Tech

Ode to My Uber Driver

We’ve all seen those posts on social media… “Lost my phone, contact me on Messenger”, “Left my phone in a taxi, contact me by carrier pigeon”, and so on. It’s an unfortunate situation that happens often, which seems like a silly mistake until it...

The SQL to Color Wars

This past weekend, I was the on-call engineer for my job. While some people "dread" the weekend where they feel like they're locked down to their house waiting for something bad to happen, I use it as "personal reflection" time, and take advantage of the isolation to focus on something...

PUDM now on iOS!

For years, Purdue University Dance Marathon has dreamed of entering the mobile world. In 2014, I’ve helped establish and build a new website that would not only work on computers, but on phones. Over the years, the technology has grown. PUDM has had a stable website, but still...

How to Change Outlook 2016 for Mac Sounds

Note: Although this technique worked in the preview versions of Outlook 2016, a reader pointed out that this will crash the latest version of Outlook. I’ll update this post if I find a resolution. Update (12/23): It’s no longer crashing for me – perhaps a Microsoft...

Dance Marathons: Give Your Members An Easier Link To Share

This past November, I was visiting Bloomington to see miracles being made at Indiana University Dance Marathon. Everywhere on social media, people were sharing their donation links, asking for support from friends or family. All of a sudden, one link caught my attention – an IUDM...

Things Internz Say When A Link Doesn’t Work

Have you ever complained about using GroupMe with around 80 people in one list? Imagine being a part of a distribution list with 1000+ people.

The Intern Program sent out an email inviting everyone to an event. Only the first 150 responses would be accepted. Everyone at first saw this: