Let’s face it – 2020 was an awful year, and we can all list reasons why. Instead, I’ll list the things that happened in 2020 for which I’m thankful! I’m confident there are a few things worth celebrating. Our family Read more…
The folks at SKT Themes asked to interview me related to my involvement in the WordPress community. Here’s an excerpt: Q. What interesting feature do you think you would like to see in WordPress and is currently missing? A Configuration management. Read more…
Since I’m not traveling my queue of podcasts is backed up to March. I was listening to an episode of Device & Virtue tonight while mowing and they discuss if church or communion is really possible online. Here it is Read more…
2020 UPDATE! Josh’s break-in scare ruined his vacation. No camera or smart doorbell had the right balance of price, convenience, and reliability. Then we discovered Wyze Cam.
In September of 2018, we took the whole family (3 adults, a 5yo, and a 3yo) to Iceland on our way to Drupal Europe. This was largely thanks to Iceland Air’s generous stopover rules where you’re essentially not charged anything Read more…
I recently contributed to an article on the { key : values } blog. The article defines what it means to work as a “Developer Advocate” by sharing the experience of 15 people working in the field. Each section needed Read more…
As a Developer Advocate at Pantheon, attending conferences is in my job description. I attended 16 events in 2018 and I’m happy to share some of the tricks that I’ve picked up and the gear that has helped make it possible.
Recently, I started trying to form a new habit. I read that it takes about 10 weeks to make a new habit automatic; something we’ll do without even thinking about it. To help me track progress, I created the spreadsheet Read more…
In February, I started a challege with myself to try and establish a new habit: going to bed at 9 PM. My plan hit a speed bump after a trip to San Francisco when it took about a week to get Read more…
This is part two of a series that starts with Bouncing Back from Failure: An Experiment. In that post, I set a challenge for myself to go to bed no later than 9 PM every night. The first seven days was relatively easy, Read more…