Had a couple of calls. Got my laptop backed up. Found I need a new 2nd backup hard drive. I keep two separate backup drives here in California and two at my girlfriend’s house in Minnesota. I’ve become more paranoid about data loss as I’ve aged. I really should be checksumming the drives and checking … Read more
Memorial Day. Looking back it seemed at the time just like just a day to stay in, stay away from people, and I spent it working on some stuff without any clients asking me anything. But looking back it marked another significant day in 2020. Much more significant than the day my USB-C adapter cable … Read more
I drove over to have an outdoor lunch with my daughters. It was nice to drive my car again. I’ve missed it a lot. The twins and I had a good lunch. I brought take-out from a local Mexican place. As good as Mexican food is from the one good place Chris and I have … Read more
Spent the day staying in. I worked on a website for a new client and got it set up in my test environment for diagnostics. His existing sites are less messy than some I’ve seen but still have some curious issues. On his main site its an example where the original designer did a full … Read more
I was still slow getting into the swing of things. Of the two scheduled calls I had, both cancelled. One because she was feeling under the weather and had enough work to do (she is an existing client). The other was a follow up sales call and he says he mis-scheduled and apologized and then … Read more
In the morning was the Johns Hopkins University online graduation ceremony. It was very good. All of the participants were remote and I’m sure it was all pre-recorded and edited together. It would have been too risky to do live. But it had all of the elements of a graduation with different members of the … Read more
Today was my flight from Minnesota to California. But it was late in the day. I got myself packed. Did some food prep to leave behind. Changed some lightbulbs because I’m tall. And Chris and I played some Gin Rummy which is fun. The airport was pretty empty feeling. There was no line at baggage … Read more
I caught up with a couple of weeks of writing this blog today. I had notes but nothing complete. So now that’s better for a while. I had a hard time sleeping and woke up early. I’m thinking about what flying back to California will be like. I’m thinking about where my business is right … Read more
I want a way to draw more people to my marketing email list. One tool for this I’m building is a survey people can take that will diagnose for them what they need to do next to more effectively send emails to their customers. At the end of the quiz you get to see a … Read more
My daughter Elizabeth needed some paperwork filled out and related to her med school application process so I helped her. Then Chris and I played through an entire game of Civilization in one day. We have gotten more experienced and I think the game only took about 4 hours. I’ve worked out a viable strategy … Read more