Last (Few) Months
Rorshach and Theodosius, my two cats
goals
- last week 13
- job hunting 7
- conferences 6
- public speaking 6
- mental health 5
- Sarah W 4
- Abbey T 4
- school 4
- year in review 4
- interviews 3
- new job 3
- Binary Girls 2
- Baltimore 2
- ghc12 2
- Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2
- Sarah P 2
- Box 2
- computemw 2
- hackathon 2
- emotions 2
- university 2
- projects 2
- SCE 2
- UMKC 2
- Twitter 2
- women in tech 2
- speaking 2
- tech conferences 2
- last month 2
- tech interviews 2
- career 2
- pictures 1
- travel 1
- C++ 1
- Eclipse 1
- MinGW 1
- Windows 1
- Aspera 1
- Bin Milne 1
- Dan Levin 1
- Dwolla 1
- GitHub 1
- ideas 1
- Inventables 1
- Kansas City 1
- Michelle Munson 1
- Scott Chacon 1
- Zach Kaplan 1
- Android 1
- cloud 1
- Dropbox 1
- exams 1
- snow 1
- classes 1
- notes 1
- excitement 1
- Mr. Engineer 1
- MySQL 1
- PHP 1
- texting 1
- Twilio 1
- ACM 1
- awards 1
- robot team 1
- grades 1
- internship 1
- Facebook 1
- frustration 1
- transgender 1
- coming out 1
- lgbtq 1
- support 1
- encouragement 1
- men 1
- cats 1
- death of a pet 1
- pets 1
- Waldo 1
- experience 1
- self care 1
- self improvement 1
- 2016 1
- blogging 1
- singing 1
- successes 1
- teaching 1
- goals 1
- new year 1
- New Years 1
- productivity 1
- software development 1
- tutorial 1
- tweetdeck 1
- hallway chats 1
- invited speaker 1
- podcast 1
- last mont 1
- Self.Conference 1
- accomplishments 1
- artificial pancreas 1
- blogs 1
- choir 1
- community involvement 1
- jury duty 1
- podcasts 1
- t1d 1
- continuous deployment 1
- github 1
- jekyll 1
- netlify 1
- personal website 1
- static site generator 1
- website 1
- wordpress 1
- bad interview practices 1
- Code Thesaurus 1
- finances 1
- live streaming 1
- open source 1
- pandemic 1
- retrospective 1
- burnout 1
- communities 1
- online communities 1
- management 1
- teamwork 1
last week
Last Month
The International Fountain and the Space Needle from my trip to Seattle
Last Month (or Three)
A super gloomy Austin during Hurricane Harvey
Last Month
Otis (the cat) and I hanging out
Last Week
My friend Abbey and I at the women-only Wonder Woman screening at the Alamo Drafthouse in Kansas City. They had this backdrop with props, so we posed.
Last Week
I took this picture from the plane on my way home from Detroit. I’ve seen the Gateway Arch from the ground, and been inside, but not seen it from the a...
Last Month(ish)
“Last Week” should probably be “Last Month” at this point or “Last Couple of Months”, but I’m working on this an...
Last Week
Life
Last Week
Otis, my friend Sunshine’s cat, hangs out on my lap.
Last Week
My stuffed dinosaur Harold. I discovered him after digging through some things and took this picture to show a friend.
Last Week
Salacia, the new computer I built in the past week
Last Week
This was a picture I took from work one night. I thought it just looked pretty!
Last Week
I went to a New Years Eve party meetup that was in an art studio, featuring great art, a professional photographer and backdrop, games, drinks and food, and ...
job hunting
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Looking Forward at 2021
I’ve tried to do a year-end retrospective for the past several years. Sometimes I pull it off (2015, 2018) and sometimes I don’t (2016, 2019). I started to w...
Reflections on the Latest Round of Job Hunting
Back in February, my employer let my whole team go after getting rid of the project we had been working on. It threw me back into the world of job hunting. W...
Year in Review: Part 2 – 2019 Goals
In Part 1 of my Year in Review post, I wrote about what happened in the past year (or two) in my life, both good things that happened as well as some things ...
