About Hackito Ergo Sum

Hackito Ergo Sum is written by Zack Grossbart and organized around one simple fact: it doesn’t matter how many books I read, until I try to build something with a technology I never really understand it. This blog is made up of articles with in-depth discussions and working examples. The discussions are a good introduction to specific technologies and the examples are tools you can use in your own work.

The One Minute Commute

You want to stop commuting, have less stress, and put more of your time and effort into excelling at your job. A one minute commute sounds like a dream come true, but it isn’t easy to overcome the challenges of geography, not to mention resistance from your manager about remote work. Many telecommuters feel left out of key decisions, passed over for promotions, and not integral to their team. You can overcome these obstacles and succeed as a remote worker. The One Minute Commute shows you how.

Get The Eye

I’ve started a new site about UI design fundamentals called Get The Eye. If you’ve ever wanted to make something look and feel better and didn’t know how Get The Eye is the site for you.

Zack Grossbart

I am a software engineer with a wide range of interests. I have worked professionally building a J2EE servers, identity solutions, and Eclipse plugins in addition to many other areas. I am also the creator of GoTD, an open source program for running Go tournaments.

Have more questions? Feel free to contact me: zack@grossbart.com

License

This blog is dedicated to being open source. All of the code in this blog is released under the Apache 2.0 license. The text of the blog articles is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license unless otherwise noted. This means you are free to reuse, repackage, or extend anything you find in the blog as long as it is attributed properly.

Colophon

Hackito Ergo Sum is the motto of a student group at MIT. I have never attended MIT, but I liked the idea so much I borrowed it. “I hack therefore I am” is a good description of my attitude toward this blog.

If you are curious, the languages in the header from left to right are Java, Python, Haskell, and Prolog.