Being truly motherly means more than merely being a mom. In fact, everyone is able to extend motherly love in a deep and meaningful way.
Years ago my wife and I were in the Detroit airport getting ready to board a plain to Florida to catch a cruise to the Caribbean. We found our terminal, bought some water, and did our usual pre-flight rituals. Then,…
I recently read, and highly recommend the online book Practical Typography. The first thing I did was remove underlines from my links. Turns out, that’s a relic and no longer necessary. The name of the book really nails what it’s…
When my wife was doing her undergrad her friends would meet up in the cafeteria regularly for ice cream and probably other food. They would always sit at a round table. If someone walked up to the table asking if…
One time I sat afoot from the mossy cliff, my thoughts adrift and body stiff, I gazed upon strange and beautiful things: A tiny flock of birds upon whimsical wings
One of my greatest passions is cultivating productive teams. I like the phrase “healthy team” and define a healthy team as: Healthy people in healthy relationships doing amazing work I’ve never met anyone that really disagreed with this idea. The…
Back in the day… The first ever WordPress site I built on was in 2010. It was just before WordPress 3.0 came out. I’d never worked in PHP before, but had experience working in other languages. I heard WordPress was…
Having WordPress support the WinterCG project would not only improve the developer and end-user experience of WordPress, but help take the Internet to the next level. This is my thesis, which I would like to make a case for. A…
Years ago I worked on a project with my dad to invent a new machine for a specific type of scientific testing. The goal was to make the best machine for testing the properties of bearing materials in the world.…
This post is a technical follow-up to a previous one about identifying trade-offs in decision making. If you haven’t read that I suggest doing so as I’m going to assume you have it in mind. In this post I’ll be…
One of the most challenging mindsets to overcome in life is that of hype. It’s so common, in fact it has a number of similar expressions: getting caught in the current, the shiny new thing, the latest fad, and so…