RYAN'S DIGITAL NOTEBOOK

For the past 10 years, I’ve had a recurring obsession that completely overtakes my media consumption habits for weeks at a time: Pawn...

In the software development world, a full stack engineer is someone that has a diverse set of skills that span multiple levels of the...

Technical writers share a lot in common with their engineering and marketing counterparts. They have a passion for technology and...

Code review is an important part of quality software engineering, and technical writers stand to benefit greatly from attending them –...

For generations, Rocky Balboa has served as an inspirational character personifying the pursuit of dreams in the face of insurmountable...

Luke is 1 year, 9 months old. He’s a funny toddler that enjoys cookies and, oddly enough, raw onions. His favorite pastime is pushing our...

Nest is a great brand for introducing anyone that has thought about making their home a ‘smart’ home to ‘smart’ home technologies. Nest,...

What legacy will you leave when you’re gone? Will what you have done matter in 100 years? These are questions that I’ve been asking...

Earlier, I wrote about the Nest Cam being my baby monitor of choice. It still is, though it isn’t an optimal always-on solution. You have...

Move over, Amazon. UPS isn’t giving up its grip on delivery services just yet. In fact, UPS is testing its own drone delivery system –...

Have you ever wondered what the Ewok translation of “Are we there yet?” is? Do you want to be able to offer a Wookie a drink in her own...

On first glance, this headset appears to be shiny red hockey pucks linked together by a plastic and foam band. Thankfully, they’re a lot...

Last Tuesday, our dog Rocky Balboa went blind. It happened out of nowhere in the middle of the evening. Earlier that day, he chased a red...

Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ are already grabbing the attention and time of countless people across the world....

One of the more annoying aspects of Fallout 76 is its overly-aggressive depth of field. Just about everything beyond your crosshairs is...

Running a company in 2013 is very different from running one in 2003. In fact, the way business is done today has more in common with...

How would you plan a marketing strategy around something as local and focused as a hardware store? This might seem like a big challenge...

10 years ago, I joined a virtual world called Second Life. What started as a curious dip of my toes into a young virtual world became a...

You’re about to be a daddy, and you want to support the person that is bringing this new life into the world. Whether you’re heading to...

In the wrestling business, this is what it means to be “over.” Being over is a very, very good thing. When an entire arena spends 20...