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Things I wrote

  • Angelmaker

    <em>Angelmaker</em> by Nick Harkaway is a great novel. The writing is magnificent, the characters are interesting, and I absolutely loved the mix of real history with some science fiction like changes.

  • Consistency

    My friend Kitt kicked off the new year of Pastry Box bakers with a great piece on consistency. I like the idea of consistency, it goes along with the idea of routine that I've written about before.

  • One year

    I can't quite believe that one year ago we were starting our last day together.

  • Speaking

    Last week I traveled up to Whistler, BC to speak at SmashingConf, giving my very first conference talk. It was a great experience, I learned a great deal, I met so many wonderful people, and I <em>think</em> my talk was a success.

  • The Book Theif

    Over the weekend I needed to disconnect and get away, so I dove into a novel. I've long had a fascination with World War II, so I gravitate to novels that take place in that era of history.

  • Responsible Responsive Design

    Last week, just before the holiday, I finished Scott Jehl's book, <em>Responsible Responsive Design</em> and it is a great book.

  • Americanah

    I sat down to read Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie because Mandy recommended it and well, Mandy's recommendation are usually always good. What happened while reading was that I got lost in the world of Ifemelu....

  • Enough

    Lately I've been thinking about the word enough quite a bit. Mostly because I look around at a culture of excess and many aren't satisfied that they have enough, so I've been thinking about what that means. What is enough?

  • Pulling back

    Over the past couple of months, the internet has been a hard place to be in some ways. Twitter is a part of it, but for me, the whole thing has been difficult.

  • The newspaper

    We get a newspaper delivered to our house every day. I know, an actual physical newspaper. After we get it off the porch, we make breakfast and sit down to eat and read. Yes, we are the fifties couple of yesterday, but living in 2014.

  • John Adams

    I am a bit of a founding fathers history nut, I really enjoy reading about that period of our history because there is such drama and personalities all battling it out to figure out where this new country will go. And my favorite founding father by far is John Adams, one of the reasons for this is because he married an equally interesting woman who we know so much about because they wrote to each constantly.

  • Star gazing

    The summer of 2014 will go down as the summer of star gazing in our house. Not that we won't continue on with it, but because this was the beginning.

  • XOXO

    This past weekend I was in a large warehouse in inner SE Portland with several hundred other people, listening to brilliant talks, seeing old friends, and making new friends. This was my second XOXO and it definitely lived up to my expectations after attending the first one in 2012.

  • Writing and learning

    A few months ago I wrote a post on CSS Audits. It was definitely one of those things where I figured no one else would really care, but a wise person told me to write about the things you enjoy doing so people know. So I dashed it off, put it up, tweeted about it, and went on with my day.

  • The phone

    In the midst of <em>the</em> announcement this week I went for a run. While running I began to think about how much longer we will actually need phones. When I say phones I'm talking about the dialing a number, hearing a ring, and someone answering so you can talk. The least used feature on a smart phone these days.