Jack Reichert

Fullstack Philosopher

Category: Misc

  • A New Neighbor

    A New Neighbor

    When we first moved into our house I always wondered what this mound in the back was. Well today I found out. It looks like we have a new neighbor. Maybe I’ll ask them to join us for elevenses, or second breakfast. I bet his name is Mr. Underhill.

  • 9×12 – A Weekly Book Project Gone Rogue

    9×12 – A Weekly Book Project Gone Rogue

    It has not been an easy year. I think November 2016 hit a lot of us like a ton of bricks. I personally had been listening to every political podcast I could get my hands on leading up to the election – like it might make some difference. This year I had to step away.…

  • Announcing the new ISDA.org

    Announcing the new ISDA.org

    I’m the Director of Web Development at ISDA, a trade organization whose goal is to make the global derivatives markets safer and more efficient. I started there a little over 6 years ago, just after they had launched a new site. The design was contemporary for its time. The codebase was built on top of…

  • A Weekly Book Project

    A Weekly Book Project

    I’ve taken a step back from following all the podcasts I’d been listening to, for obvious reasons. I have the 3 I listen to, to keep up with the news… And that’s it. At a certain point, reading more news stories will only make me less effective. In 2015 I set out to read a book…

  • Don’t be TOO clever with your UX designs – Why I cancelled my Coin

    I was excited when Coin announced their campaign. I love technology, and this is a great example of innovation being used to make life easier. I have several credit cards, it’s good for your credit score, and keeping track of them is a pain and risky. I’d rather keep them safely at home and use…

  • Dear NASA

    I just emailed NASA. If anyone knows anyone who works there, please put me in touch. This HAS to happen, doesn’t need to be me… But this HAS to happen. To whom it may concern, I am a space enthusiast and web developer. I manage a team of developers and have been building websites for…

  • Why I use Bootstrap, and what I get from it

    I previously wrote about the the Bootstrap front-end framework. In a nutshell my thoughts then were, it’s a useful tool but if something goes wrong, it’ll be a pain to troubleshoot. What I thought then still remains true, if you need to work outside their box, you’ll have a tough time. However, since I first…

  • To the FCC: Thoughts on Net Neutrality

    The internet is a great equalizer. It is the foundation upon which we share all our communication and knowledge, like the printing press. Giving priority access to some over others is the equivalent of constraining access to the alphabet or language. You’re damning the less fortunate to remain illiterate. Are you upset as well? Here’s…

  • What I Want to Hear About this Tuesday at the State of the Union Address

    I received an email from BarackObama.com asking me to fill out a one question survey. The survey question was: What issue are you most excited to hear about in the State of the Union? This was my response: The biggest issue that lost my enthusiasm in the leadership of our president is how much the…

  • Introducing Assets Manager for WordPress

    Note: if the links aren’t working properly, resave the pretty permalinks settings. Download Many of the companies which my current place of employment interacts with have a higher level of security on their firewall (they also tend to use IE7, such is life). Because of this we were having issues sharing files with our constituents…