The last time I talked to a therapist for myself was when I was five or six after I fell into a beehive and then was petrified of bugs – to the point I had ulcers. I found a program offered by my insurance company called AbleTo; it’s an eight week combination of therapy and […]
I was reminded of this story today, and wanted to write it down before I forget it. My dad was in the Air Force for over twenty years, from a little after I was born until a little before I got married. He was a navigator, planned exercises and did all kinds of stuff I […]
This is my 20th year as a full-time professional web developer. I’ve learned a lot over the years… and at this point, forgotten more than I remember. My favorite thing about being a developer is that we’re the heroes and villains of our story at the same time. We create the bugs and then get […]
Social Media, Social Media, Social Media! It’s awful! It’s ruining everything! Why are we all still using it then! I’ll leave it to experts to explain that part, but in an effort to extract myself from the worst of Facebook and Twitter, here are my new rules for myself. I’ve been following some form of […]
If you go back through the archives, there are several posts about how funny my wife is. It’s been a while since I posted a new Jen story, and writing here is one of my resolutions for the year… so here we go. At 3:50AM this morning, while I was very much asleep, Jen grabbed […]
Inspired by Matt’s tweet (now pointing to LinkedIn since the original tweet URL is dead), I’m trying out offering office hours. You grab half an hour of my time and we can chat about whatever you think I can help you with. If you’re in Savannah, I also like to do coffee meetings weekdays between […]
I’ve worked with hundreds, if not thousands, of people over the years. I’ve liked most of them, been friends with a lot of them, and loved many of them. Cindy was definitely in the last category. Cindy Li and I became fast friends and co-conspirators while we both worked at AOL. We were on the […]
I’ve had this obsession with old community cookbooks for a couple of years now, snatching them up whenever I find them at thrift stores, flea markets, etc. There are two shelves on our big bookcase full of spiral bound journals of recipes from as early as 1933 and as late as 1991. Honestly, I prefer […]
I read a lot of advice – on any social media platform it’s hard not to. Everyone spouts endlessly about hustle, self care, the grind, being the best you, on and on forever. There are memes and videos and heartfelt shout outs to gurus and coaches. All of that advice is fine, but it always […]
Being stuck in the airport is a great chance to watch people deal with disappointment and things outside of their control. Observed today: The Grumbler: Vents aimlessly to anyone in earshot but not loudly or with any attempt to do anything to fix it. The Busybody: Has to find something to do that’s demonstrably “doing […]