Ben Scofield

Ben Scofield

… rarely updated

08 Jun 2013

On the conference I'd like to see

I’m in Sweden at the moment, taking part in an amazing Nordic Ruby conference. Yesterday, I gave a talk called Better: A Field Guide to …
03 May 2013

On what I want to do

We just wrapped the 2013 edition of RailsConf, and I’m both exhausted and excited. There’s nothing quite like being surrounded by 1500 of …
22 Apr 2013

On fairness and developer salaries

I’m taking advantage of being funemployed by taking a few online courses, including Dan Ariely’s A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior …
10 Apr 2013

On my productivity

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about my upcoming funemployment (which has since begun). I mentioned in that post that my past jobs have …
29 Mar 2013

On "monitoring"

I’m at Monitorama this week; it’s been a great conference, but a weird one for me. This is the first conference I’ve been to in years where …
24 Mar 2013

On my recent brush with rhabdo

First off: thank you to everyone who sent their thoughts and well-wishes. It was extremely heartening to open up Twitter or Facebook and see …
17 Mar 2013

On taking time to think

I’ve gotten into a really bad habit when it comes to my work: every job in software development I’ve ever had has essentially been an …
05 Mar 2013

On remote work

I've worked remotely to a greater or lesser extent for three or four years now -- ranging from working from home a few days a week to being …