Posted on Nov 8, 2012 in Web Dev | 0 comments
All web developers know the mantra: "test in all browsers." Much easier said than done. But it's important, especially given the large installed base of users still toiling in the misery of, er... using Internet Explorer (even the very long-in-the-tooth versions 7 and 8). If you're a Mac-centric dev, you must first leap the hurdle of having a Windows environment in which to test. But even then, how can you reliably test three or four versions of Internet Explorer? Happily, there is an easy(ish) way.
Read MorePosted on Oct 18, 2012 in Marketing | 0 comments
When I was eight, I didn't know what the terms "Shangri-La" or "Mecca" were. If I did, I surely would have applied them to the Lego store I recently ran across at my local mall. (Well, except that the store didn't exist when I was eight.) But wow, what a place. Legos sure have come a long way since I played with them as a kid. As a kid, they were just (very cool) toys and hours of fun. As an adult I see Legos now as a business and brand as well. And from what I can tell, those aspects of the venerable plastic-brick-making company are faring as well as the fun aspect.
Read MorePosted on Aug 8, 2012 in Language, Web Dev | 0 comments
If you're a web developer or software engineer, you've been through many code reviews (at least you better have!). Your syntax, classes, methods and even indentation are fair game, but what about your comments? Is it appropriate for your peers to critique the spelling or grammar on your in-code comments?
Read MorePosted on Jul 23, 2012 in Misc. | 0 comments
Ever wonder how Mrs. and Mr. Pteranodon got their fourth kid, Buddy? He's a T.Rex but lives with a family of Pteranodons. It doesn't make any sense. Something must be going on. Could it be that the loving pterano-parents might have a dark secret in their past?
If you've ever seen PBS Kids' show Dinosaur Train (and if you have, you've probably got a toddler and have seen it a LOT) you may have wondered about the true parentage of Buddy the T.Rex. I know I have! So rather than wait for the fine folks at PBS to expose the Pteranodons as egg-napping villains, I did it myself. I hope you enjoy this little bit of fictional backstory that's probably not appropriate to read to your toddler.
Read MorePosted on Jul 5, 2012 in Films/Theatre, Misc. | 0 comments
What? Why would I want to pay more? It may sound odd to want to pay more, but as a (mostly) satisfied Netflix customer since 2002 I've seen their business model transition primarily from physical discs to digital streaming. That's a good thing. But the disparity between the offerings between the two distribution models is glaring. It's simple: higher-quality streaming offerings would be worth paying more. A colleague wrote an excellent open letter to Netflix explaining this desire and I repost it here with his permission.
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Scott Bush is a web developer, former IT manager, husband, father, and many other things in Seattle, Wash. (Okay, it’s actually Kenmore but close enough). When he’s not coding, chasing after a toddler, or sucking down lattés, you can find him tinkering on his—or his clients—web sites, reading, or training martial arts. Crystal, his wife, has been making his life better since 2001, as has his daughter Emma, though only since 2010.
Hey! Thanks for visiting my site and my “About” page. Hope you find it interesting, at least enough not to click away immediately. I’ll adding content to this page as time goes on, but for now you can find out a bit more about me and my wife at our website, CrystalAndScott.com.
Some photos – Here’s a smattering of pictures of me. (Those with my wife and are clearly much nicer!) They were taken in exotic locales like Vietnam, Japan, and Everett, Wash.
