Three Decades Down
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Today is my birthday, and also marks the completion date for my previous “to do before I reach a certain birthday” list. I’m asking for your help in building my list for the next however many years.
Journal
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Distraction Free Reading Mode
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I’m a big fan of the “distraction free writing mode” within WordPress. For those of you who haven’t seen it – launch a new post in WordPress and click the full-screen icon on the editor. Your mind will be blown. The sidebars, admin interface, and all of the other UI cruft of the WordPress interface drops
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Twenty-Nine
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That’s right. Today is my 29th birthday. Usually I take time on my birthday to write a to-do list for the coming year. It’s close enough to the end of the year that it serves double-duty as a list of New Year’s Resolutions. Unfortunately, I never bother to share the list, so no one holds me
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2012 Portland Marathon
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Why I Left My Job
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As most of you know, I started a new job a few weeks ago with 10up. It’s an amazing job so far, and I’m thrilled to work with several developers I admire and am lucky enough to call friends. But deciding to take this new job was a difficult decision for me – because I…
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Happy Hunger Games
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I love a good story. Drama. Action. Romantic comedy. Tragedy. Fiction or non-fiction. It doesn’t really matter. We communicate through stories, and the best stories can connect perfect strangers in ways conversation or common ground never could. Last night I had the opportunity to attend the midnight release of The Hunger Games. I’ve read the series,
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Once Upon a Time
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When I was 6, I wanted to be an architect. I loved drawing, enjoyed visiting cool buildings, and had the odd drive to be a part of something bigger. I checked books out from the library, talked up the idea with adults, and even took a crack at drawing up blueprints for the first house
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Welcome Back!
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A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to be shadowed in my day job by a computer science student. He was interested in web development and eCommerce, so I thought I’d show off a few of my sites. He was pretty impressed. Well, until we got to this site. The old Jumping Duck Media website
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Merry Christmas
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I’m never really been a fan of Christmas music. Chalk it up to two winters working retail in large malls and shopping centers, listening to endless reprises of the same tired old music over and over and over and … you get the picture. You can only listen to recordings from the 1950s or a