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
Last (Few) Months
Rorshach and Theodosius, my two cats
A Post About My New Job (and the Ones I Didn’t Get)
This post is a part of a series on job hunting and job interviewing.
The Three Questions I’m Asking at Every Interview
This post is a part of a series on job hunting and job interviewing.
conferences
Last (Few) Months
Rorshach and Theodosius, my two cats
What I Learned from (Co-)Starting #SpeakerConfessions
tl;dr: Jump to the end to see specific trends I saw from the thousands of tweets. Or read on for the full background and statistics.
Why I Stopped Submitting Talks to Conferences This Year
I feel like mental health is an incredibly important topic to discuss, especially in tech. And most of this post will revolve around my experiences in the pa...
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2016 Retrospective
2016 has been a weird year for many people I know and many I don’t. My Twitter timeline is guaranteed at least a few “this year sucks” posts every time I loo...
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 2)
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
public speaking
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Looking Forward at 2021
I’ve tried to do a year-end retrospective for the past several years. Sometimes I pull it off (2015, 2018) and sometimes I don’t (2016, 2019). I started to w...
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
Last Month
The International Fountain and the Space Needle from my trip to Seattle
What I Learned from (Co-)Starting #SpeakerConfessions
tl;dr: Jump to the end to see specific trends I saw from the thousands of tweets. Or read on for the full background and statistics.
Why I Stopped Submitting Talks to Conferences This Year
I feel like mental health is an incredibly important topic to discuss, especially in tech. And most of this post will revolve around my experiences in the pa...
My Adventures of My First Year of Conference Speaking
This post was originally written on Medium.
mental health
I’ve Hit Community Burnout
At the last half of 2020, I started live streaming on Twitch. One of the popular things is for Twitch streamers to have their own Discord servers. […] But th...
Why I Stopped Submitting Talks to Conferences This Year
I feel like mental health is an incredibly important topic to discuss, especially in tech. And most of this post will revolve around my experiences in the pa...
Productivity and Mental Health
When I was asked if I would write a blog post about productivity, I thought “Sure! It can’t be that hard.” But the only thing that just kept coming to mind o...
Why Self Care Is Hard for Me
This was originally posted on Medium.
Life, Gender, and the Pursuit of Happiness
This is a post I wrote originally on Medium.
Sarah W
Hacking away…
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A Binary Girls Thanksgiving
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Binary Girls at Grace Hopper!
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About me
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Abbey T
Hacking away…
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A Binary Girls Thanksgiving
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What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 2)
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Binary Girls at Grace Hopper!
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school
End of Spring Semester and My First Day of My Internship
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A Month of Updates
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Using Twilio for a Text-Based Voting System
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
School, Snow Days, and My Sanity
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
year in review
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Looking Forward at 2021
I’ve tried to do a year-end retrospective for the past several years. Sometimes I pull it off (2015, 2018) and sometimes I don’t (2016, 2019). I started to w...
Year in Review: Part 2 – 2019 Goals
In Part 1 of my Year in Review post, I wrote about what happened in the past year (or two) in my life, both good things that happened as well as some things ...
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2016 Retrospective
2016 has been a weird year for many people I know and many I don’t. My Twitter timeline is guaranteed at least a few “this year sucks” posts every time I loo...
interviews
Reflections on the Latest Round of Job Hunting
Back in February, my employer let my whole team go after getting rid of the project we had been working on. It threw me back into the world of job hunting. W...
A Post About My New Job (and the Ones I Didn’t Get)
This post is a part of a series on job hunting and job interviewing.
The Three Questions I’m Asking at Every Interview
This post is a part of a series on job hunting and job interviewing.
new job
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Looking Forward at 2021
I’ve tried to do a year-end retrospective for the past several years. Sometimes I pull it off (2015, 2018) and sometimes I don’t (2016, 2019). I started to w...
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
A Post About My New Job (and the Ones I Didn’t Get)
This post is a part of a series on job hunting and job interviewing.
