I Am A Feedback Monster
I crave feedback. I want to know if I'm having a positive impact. I want to know if I'm helpful. More feedback? Yes please! Give it to me! More! More!...
Learn about Adam and his work.
The first commit is the hardest
I am a maker at my core. I make as my work and as my art. Over the years I've made websites, services, and apps. I've made stickers, clothing, and...
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How do planning, research, and design work with teams working in an agile sprint-based process? What is the right balance of upfront planning and design vs figuring it out along...
Thinking In Analogies
When pursuing a new creative project or overcoming a problem, thinking in analogies can be a beneficial strategy. Analogies enable parallel thinking, enabling the transfer of experience and expertise from...
Bringing Proven Ideas to Life
We're bombarded with information day in and day out. But how much impact could we have by just bringing existing helpful information to life using practical means instead of consuming...
What's the next most important step you can take?
Exploring the power of identifying the next most valuable step you can take for each of your projects.
Taking Control Of Your Time And Attention
Options for becoming more intentional with your time, energy, and attention.
Taking Breaks During Your Workday to Recharge
Why taking small breaks during your workday might be the secret to feeling more recharged and doing better work.
How many hours do you really have for work in your workday?
Exploring the time it takes to be human during your workday and resetting your expectations for productivity.
Workit - Accererating Each Other's Growth
Learn about my work with Workit to help every person accelerate their growth and realize their potential.
Do you have external commitments?
Exploring the power of external commitments for accountability.
Onward.ly - Making Self-Reflection A Habit
Learn about my work with Onward.ly to create a tool to help people learn and practice the habit of self-awareness and self-efficacy.
Tools For Humanity - Tools For A Life Well Lived
Learn about my work with Tools For Humanity to create a world where everyone has the tools for living a life well lived.
Meet Adam Zolyak
Hey there! I'm Adam. Welcome.
Could you be sharing more in public?
Exploring the power of sharing in public to share your wisdom and impact with the people around you.
Making Hard Work More Approachable
The power of breaking down batches to make hard work more approachable.
How to Struggle Well
Options for changing unhelpful struggle into a helpful challenge and the joy of flow.
Are your holding space and time for yourself?
Exploring the power of holding space and time for yourself and your growth and potential.
Do you share your resources with others?
Exploring the power of sharing your resources with the people around you.
Are you making it easy to scale your impact?
Exploring the power of scaling your impact by documenting your resources and sharing them with the people around you.
A User Manual for Serendipity
Understanding how serendipity really works in the real world.
How To Find What Fulfills You
Understanding fulfillment and options for having more fulfillment in your life and work.
How to Find Your Authentic Vision For Work and Life
Options for finding your authentic vision for work and life for a life you love living.
Why I'm Building Tools for Humanity
Learn why I'm making Tools for Humanity to support other people's wellness (and hopefully my own too).
How Tools Created Modern Humans
A brief history of how tools enabled our current version of humanity.
If you're not sure what to do next, just do something. Anything.
Exploring how biasing to action and learning by doing can help you overcome getting stuck and find a path foward.
When's your next sabbatical?
Exploring the power of taking sabbaticals from your life and work.
Do you have ready options?
Exploring the power of ready options.
Appreciation Booth
Demo of my hackathon to create an Appreciation Photobooth at work to make it easier to appreciate co-workers. 2nd place overall winner.
Automating Toil with GitHub Actions
Learn about how GitHub Actions can help save you time and automate toil so you can focus on more meaningful work.
Let's Waffle! Bot
Demo of my hackathon project to help developers get onboarding more quickly and effectively with Waffle.io.
Guide: finding more time for focus + meaningful work
A guide with ideas and tips for finding more time for focus and meaningful work.
Where's The (ele)Vator?
Demo of my hackathon to recommend which elevator to select at work.
TinkurParkAssist
A project to help you park your car irresponsibly close to the garage door, with only inches to spare.
3D Print Pegboard Tool Holders
Check out TinkurLab's custom-designed 3D printed pegboard tool holders.
Every Idea Needs a ???
Demo of my hackathon to create an interactive LED display that allows people to add and remove words to a public wall art installation. 1st place overall winner.
Chatbot Pull Request Bumper
Demo of my hackathon to create a Pull Request bumper for Hubot that shows open GitHub Pull Requests that were mentioned in a team’s chat flow.
Chatbot Pull Request Watcher / Notifier
Demo of my hackathon to create a Jenkins Build Watcher for Hubot that watches an active build in Jenkins and provides updates when the build completes.
Chatbot Out of Office
Demo of my hackathon to create an Out of Office for Hubot that lets people know when you’re out of the office or busy.
TinkurWash - A Talking Dishwasher
Learn about TinkurWash, a talking dishwasher.
The Future of Hardware, Software, and The Physical World - Takeaways from O'Reilly Solid 2014
My observations and takeaways from attending the O'Reilly Solid Conference in 2014.
Better Ski Maps - Tinkurlab: SlopeStyle
Tinkurlab is going spatial!
My Love Affair With Post-It Notes
My love letter to Post-It notes with seven reasons I still love using Post-It notes instead of fancy tools and technology.
"Yes We Kanban!" and Agile Swag
A collection of sticks and tee shirts based on agile, scrum, kanban, devops, chatops, and lean practices.
Das Bot (v2.0) - Now with more beer!
How quickly time goes by. It seems like we only just completed Das Bot v1.0, but with Oktoberfest 2012 quickly approaching we started one of the biggest projects we’ve completed...
Four Frames Photubooth
www.FourFramesBooth.com
BBQ Lab (v1.3) - Dashboard
While BBQ Lab captures all sorts of good data – its equally important to make that data into useful information that can easily be used. While BBQ Lab has always...
Das Bot (v0.1) - Instrumented Beer
Oktoberfest is a big thing – BFD – in our household. We love beer, we love sausage, and we love hanging out with our friends. So what better way to...