Mitchell McKenna - tagged with ignite https://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com Go the Fuck Home: Engineering Work/Life Balance [Ignite] https://mitchmckenna.com/post/10973/go-the-fuck-home-engineering-worklife-balance-pam-selle-ignite-philly-9

Developer/designer Pam Selle on going "the fuck home" after work, working while you're at work, and being happy. She reminds us that as long as you remember a few key things, it should be pretty easy to stop working at the end of the day and get back to your life.

]]> Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:15:00 -0400 https://mitchmckenna.com/post/10973/go-the-fuck-home-engineering-worklife-balance-pam-selle-ignite-philly-9/go-the-fuck-home-engineering-worklife-balance-pam-selle-ignite-philly-9 Hacking Frequent Flyer Programs https://mitchmckenna.com/post/9309/hacking-frequent-flyer-programs

The airlines, fares, and frequent flyer programs a complicated semi-opaque rules based system. Systems are hackable. This talk will show examples of how to hack and manipulate. It'll include how to fly around the world, in first class, for free. How to get free upgrades, and why somebody would do a mile run.

]]> Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:09:00 -0400 https://mitchmckenna.com/post/9309/hacking-frequent-flyer-programs/hacking-frequent-flyer-programs iPhoning His Way To Retirement $.70 At A Time https://mitchmckenna.com/post/6068/iphoning-my-way-to-retirement-70-at-a-time-by-eugene-lin-ep-44

Eugene Lin wanted to be rich. Steve Jobs promised it. App after app, the Apple gods got angry with him. Until finally, with nothing but an accelerometer, two dozen naked women, and the nation of Japan, Eugene had a story to tell.

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