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I'm wrapping up week 4 (!) of onboarding at Shopify. It is by far the most well constructed, valuable experience in a new job I've had. Being able to focus on context and culture before jumping int...

Super excited that today's my first day at Shopify! I've been a fan for many years, and now I get to help improve things for merchants directly.

Today marks my farewell to the Simple.org and Resolve to Save Lives team. Four years of doing our best to improve heart health for millions. It's been an amazing ride. 🩸❤️ I'm taking a few months o...

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Which job should you take? When you're getting to the business of evaluating new companies and potential job offers, I find it useful to break each one down into elements you can easily measure and...

What I value in a job Every time I've looked for a job or helped others do so, one question always rises to the top. What am I looking for? To help sort this out, I tried to write out a list of wha...

I launched my website (again) After literal years of wanting to write more, I’m finally making that happen. Instead of overthinking everything, my goal is to put things out into the world, to start...

https://blog.sentry.io/2019/10/10/sentry-for-good-exploring-health-and-tech-with-resolve-to-save-lives At Simple.org, we use Sentry for error detection and tracing. It's proven extremely valuable f...

https://semaphoreci.com/blog/tim-cheadle-scaling-open-source-mobile-app I've been a long time user of Semaphore for continuous integration on Ruby on Rails project. It's so useful and so easy to se...

Over the years, I've reviewed a LOT of résumés. When I'm hiring someone, I'm looking for a quick snapshot of who someone is professionally. Unfortunately, most résumés fall short of capturing any o...

Every December, I put together a playlist of the top tracks I found or rediscovered that year. Curating the songs is so personal, bringing back the entire year of emotions. Music is a core part of ...

I'm a big believer that good companies don't hire based on résumés but instead hire folks for their perspective, experience, and values. They aren't just hiring a list of skills, they're hiring peo...

Fun fact: I used to be a DJ. I mixed vinyl at parties, clubs, etc. for over 12 years. I haven't touched records in 10 years and I've missed it. Today I recorded a little fun 30 minute minimal house...

I ran my first 10K! I signed up for the Around the Crown 10K after finishing my first 5K race in 2019. Training to overcome asthma and teaching my body how to run at distance has always been someth...

For people with hypertension, it's important to track your blood pressure and take your medications every day. To help, we launched the BP Passport app! If you happen to be in the Simple app, you c...

After months of prototyping and initial build, we launched Simple.org in India! https://www.simple.org

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-tech-and-healthy-tech/id1542696364?i=1000521494504 A few weeks ago I was invited to speak with @StanfordWiCS on their podcast. Along with @hidrees and @...

Our team at Simple won Best in Show at the 2020 IxDA Interaction awards. https://awards.ixda.org/entry/2020/simple/

At FusionConf 2017 in Charlotte, I gave a talk about spending less time chasing productivity and more time focusing on doing work that matters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Xsxz7c3Ag

I've known Chris Hart for years, so I of course said yes to speaking with him on his company Levvel's podcast. We talked about what role tech plays in healthcare and how to tackle a goal as ambitio...

I love being a part of the Ruby on Rails community and had a pleasure speaking with Jason Swett on his podcast. We talked about working in healthcare, scaling issues, and usability testing. https:/...