Category: Asides

  • What’s a library if not a…

    In chatting with the kids while running evening errands and driving to and from kids activities, one of the 5yos asked why the library wasn’t called the book jackpot. 🤣 Good question kid. I’m now referring to the library as the Book Jackpot™️. Also on: Twitter

  • Happy 7th Birthday Gutenberg!

    Happy 7th Birthday Gutenberg!

    Just over 7 years ago, Gutenberg was “born“. Congrats to Matías Ventura for that initial commit and the 1,099 contributors for achieving this milestone. Hopefully the new Props Bot will bring significantly more credited contributors over the next year such that we’re celebrating and even more successful 8th birthday next year!

  • Matt + 40 = Bloganuary

    Matt + 40 = Bloganuary

    Earlier this year (I know, AGES ago right?) Matt Mullenweg shared that as part of his 40th birthday he wanted more folks blogging. None of my 27 draft posts felt worthwhile and then realized the Bloganuary prompts might be a good place to go. So here we go with today’s prompt: Describe an item you were incredibly…

  • 🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

    🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

    May this month bring greater acceptance for all our LGBTQIA+ friends and where public acceptance is lacking may allies step in to show their support.

  • Vote!

    Vote!

    I voted today and you should, too!

  • Topps PLL pulls during the PLL Championship Series (including a Chris Gray 1/1!)

    Topps PLL pulls during the PLL Championship Series (including a Chris Gray 1/1!)

  • Hire Jorbin, a totally standard and normal internet person

    Hire Jorbin, a totally standard and normal internet person

    If you’ve got a digital org looking for someone to help scale while truly caring about how his team grows and performs, then go check out my friend the purveyor of bowties.

  • Feed My Starving Children

    Feed My Starving Children

    This morning Finley, Gavin, and I went to Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) and volunteered by packing bags and boxes of their Manna Rice product that is specifically designed to assist in reversing and preventing undernutrition worldwide.

  • How you can contribute to WordPress (yes, 👉 YOU!)

    How you can contribute to WordPress (yes, 👉 YOU!)

    Me: Do you regularly use WordPress? 📇 You: Yes, I love it, it’s fantastic! 😍 Me: Have you ever thought about helping contribute to WordPress? 💡 You: No, I am not a developer. 😥 Me: Well, good news, you do not have to be! 🎉 You: Ok, tell me more… 🤔 Whether you have considered…

  • Farewell to XWP

    I’m re-posting something I shared in XWP‘s internal Slack a couple weeks ago with some minor edits. It’s a good recap of how I felt in deciding to walk away from work and dear friends at the end of 2018. As I unplug from XWP, I’m reminded of the many amazing people I’ve met and…