Getting lost is the best part of any adventure
The morning we finally departed Wichita, KS was a bag of mixed emotions. We had stayed an extra week to finish purchasing our new truck and 5th wheel as well as to sell our old setup, so we were already off schedule on our trek to attend my Grandfathers farewell party in Lewiston, NY on Continue Reading
We finally opened the 2004 Rioja we smuggled home from our vacation in Spain several years ago.
The Problem I was working on an accessibility project and the TalkBack experience for this view was terrible: Working with this view took two steps by the user, the TalkBack announcing each section individually: “Email note to customer” swipe gesture to move to next view “If disabled will add the note as private, OFF, switch…double-tap to Continue Reading
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. –Seneca I swear, it felt like we had been in Wichita, KS for well over a month, but it ended up only being 3 weeks. It’s crazy to think about all that changed in those three weeks. Continue Reading
This nomad is already looking to move into a bigger trailer after only a couple weeks!
Last year Scarlett and I bought a travel trailer and this year we are finally launching on our dream of living on the road for a whole year! We were living in this giant house surrounded by all our stuff and it just wasn’t making us happy. It felt more like a burden than a Continue Reading
It was 2012 and I was walking around a bookstore in Boulder, CO when suddenly my eyes shot down to this book on the bottom shelf. I stared at it in wonder and eventually reluctantly picked it up. When I opened it I was presented with a bunch of strange drawings and my pragmatic Taurus Continue Reading
Cate Huston, our illustrious mobile lead here at Automattic, was recently interviewed by GitPrime on how to create momentum while onboarding an engineering new hire. The entire interview is nicely summarized in the article tagline: You get only one chance at a first impression — your hiring and onboarding process sets the tone for how Continue Reading
On Thursday, January 18th, my Mom phoned me to tell me my Grandpa had passed away. We all knew it was coming. He had been painfully wasting away in hospice and littered with cancer. I was so relieved to hear his pain had ended and at the same time, so lost and sad knowing I Continue Reading
