Working at Atlassian on the Front End Developer Productivity Team for Confluence
Front-end engineer, inconsistent writer, dubious philosopher
Hoarder of web dev links
Currently obsessing over...
Space Madness
A content framework that connects ideas so you can build your
Game Grid
An evolution on one of my favorite sites: cfb.guide
Improved on the original design with a mobile optimized view, live scores with server sent events, and local times using client hints.
Built with the Epic Stack and hosted on Fly.io
Want to see more? I'm an open book, with lots of dog-eared pages
Reading and studying...
Donna Tartt
John Berendt
Donna Tartt
Addy Osmani
Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander
Barbara Kingsolver
Head in the clouds, eyes and ears in my library
Explore my digital garden...
Thinking and writing about...
Recent Articles
Soccer. It's been called "The Beautiful Game"
It showcases strength, technique, finesse, and teamwork.
At the highest level, it is an infuriating experience for a casual fan.
What's going on?
We've all had that teacher.
Unquestionably brilliant. Unable to communicate knowledge.
Why is that?
My mind is a constant firehose of disassociated ideas.
This is my system to catch and store my thoughts.
Recent Notes
One can fight evil but against stupidity one is helpless. … I have accepted the fact, hard as it may be, that human beings are inclined to behave in ways that would make animals blush.
The ironic, the tragic thing is that we often behave in ignoble fashion from what we consider the highest motives. The animal makes no excuse for killing his prey; the human animal, on the other hand, can invoke God’s blessing when massacring his fellow men. He forgets that God is not on his side but at his side
Henry Miller
Accept the initial agitation
Andrew Huberman on how the brain is wired against focus
The human mind, once stretched to a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Art is not luxury, its sustenance.
Ethan Hawke - TED Talk on creativity
Things are no longer priced at what people can afford to pay, but what people can afford to borrow.