This past week brought a bank of welcome positive experiences. Honestly, the return to backpacking probably has a lot to do with much of these changes. Just the sheer aspect of being behind the wheel again on a long road trip or being out under the full moon in a…
Category: personal
Category for personal observations and writing.
It was after dinner this past Wednesday evening when I found myself pulling out my phone scrolling through Twitter and Instagram. Something I have not done in, well, over four years now after I made the choice to leave the polarized noise bubbles of the platforms. I honestly don’t know…
Well, after a good deal of thought, and quite a bit of help from my friends and colleagues, I have made the choice to come back from the brink here. Not the edge of disaster mind you, but the decision to retract inward. That desire was strong in the face…
I’ve run this blog for well over a decade. It’s been a sounding board, journal, testbed, and a way for me to work through some key moments in life. The Pandemic, economic crisis, and life under quarantine has taught me is that I need to refocus on what is truly…
After having gotten riled up last night at a friend who is blatantly disregarding quarantine, for reasons I won’t go into, I am finding it hard to continue living the way I used to think was normal. Including social media apps and conversations over SMS. Yeah, they can be tools…
This post is my first attempt to wrap my head around the strange and dangerous days we all find ourselves immersed in currently. That and my climb back up off the forest floor, with the help of friends, and back up into the trees to see the sun break across…
With hiking season coming up, a rather long absence from strength training and the benefit of a humbling lesson while climbing some peaks in the Smoky Mountains last year, I decided it was time to go back to the gym. It’s funny though, most people have the motivation to do…
So I am writing a series of posts on diversity in the technology field. And, as usual, my gaze is fixed on the bigger picture which sort of makes me look like I put on giant saucer-shaped glasses leaving me with big black pupil filled eyes. It’s all about the…
This past week was a busy one trip wise. Also mentally being split between client-facing work in Cleveland during the first half of the week, home for the very middle and then in Sandusky Ohio for my very first Code Mash conference which my company sent some of us to…