The World Through the Eyes of John Brennan
I could not believe that the DOW had lost 777 points on Monday. It was the market’s worst day in history. Of course we know it was triggered, in (large) part, because the House voted against the bailout plan.
I’ve been investing for about two years now, but have never seen this before. Some people have [...]
I’m currently attending the O’Reilly Conference, Velocity Web Performance and Operations. It’s the first of its kind, focusing on building web applications that scale. My focus for the conference is to build on top of what I already know and dive deeper into performance best practice, database tuning, achieving more with less, launching [...]
I was deeply touched by the talk from Jehane Noujaim, a filmmaker and winner of the 2006 TED Prize, who created a documentary about Al Jazeera’s coverage of the Iraq war. It is interesting to see, first hand, the perspectives of those on the other side of the fence.
For so long I have [...]
Code. Design. Explore. is the blog of John Brennan, a web developer/designer, entrepreneur, and avid world traveler. I currently live in Brooklyn, NY.
I am the Co-Founder of OpenAction and lead Product Development. We are a open platform social enterprise that helps organizations engage with donors, share knowledge with other non profits and empower the community to get involved to create positive impact on our planet.
This blog will mostly be around building cool things, although I will surely include my travel experiences when I am abroad. Feel free to subscribe to a specific category if that is only what interests you. And please connect with me. I always enjoy meeting new, interesting people!