Reflecting on 2022 and looking ahead to 2023. 2022 Accomplishments: Planned a wedding and it was perfect. A post on my personal tech stack reached over 16,000 Impressions on LinkedIn. Continued to improve and do well in my professional career. 2022 Accomplishments Completed: Learned a lot more about Python, JavaScript, SQLite, and VueJS Took on … Continue reading “2022 Review & 2023 Goals”
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2021 Review & 2022 Goals
Looking back on what went well and what could be improved next year. 2021 Review Accomplishments from 2021 Goals: Installed GrapheneOS intentional social time with family & friends applied to gigs learned a lot about Flask, Vue, SQLite, APIs, SPAs Not blaming others Improved human networking focus and reading time improved Additional accomplishments: Proposed and … Continue reading “2021 Review & 2022 Goals”
2021 Music Releases Review
Below are my favorite music releases for the year 2021. Favorite Track of the Year Like The Wind by As Within, So Without Best Animated Film Based on an EP Knocked Loose’s “A Tear in the Fabric of Life” Best EP Release Pure Like Porcelain by Like Moths to Flames My … Continue reading “2021 Music Releases Review”
How Linux
A while back I wrote a post on why to use Linux, as well as giving a couple talks on it. I thought I would finally follow-up on my experience with a how to use Linux. This write-up will be aimed at both beginners and advanced users alike; my hope being that all levels of … Continue reading “How Linux”
2020 Review to 2021 Goals
2020 Reflections Below are some thoughts on this past year: Did not blog as much Did not record myself singing Became a Cloud Engineer 100DaysofCode was great to get started but tracking for purpose of tracking is never desired. Quitting on things is okay. Bands I listen to released a lot great songs. Build upon … Continue reading “2020 Review to 2021 Goals”
GrapheneOS
UPDATE 2022-01-03: a video version of this post can be found here Digital privacy and security matters a lot. If you already know that, then the following post is for you. If not, educate yourself – a good place to start is at my Privacy page or simply watching this video. If you are already … Continue reading “GrapheneOS”
My Dream Job
Thinking about what your true dream job would be can really help you organize your thoughts, set learning goals, and process your emotions. It will take some time, but the activity is really worth it. Below are my key motivators and inspirations I took from actual jobs that exist on the Web. Motivators: – Computer … Continue reading “My Dream Job”
2019 Reviews to 2020 Goals
2019 in Review Accomplishments: went out West for LinuxFest Northwest met my lovely girlfriend promoted at my job established morning & evening routines updated this site with detailed About page developed an ECS deployment pipeline donated to No Agenda applied Stoicism and minimalism to my life all year understood the importance of digital privacy won … Continue reading “2019 Reviews to 2020 Goals”
30 Day (Tech) Challenges
Thirty day challenges have been around for a good while. I doubt just one person came up with them. I even did one last year for a 30 Day Social Media detox, which was amazing to do. I highly recommend. I went cold-turkey on my Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat and Twitter. I found that I had … Continue reading “30 Day (Tech) Challenges”
Future of a Computer Science Student
I was digging through some old documents on my main machine and came across a little extra credit submission I did while I was doing my C.S. degree. The question in class asked if a Top-Down or Bottom-Up approach is more productive in the C.S. education world. I thought I’d share: The approach we took … Continue reading “Future of a Computer Science Student”