Articles I found interesting during July 2022. ...
July 31, 2022
I’ve started to host my feed subscriptions on GitHub. If you have an RSS reader, you can import the OPML file at that link to take a look at the sources I start my day with.
I’m thinking about building a simple headline reader on my site that will take posts ...
July 26, 2022
Last week, I built a small floating subscription button for The 19th. It’s pretty simple, and the design had been floating around since long before I got there:
The button only displays on mobile browsers. There were a few nuances to getting it working in mobile Safari in particular.
My first attempt, ...
July 26, 2022
Content warning: discussion of body dysmorphia, weight loss.
I stopped testing positive for covid a while ago, but I’ve still been feeling very low-energy. I measure my activity on my Apple Watch - yes, I’m that person - and I haven’t managed to close my activity rings for weeks. Correspondingly, I’m ...
July 17, 2022
We’ve had a ton of interest in the house - more than I could have reasonably hoped for - and although I can’t say for sure if the website helped, I don’t think it could possibly have hurt.
There’s an open house today (Sunday July 17), and another one on Tuesday ...
July 17, 2022
As part of my role leading technology for The 19th, I’m hiring a web applications engineer:
In this role, you will work closely with a cross-functional group of journalists, designers, product managers and engineers to advance our mission to empower those we serve — particularly women, women of color and the ...
July 13, 2022
So, Medium has a new CEO, who happens to be someone I like very much.
I worked at Medium in the publications group for a year. It was a pretty daunting experience: my first time working with the kind of budget Medium enjoyed, and with people who were veterans of all ...
July 12, 2022
Do I know these reminders are annoying? Yes. Am I going to keep posting anyway? Also yes.
Our house went on the market yesterday: offers starting at $849K for a three bed, 2.5 bath home in Santa Rosa with a split-level deck and in-ground pool. There are beautiful, hardwood floors throughout ...
July 12, 2022
A little earlier this year, I mentioned that I was building an indieweb real estate website.
Preparing a home for sale is more difficult than I’d accounted for. Digging our worldly possessions out of it, and then ensuring that the house was in the best shape it could be, took a ...
July 11, 2022
On preparing for the next phase of American life. ...
July 3, 2022
A text editor is just a text editor, right? Well, not really - and it turns out I use a variety of text editors for different purposes.
iA Writer is how I draft and publish my blog posts and short stories. It’s a beautiful, minimalist markdown editor that knows when to ...
July 3, 2022
All the media I found interesting in June. ...
July 1, 2022