I'm Hiring a DBA and Senior Software Engineer

For those reading this that do not know, I’m the CTO of Nashville-based startup Dataium, LLC. Dataium is the largest aggregator of Internet automotive shopping activity, and I’m looking to hire a…

I'm Hiring a DBA and Senior Software Engineer

Five Ten Sam Hill Mountain Bike Shoes

I’m a platform pedal kind of guy except for a short stint riding my brothers Cannondale racing bike during my high school days. Clip-in pedals have always scared me for some reason and wearing…

Five Ten Sam Hill Mountain Bike Shoes

Photo of Sam Hill mountain bike shoes

I’m a platform pedal kind of guy except for a short stint riding my brothers Cannondale racing bike during my high school days. Clip-in pedals have always scared me for some reason and…

Riding the Latest Bikes from Trek

I drove to Columbia (south of Nashville) yesterday to participate in a Trek demo day. This is where biking enthusiasts can test ride the latest Trek bikes in the woods and on the street. …

It's Working for Me

One of the worst things you can ever say as a developer/programmer is “It’s working for me.” Unless of course that is immediately followed by “..but let’s dig in and figure out why it isn’t working…

New Business Card!

We redesigned our business cards at Dataium and the new ones came in today. It’s embarrassing how long it took us to decide on a design and I bet people wonder why when they see the result. We…

Git Workflows: Archiving Old Branches

I decided to take some time today to clean up old sprint branches that have been resting in Git unused. Some for well over a year. I had two goals I wanted to accomplish when trying to come up with…

Every time I use Facebook for 5 minutes I’m reminded why I don’t use it for 10.

Aaron West

Aaron Answers: Time Machine Backups Taking Forever

I received an e-mail this morning from Seth, who was having difficulty getting his initial Time Machine backup completed. Seth graciously agreed to having his question posted here in another edition…

ColdFusion Builder 2 Tour in Nashville

Tomorrow evening (April 21) the Nashville ColdFusion User Group and Dave Ramsey / The Lampo Group are sponsoring a stop on the Adobe ColdFusion Builder 2 tour. If you are in Nashville tomorrow you…

Photos from the Nashville Lego Competition

My son has taken a strong interest in Legos since Christmas. A few weeks ago the Nashville Public Library sponsored a Lego building competition grouping entries by age. At the close of the…

How to Position the Cursor in the Middle of a ColdFusion Builder Snippet

Earlier this week I was trying to create a new ColdFusion Builder snippet that would insert the current date and time along with my initials into an open template. After inserting the snippet I…