Writing

I’ve written about Design Development Economics Futurology History Personal Politics Wisdom.

Topic

Year

2022

February 8, 2022

Front of the Front End

So I think I fit into the front-of-the-front-end paradigm when it comes to my career.
- Development
- Design
February 5, 2022

The End of Democracy is Unimaginable

It feels impossible, but the end of democratic norms looks probable within the decade.
- Politics
- History
January 23, 2022

Use GitHub API for Projects

Looking for a way to pull in projects from GitHub, I grabbed all repos with the GitHub API and sorted by what I needed.
- Development
January 11, 2022

Goals For 2022

Time to level-set with myself and set better expectations
- Personal

2021

December 27, 2021

Sorting Content For Archives

Organizing Nuxt’s built-in content with array sorting.
- Development
December 18, 2021

Two Years of Change

This has been a bit of a wild two years. Life disrupted and changed, friends lost. It has been hard to keep up with tech.
- Personal

2020

December 9, 2020

Giving Nuxt Content a Try

I’m now taking advantage of Nuxt’s built-in content handling features.
- Development

2019

May 2, 2019

Built With Nuxt

Building my personal site with a more modern development experience.
- Development
January 4, 2019

How This All Happened

This is a short story about what happened to the U.S. economy since the end of World War II.
- Economics

2018

August 28, 2018

Book: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

A book discussing a murky period in human history, and provides a very interesting backdrop to our development.
- History
June 6, 2018

Fluid Type for Better Responsive Text

On creating a fully responsive site that scales just about every element based on browser width.
- Development
- Design
June 5, 2018

Adventures in Dotfiles

Making the setup of a new workstation a little easier for my future self.
- Development
April 3, 2018

Carl Sagan’s “Baloney Detection Kit”

Wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the “facts.”
- Wisdom
February 9, 2018

The Things You Put Inside Your Head

Diverse knowledge creates more diverse understanding.
- Wisdom
February 8, 2018

Rules to Live By

A little prescriptive, but definitely accurate.
- Wisdom
January 11, 2018

Marcus Aurelius

Feeling empathy when one is wronged.
- Wisdom

2017

October 25, 2017

Republicans Have Stockholm Syndrome

The absurdity of the current GOP.
- Politics
September 12, 2017

The Effects of Noise

Noise makes it very difficult to test either practical or academic theories about the way that financial or economic markets work.
- Wisdom
August 4, 2017

Above the Fold is a Myth

You probably didn’t scroll all the way down here, did you?
- Design
July 31, 2017

The Theory of Meta-Awesomeness

This goes thirty levels deep. And I now think it is kind of dumb.
- Wisdom
July 19, 2017

Revisiting the Risk of Automation

I’m certain a UBI is needed in the future, but this study claims automating jobs away might not happen as soon as suggested.
- Futurology
June 9, 2017

Micro Trend: Non-Rectangular Headers

Fun ways to make a boxy, grid-based medium a bit more exciting.
- Design
- Development
May 30, 2017

10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation

Conversational skills seem lacking. This might help.
- Wisdom
May 26, 2017

You Are Going to Switch to Figma

As a professional I have made the switch and wow oh wow is it an amazing collaborative tool.
- Design
May 8, 2017

UX Drives All of This

Web development is getting very complex.
- Development
February 22, 2017

Brad Frost on Frontend Design

Working on the front of the front end.
- Design
- Development

2016

December 6, 2016

Revitalizing Liberalism in the Age of Brexit and Trump

The fact that liberalism has become rote is central to our problem.
- Politics
December 2, 2016

Frameworks Without the Framework

Web development is complex, and tools to solve problems might be overcomplicating things.
- Development
November 9, 2016

An American Tragedy

I am glad 2020 forced this man out of office.
- Politics
March 29, 2016

Becoming a Designer Who Codes, The Making of a Unicorn

Learn the medium you’re working with.
- Design
- Development
February 16, 2016

Designers shouldn’t code. They should study business.

I do not totally agree with this take.
- Development
- Design
January 28, 2016

A Conversation with Erik Spiekermann

We should all learn the medium we work with.
- Design

2015

December 5, 2015

Challenging the Oligarchy

Income inequality is an increasingly difficult problem to pin down.
- Economics
October 26, 2015

Things To Avoid When Writing CSS

I do not agree with this take.
- Development
May 14, 2015

Lesser-Known Trolley Problem Variations

Classic Trolley Problem solutions
- Wisdom

2013

November 26, 2013

On Oversimplification

Doris Lessig on oversimplification in politics
- Politics

Topic

Year

2022

Front of the Front End

The End of Democracy is Unimaginable

Use GitHub API for Projects

Goals For 2022

2021

Sorting Content For Archives

Two Years of Change

2020

Giving Nuxt Content a Try

2019

Built With Nuxt

How This All Happened

2018

Book: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Fluid Type for Better Responsive Text

Adventures in Dotfiles

Carl Sagan’s “Baloney Detection Kit”

The Things You Put Inside Your Head

Rules to Live By

Marcus Aurelius

2017

Republicans Have Stockholm Syndrome

The Effects of Noise

Above the Fold is a Myth

The Theory of Meta-Awesomeness

Revisiting the Risk of Automation

Micro Trend: Non-Rectangular Headers

10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation

You Are Going to Switch to Figma

UX Drives All of This

Brad Frost on Frontend Design

2016

Revitalizing Liberalism in the Age of Brexit and Trump

Frameworks Without the Framework

An American Tragedy

Becoming a Designer Who Codes, The Making of a Unicorn

Designers shouldn’t code. They should study business.

A Conversation with Erik Spiekermann

2015

Challenging the Oligarchy

Things To Avoid When Writing CSS

Lesser-Known Trolley Problem Variations

2013

On Oversimplification