013 ともだち Last year I had the wonderful opportunity to utilize my stage skills and teaching background for the Tomodachi Summer 2013 SoftBank Leadership Program. The gentleman running the program stateside... Read more »
Stumbled across a website I created 15 years ago, still online. Clicking through the pages brought me back to a very different and beautiful time of the Internet. 1999 was a time where you connected to the Internet to gain access to other things. These days, the Internet is always available, always on, and always... Read more »
I read all the time that eating lunch at your desk benefits no one. Time to put that advice into action. No more. — David Drake (@randomdrake) January 2, 2014 According to a 2011 study on the subject, around 80% of us still eat lunch at our desks. I quit eating lunch at my desk... Read more »
Worrying has become one of my closest companions over the years. Everyone worries, but I do it a lot. Debilitation from constantly racing thoughts of how I could be spending my time, interrupt spending my time. My mind and being is not at its peak when my thoughts are spinning. I do things to try... Read more »
After being on computers for 25 years, I did something I’ve never done before: I purchased a Mac. For the last 10 or so years, I’ve owned PCs or laptops that were setup to boot to Windows or some flavor of Linux. That flavor of Linux has been Ubuntu for a long time. Until 12.04,... Read more »
Bill, the cheese guy. He was one of the nicest people I’ve ever met in my life, let alone on St. Thomas. His cool demeanor, his patience with everyone and his ability to bring a smile or introduce wonder into people’s lives was unrivaled around our little island. There are few people I’ve met who... Read more »