Day 152 – Sunday

I fly back to Sacramento on Tuesday and we didn’t have much planned for today. I needed to do some shopping for gifts and my girlfriend Chris and I went to see the film Crazy Rich Asians. We really liked it. It is funny and sweet and well made. It shows extraordinary amounts of wealth … Read more

Day 151 – WordCamp Day 2

I finished up WordCamp today. There were some more really good talks. One in particular stood out for the quality of the presentation. Tracy Apps’ talk on User Experience was incredibly well done. She was clear and informative and didn’t feel at all rehearsed. Her delivery was very natural and smooth and engaging. And yet … Read more

Day 150 – WordCamp Day 1

I made it to 150 days. Both in life and in writing. I continue to enjoy the fact that I do this blog and it has made it much easier to plan out other writing. I don’t always enjoy writing this blog. Occasionally it is a chore. However the discipline of it I find helpful. … Read more

Day 149 – Stickers

Laptop with stickers all ready for WordCamp

Among other things my girlfriend Chris and I drove over to the Alumni center at the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis to pre-register for WordCamp starting tomorrow. It looks like a really nice venue and I got to custom decorate my badge with stickers and picked up some extra for my laptop. Stickers on … Read more

Day 148 – Wednesday

These recent days I take a walk and then go to work. I’m going to WordCamp in Minneapolis on Friday and Saturday and I’m trying to finish some things before then. WordCamp is a WordPress website conference. The morning weather continues to feel really nice. I wonder if this is what going into fall is … Read more

Day 147 – Tuesday

This morning was finally a nice cool morning. I like to think that mornings before 8am should have a chill to them. While Minnesota hasn’t really been hot this summer, I wouldn’t say the mornings are cool. Now, people here will tell me that is a good thing because for most of the year, mornings, … Read more

Day 146 – Fear, Dread, and Web Development

Woke up with a feeling of dread. Dread that I’m on the wrong path. Dread that I really don’t know what I’m doing or what direction I’m taking. Dread that I won’t get more customers because, in essence, I don’t know how I got the customers I have. I happened on them through a process … Read more

Day 145 – Sunday

I didn’t take a walk today because the air was still bad and I realize I need to take days off from time to time. I went to the farmers market and tomatoes are finally ripe enough for me to buy and they were good. Overall it was just a relaxing day at home. We … Read more

Day 144 – Frog Herding

Grass Frog

The air is pretty smoky today as it was last weekend. There is more smoke drifting from fires in Western Canada. I took a shorter walk and probably should have stayed indoors. I’ll probably skip the walk tomorrow. Today my girlfriend Chris and I went over to our friend Cathy’s house to help with some … Read more

Day 143 – Friday

Outside of a good client call today, and winning a game of Catan during game night, I went back to working on a brief video for my website. Now that I have a good demo site to use as a background I could get to actually making the video demonstrating how to set up a … Read more