Tim O'Hearn

52 Books in 2019

I read more than ever this year. 16,230 pages!! That’s counting the 50 books I finished, not the half dozen that still have bookmarks in them. The exaggerated title is an homage to the original reading challenge I completed back in 2016. I’ve been

People Still Don’t Understand Automated Resumé Screening

Here in my corner of the internet, I take pride in being original. As Dostoevsky said, “taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what they fear most.” Though spikes in traffic to my website do bring me some

Streetbeefs Hammer-Hammer

You may have been watching the Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz title bout on December 7th. That was the wrong fight. On the same day, in an octagon in rural Virginia, one of the greatest fights in human history transpired. The

I’ve spent the majority of my life listening to rap music. I’ve spent roughly the same amount of time analyzing my preferences for music relative to critical and scholarly assessment. Aside from my forays in the Youtube comments sections of 2007, it’s been

The World Championships in Athletics, Doha 2019

I love Track & Field and these championships reminded me why. Over the last ten days, I’ve watched a lot and read a lot. I have some takes on the events of these championships, a contest which seems to be the

I’ve started writing this as I wait for my morning lift at the Willis Tower in Chicago. I’m the first one in the waiting area–ahead of the 7:55 wave of train people–and I pressed the touch screen indicating I wanted to go

When my buddy brought me in to develop custom software for his WordPress website, I wished that there was a guide called “PHP for people who don’t feel like learning PHP.” Years later, I still wish that guide existed. For those with

Most Instagram users log in from their cell phone and never think about it ever again. However, those managing accounts for others will quickly realize that they need to use proxies in order to distribute their activity away from a single IP

In January of last year, I reached one hundred followers on Goodreads. I was excited at the prospect of having my work recognized, though hesitant to assign significance to the number while unsure of how active and legitimate these users

Can Party School Rankings Benefit Colleges?

College administrators live and die by Princeton Review and US News rankings. What used to be just an overall leaderboard is now seen as the definition of value and success in diverse areas. There are so many categories. Not only is the