Chris Mendez

AWS

Transcribe Web3 lingo using Custom Vocabularies within AWS

Improve your AWS transcriptions using Custom Vocabularies.

For Managers

Checklist: Four Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Hosting a Meeting

Meetings cost lots of money. For proof, let's done some quick math to calculate a baseline cost. First, let's assume that every employee operates by the 2000 hours/year standard. This means everyone works 40 hours a week for 50 weeks –don't forget the 2-week vacation. Using FYI.levels as

Javascript

Launch Ghost Blog on Plesk

Deploy a free instance of Ghost Blog on Plesk Obsidian.

Javascript

How to install Svelte on macOS using Node Package Manager (NPM)

Create a high-performance, lightweight, web application using Svelte framework.

Crypto

Getting Started with Internet Computer blockchain DApp development (Part 2)

How to launch a static, Single Page Web DApp using the Internet Computer.

Internet Computer

Getting Started with Internet Computer blockchain DApp development (Part 1)

How to set up your local MacOS machine to start building DApps.

Crypto

Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO): What's Next? A Look at

What is a DAO, and why is it a key pillar in the current crypto/web3 movement. If you're an investor, read. If you're an entrepreneur, read.

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Music Industry

Helpful EQ'ing tricks from Andrew Garver

Tips on how to EQ your mix or master from mastering engineer Andrew Garver.

For Managers

11 Proven Ways To Get Along Better With EVERYONE

11 proven ways to get along with everyone.

Rust

Getting Started with NEAR blockchain DApp development

How to get started with front-end (DApp) and back-end smart contract development on the NEAR blockchain.

Rust

Installing multiple versions of Rust on Mac using Homebrew

How to install multiple versions of Rust using Homebrew for blockchain smart contract development.

Crypto

Crypto Token Basics

Crypto infrastructure is built using various layers of agreement. We will discuss Layer-1, Layer-2, Layer-3.

Reflections on advising startups Part 1 (Questions I wish new entrepreneurs would ask)

Draft list of questions I wish entrepreneurs would ask me, their advisor when starting a new project.

privacy

Managing Your Private / Professional Data IRL

Explore some of the tools that are available to us today for better managing our personal and professional information online.

Crypto

Create an NFT Marketplace - Part 1

The following article provides an initial tutorial on building an NFT marketplace on Ethereum blockchain using React and Next.Js. We will be leveraging React, NextJS, Web3, and OpenZeppelin to create our application. The following article will focus on app development, but here are the libraries for now. Modular Design

privacy

Opting Out of AD Tracking

Practical strategies on how to preserve your privacy.

For Managers

Should I Write a Tutorial

Whenever I am consulting, one of the first things I do is start collecting information from staff and writing it down. Sometimes I'll share that information via a company-sponsored intranet. Other times, I'll create a Notion account. In specific dire scenarios, I'll create Microsoft Word docs and place them in

Quotes

What is SWAG?

A Hollywood stuntman's definition of SWAG aligns perfectly with Digital Product Management.

For Developers

Your First 30 Days

How to think about impact your first 30 days in a new job.

Quotes

People Will Never Forget How You Made them Feel

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Quotes

Saying Thank you to Artists

Artists dedicate their entire lives to making our time and civilization better, therefore, Kanye Wests suggests saying these two words any time you meet

Homebrew

How to Install Pluralsight on macOS via Sideload

I'm trying to download the Pluralsight app from Apple's Mac Store, but it keeps forcing me to upgrade to macOS 11 Big Sur. I'm not ready to upgrade my OS so the next best thing is to use Homebrew to side-load the app. brew install --cask pluralsight

For Developers

How to install Ghost Blog v4.0+ for Theme Development

How to install Ghost Blog for local theme development.

For Managers

Load Testing Deep Dive

How engineers can stress test apps, new features, or experiments prior to production launch.

Flutter

How to install Flutter on Mac OSX using Homebrew

How to install Flutter for cross-platform mobile, web and desktop development using Homebrew.