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I removed my bio from the header of my blog and improved the user experience on my subscribe page to make the call-to-action clearer. I like the minimal look. 👍🧹

New Look 👶

The new subscribe page with no bio and missing the option to subscribe to all posts.

Old Look 👴

The old subscribe page with a bio and the option to subscribe to all posts.

Had a beautiful walk after working from a coffee shop this afternoon.

A serene lake reflects the clear blue sky and colorful autumn trees along its shoreline.Colorful autumn leaves scattered on a pavement.

Coffee shop hack: bring your own stroopwafel ☕🧇

One of my wife’s many good ideas.

A stroopwafel rests atop a red takeaway coffee cup with a brown sleeve.

I kinda like Comic Sans. Also, today I learned that if you google Comic Sans or Vincent Connare (the guy that created it) the results come back in Comic Sans.

Love or hate the font, you gotta love internet easter eggs.

Dang, Google Photos over here making me cry 😭 It finds video snippets of my daughter, puts them in slow motion, and plays emotional piano music in the background 🥹

I would love to hear from the product team crafting these experiences and what their goal is for Photos. Not a feature I would think of putting in a Photos app, but I’ve really enjoyed it! I love that it surfaces nostalgic memories for me!

LinkedIn is cool sometimes

LinkedIn can be so cool sometimes. I connected with Mural’s VP of Product, Matt Crawford, and we got to talking about my experience. I told him I LOVE using Mural for user story maps, but I’m having trouble integrating with Jira because of how our instance is set up at NASA. Lo and behold, the current problem I’m having integrating Mural with Jira Data Center is a priority for him right now and they’re running a pilot program.
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Feeling extra tired this morning. Started reading scripture but kept falling asleep. Ended up just throwing punches in the air to keep myself awake while I read. I’m glad I was alone, I probably looked crazy…

But it’s a nice new trick to keep myself awake while reading early in the morning. 🥊

🌊 man is deep water.
💨 will is wind. fleeting and weak.
🌕 what then be his moon?

Now 2024-10-05

What I am up to now. Check my /now page for the latest update. Dad Stuff My daughter is walking! She is almost 15 months old now, and it feels like overnight she transformed from baby to toddler. Crawling to walking took a couple of months, but I think she went from walking to running in an hour. We’re chasing her all over the place now. This is such a fun age.
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