Binary Girls
Hacking away…
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
About me
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Baltimore
My weekend at Grace Hopper
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Binary Girls at Grace Hopper!
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ghc12
My weekend at Grace Hopper
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Binary Girls at Grace Hopper!
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Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
My weekend at Grace Hopper
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Binary Girls at Grace Hopper!
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Sarah P
Hacking away…
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Binary Girls at Grace Hopper!
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Box
More Fluffy Clouds Than I Know What to Do With
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What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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computemw
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 2)
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What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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hackathon
Hacking away…
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What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 2)
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emotions
Why I Deleted My Facebook Account
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School, Snow Days, and My Sanity
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university
A Month of Updates
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
Why I Take Paper Notes
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
projects
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2016 Retrospective
2016 has been a weird year for many people I know and many I don’t. My Twitter timeline is guaranteed at least a few “this year sucks” posts every time I loo...
Using Twilio for a Text-Based Voting System
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
SCE
A Month of Updates
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
Using Twilio for a Text-Based Voting System
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UMKC
A Month of Updates
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
Using Twilio for a Text-Based Voting System
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
Why I Deleted My Facebook Account
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
women in tech
A Tale of Two Men
One of the men held me back. One of them gave me an opportunity to shine.
Life, Gender, and the Pursuit of Happiness
This is a post I wrote originally on Medium.
speaking
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2016 Retrospective
2016 has been a weird year for many people I know and many I don’t. My Twitter timeline is guaranteed at least a few “this year sucks” posts every time I loo...
tech conferences
Last (Few) Months
Rorshach and Theodosius, my two cats
Why I Stopped Submitting Talks to Conferences This Year
I feel like mental health is an incredibly important topic to discuss, especially in tech. And most of this post will revolve around my experiences in the pa...
last month
Last Month
The International Fountain and the Space Needle from my trip to Seattle
Last Month
Otis (the cat) and I hanging out
tech interviews
Reflections on the Latest Round of Job Hunting
Back in February, my employer let my whole team go after getting rid of the project we had been working on. It threw me back into the world of job hunting. W...
A Post About My New Job (and the Ones I Didn’t Get)
This post is a part of a series on job hunting and job interviewing.
career
The Most Important Things I’ve Learned About Software Management from My Developer Career So Far
I started my first programming-related job in 2005. Since then, I’ve had 13 managers across 10 teams (not including any contract work). It’s a lot. I’ve defi...
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Looking Forward at 2021
I’ve tried to do a year-end retrospective for the past several years. Sometimes I pull it off (2015, 2018) and sometimes I don’t (2016, 2019). I started to w...
pictures
Binary Girls at Grace Hopper!
This post was originally from the blog site Binary Girls that my friends Abbey, Sarah, and I started. I’m saving it here for archival reasons.
travel
My weekend at Grace Hopper
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C++
How to Install Eclipse (for C++) in Windows
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Eclipse
How to Install Eclipse (for C++) in Windows
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MinGW
How to Install Eclipse (for C++) in Windows
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Windows
How to Install Eclipse (for C++) in Windows
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Aspera
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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Bin Milne
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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Dan Levin
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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Dwolla
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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GitHub
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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ideas
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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Inventables
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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Kansas City
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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Michelle Munson
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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Scott Chacon
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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Zach Kaplan
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 1)
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Android
What I Learned at Compute Midwest (Part 2)
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cloud
More Fluffy Clouds Than I Know What to Do With
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Dropbox
More Fluffy Clouds Than I Know What to Do With
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exams
School, Snow Days, and My Sanity
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snow
School, Snow Days, and My Sanity
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classes
Why I Take Paper Notes
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notes
Why I Take Paper Notes
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excitement
Using Twilio for a Text-Based Voting System
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Mr. Engineer
Using Twilio for a Text-Based Voting System
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MySQL
Using Twilio for a Text-Based Voting System
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PHP
Using Twilio for a Text-Based Voting System
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texting
Using Twilio for a Text-Based Voting System
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Twilio
Using Twilio for a Text-Based Voting System
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ACM
A Month of Updates
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awards
A Month of Updates
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robot team
A Month of Updates
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grades
End of Spring Semester and My First Day of My Internship
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internship
End of Spring Semester and My First Day of My Internship
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Why I Deleted My Facebook Account
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frustration
Why I Deleted My Facebook Account
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transgender
Life, Gender, and the Pursuit of Happiness
This is a post I wrote originally on Medium.
