I was reading a Twitter conversation between two programmers a couple months ago. One of them said “I’m not a good programmer, I’m just stubborn.” I completely related and I’ve had that statement on my mind ever since. Despite the dozens and dozens of tutorials over the last few months, despite building my own projects,…

I’m having too much fun with Scratch. I just started this dinosaur chomping apple game. Need to add some dangerous objects to avoid and maybe a winning score. For now, time for bed.

Back in November I’d done some research on kids coding apps. I made a scratch account but wound up playing more with Scratch Jr. on the iPad with my daughter.. I’ve been spending more time with it and I’m having a blast just goofing off. Here’s my sweet dance moves:  

Jolene Kelley is a Craniosacral Therapist in Portland, OR. She hadn’t updated her site in several years. Her previous site was not responsive and while it did a good job of delivering information, it needed a refresh. Jolene was also frustrated that she was unable to update the site other than adding and editing posts…

Applying River Tips to Life Struggles “If you’re stuck in a hole, balling up and letting yourself go deep instead of fighting the water should help you flush out.” –Quote from Irene’s Kayaking Blog I used to raft quite a bit. Rafting is an interesting sport. Normally the term “swimming,” usually invokes images of happy…

This article, about how to be ready for web developer job interviews, is just as relevant to me as a returning developer as it is to “newbies.” Eric Elliott: How to Land Your First Development Job in 5 Simple Steps Which reminded me of those great VW commercials:

I was served an ad for the self journal on Instagram (bestself.co). Have you seen them? They are pretty great. I was incredibly curious about the company and I appreciated their openness to share what the journals offer and how they developed the idea. I loved that it’s a mash up of a day planner…

I just had a thought that my working and studying and interviewing and all the things I’m doing to get back into tech is a lot like a really long backpacking trip through steep mountain passes. I think I am at the crest of whatever climb I am on, only to discover that the top of your…

  I’m using Sublime and iTerm. I like iTerm a bunch, I like Sublime a bunch, but I’m thinking about keystroke conservation… For now I’m going to install the Terminal package in Sublime so I can launch iTerm from a keystroke instead of command tabbing all the time. I may consider looking into Sublime libraries that…

Book: Double Bind – First Glance, but mostly about me and how it’s not about me. First, before I tell you about this cool, new book, I’ll give you a snapshot of my life as I see it pertaining to the book’s subject. After umpteen years in the tech industry, I left my career as…

I found this handy bash quick reference: http://cecs.wright.edu/~pmateti/Courses/233/Labs/Scripting/bashVsPowerShellTable.html

This list of books is great for the 2nd to 5th grade level readers. Can’t wait to dig in with my daughter. http://nourishingmyscholar.com/2016/12/13/20-books-for-kids-not-ready-for-harry-potter/

If I’ve learned anything from software development, it’s that the only way to make sure something is really strong is to spend a whole bunch of time finding out where it breaks and make it stop breaking. This is a sentiment I understand pretty deeply on a personal level. I like to see how far I can…

If you develop WordPress templates and you aren’t using this plug-in, stop what you’re doing and go grab it. It’s a simple plugin that displays the current template you are in in the upper right-hand corner of your admin bar. So easy, so useful.   Show Current Template

I found this great WordPress guide on installing a local development environment using brew and npm for wordpress, php and mysql. With the db running through brew services. Loving it. Install was fairly easy, with a little bit of troubleshooting (why oh why did I not document the troubleshooting part!). Here’s the site: http://www.brodybits.com/wordpress/osx/homebrew/2016/03/09/quickstart-wordpress-testing-with-osx-homebrew.html I cannot for the life of…