coming out
Why I Decided to Do the Scariest Thing I’ve Ever Done
I felt if I didn’t come out soon, the world would do it for me. So I came out by Medium post. But I didn’t expect my story to go viral.
lgbtq
Why I Decided to Do the Scariest Thing I’ve Ever Done
I felt if I didn’t come out soon, the world would do it for me. So I came out by Medium post. But I didn’t expect my story to go viral.
support
Why I Decided to Do the Scariest Thing I’ve Ever Done
I felt if I didn’t come out soon, the world would do it for me. So I came out by Medium post. But I didn’t expect my story to go viral.
encouragement
A Tale of Two Men
One of the men held me back. One of them gave me an opportunity to shine.
men
A Tale of Two Men
One of the men held me back. One of them gave me an opportunity to shine.
cats
My Friend Waldo
This is a post I originally wrote on Medium.
death of a pet
My Friend Waldo
This is a post I originally wrote on Medium.
pets
My Friend Waldo
This is a post I originally wrote on Medium.
Waldo
My Friend Waldo
This is a post I originally wrote on Medium.
experience
My Adventures of My First Year of Conference Speaking
This post was originally written on Medium.
self care
Why Self Care Is Hard for Me
This was originally posted on Medium.
self improvement
Why Self Care Is Hard for Me
This was originally posted on Medium.
2016
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2016 Retrospective
2016 has been a weird year for many people I know and many I don’t. My Twitter timeline is guaranteed at least a few “this year sucks” posts every time I loo...
blogging
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2016 Retrospective
2016 has been a weird year for many people I know and many I don’t. My Twitter timeline is guaranteed at least a few “this year sucks” posts every time I loo...
singing
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2016 Retrospective
2016 has been a weird year for many people I know and many I don’t. My Twitter timeline is guaranteed at least a few “this year sucks” posts every time I loo...
successes
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2016 Retrospective
2016 has been a weird year for many people I know and many I don’t. My Twitter timeline is guaranteed at least a few “this year sucks” posts every time I loo...
teaching
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2016 Retrospective
2016 has been a weird year for many people I know and many I don’t. My Twitter timeline is guaranteed at least a few “this year sucks” posts every time I loo...
goals
Year in Review: Part 2 – 2017 Goals
In Part 1 of my Year in Review post, I wrote about what happened in the past year in my life, both good things that happened as well as some things that coul...
new year
Year in Review: Part 2 – 2017 Goals
In Part 1 of my Year in Review post, I wrote about what happened in the past year in my life, both good things that happened as well as some things that coul...
New Years
Last Week
I went to a New Years Eve party meetup that was in an art studio, featuring great art, a professional photographer and backdrop, games, drinks and food, and ...
productivity
Productivity and Mental Health
When I was asked if I would write a blog post about productivity, I thought “Sure! It can’t be that hard.” But the only thing that just kept coming to mind o...
software development
Productivity and Mental Health
When I was asked if I would write a blog post about productivity, I thought “Sure! It can’t be that hard.” But the only thing that just kept coming to mind o...
tutorial
Back to top ↑tweetdeck
Back to top ↑hallway chats
Last Month
The International Fountain and the Space Needle from my trip to Seattle
invited speaker
Last Month
The International Fountain and the Space Needle from my trip to Seattle
podcast
Last Month
The International Fountain and the Space Needle from my trip to Seattle
last mont
Last (Few) Months
Rorshach and Theodosius, my two cats
Self.Conference
Recap: Self.Conference 2018
Back in mid-August, I got the opportunity to speak at Self.Conference for my third year in a row. While a few things had changed this year, it still remains ...
accomplishments
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
artificial pancreas
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
blogs
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
choir
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
community involvement
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
jury duty
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
podcasts
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
t1d
Year in Review: Part 1 – 2018 Retrospective (with some bits from 2017 too)
I started trying to write a year in review/retrospective every year since 2015. I think it’s good to reflect on accomplishments and the good things that have...
continuous deployment
Behind the Scenes of My New Website
I did it! It took about two years to finally get myself to sit down and do it, but I converted two Wordpress sites on three domains into one static site! I d...
github
Behind the Scenes of My New Website
I did it! It took about two years to finally get myself to sit down and do it, but I converted two Wordpress sites on three domains into one static site! I d...
jekyll
Behind the Scenes of My New Website
I did it! It took about two years to finally get myself to sit down and do it, but I converted two Wordpress sites on three domains into one static site! I d...
netlify
Behind the Scenes of My New Website
I did it! It took about two years to finally get myself to sit down and do it, but I converted two Wordpress sites on three domains into one static site! I d...
personal website
Behind the Scenes of My New Website
I did it! It took about two years to finally get myself to sit down and do it, but I converted two Wordpress sites on three domains into one static site! I d...
static site generator
Behind the Scenes of My New Website
I did it! It took about two years to finally get myself to sit down and do it, but I converted two Wordpress sites on three domains into one static site! I d...
website
Behind the Scenes of My New Website
I did it! It took about two years to finally get myself to sit down and do it, but I converted two Wordpress sites on three domains into one static site! I d...
wordpress
Behind the Scenes of My New Website
I did it! It took about two years to finally get myself to sit down and do it, but I converted two Wordpress sites on three domains into one static site! I d...
bad interview practices
Reflections on the Latest Round of Job Hunting
Back in February, my employer let my whole team go after getting rid of the project we had been working on. It threw me back into the world of job hunting. W...
Code Thesaurus
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Looking Forward at 2021
I’ve tried to do a year-end retrospective for the past several years. Sometimes I pull it off (2015, 2018) and sometimes I don’t (2016, 2019). I started to w...
finances
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Looking Forward at 2021
I’ve tried to do a year-end retrospective for the past several years. Sometimes I pull it off (2015, 2018) and sometimes I don’t (2016, 2019). I started to w...
live streaming
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Looking Forward at 2021
I’ve tried to do a year-end retrospective for the past several years. Sometimes I pull it off (2015, 2018) and sometimes I don’t (2016, 2019). I started to w...
open source
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Looking Forward at 2021
I’ve tried to do a year-end retrospective for the past several years. Sometimes I pull it off (2015, 2018) and sometimes I don’t (2016, 2019). I started to w...
pandemic
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Looking Forward at 2021
I’ve tried to do a year-end retrospective for the past several years. Sometimes I pull it off (2015, 2018) and sometimes I don’t (2016, 2019). I started to w...
retrospective
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Looking Forward at 2021
I’ve tried to do a year-end retrospective for the past several years. Sometimes I pull it off (2015, 2018) and sometimes I don’t (2016, 2019). I started to w...
burnout
I’ve Hit Community Burnout
At the last half of 2020, I started live streaming on Twitch. One of the popular things is for Twitch streamers to have their own Discord servers. […] But th...
communities
I’ve Hit Community Burnout
At the last half of 2020, I started live streaming on Twitch. One of the popular things is for Twitch streamers to have their own Discord servers. […] But th...
online communities
I’ve Hit Community Burnout
At the last half of 2020, I started live streaming on Twitch. One of the popular things is for Twitch streamers to have their own Discord servers. […] But th...
management
The Most Important Things I’ve Learned About Software Management from My Developer Career So Far
I started my first programming-related job in 2005. Since then, I’ve had 13 managers across 10 teams (not including any contract work). It’s a lot. I’ve defi...
teamwork
The Most Important Things I’ve Learned About Software Management from My Developer Career So Far
I started my first programming-related job in 2005. Since then, I’ve had 13 managers across 10 teams (not including any contract work). It’s a lot. I’ve defi...