Musings of a Gen X knowledge worker

I am driven by a deep passion for empowering others, drawing my inspiration from the transformative potential of a growth mindset.

Graceful Principles

Grace can mean different things to different people. From my perspective, grace refers to moving and behaving with poise and thoughtfulness. Being graceful relies on self-awareness and emotional intelligence, which have been and continue to be areas of focus for my continuous improvement efforts over the past three years.

Confident Humility - The Key to Continuous Learning and Growth

Confidence and humility, often seen as opposing traits, play a pivotal role in personal and professional growth. Confident humility is a blend of self-assurance and modesty that allows us to navigate the delicate balance between overconfidence and doubt.

Let kindness be the path

Everyone is angry, the right, the left, the middle, all of us. We are split based on politics, race, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, age, ability, social class, and culture.

Thankfulness during this unprecedented time

Living in confined areas with friends and families during a global pandemic feels surreal. The reality of this situation can make it difficult to find reasons to be thankful.

Start your day with a positive mindset

A recent tweet from Scott Tolinski was an incentive to start a practice that I have been contemplating for far too long. My typical routine was up at dawn with a cup of coffee and some light reading.

Basecamp's Shape Up Method

A tweet from Dave Rupert led me to an interview with Jason Fried describing backlogs as piles of guilt inspired me to look closer at his viewpoint.

Positive team culture starts with self

We all have the choice to determine if the glass is half-full or half-empty. Based on how the brain is wired, half-empty is much easier to recognize and focus on.

Smitten with Eleventy and Netlify

When I created this site, I threw it together with PHP. It worked and didn't take long to develop. However, the FTP deployment process was antiquated and setting up an SSL certificate with my host was time-consuming.

Semantic Markup Is Less Work

Why are we still building user interfaces that are inaccessible? Why do we accept creating significant technical debt to build experiences that simply don’t work for all users?

Data URIs - Tricky Tricky

It’s a short and simple story, really. It starts on a search to find a solution for some cross browser problems with Data URIs. The first stop was the probably don't Base64 SVG article on CSS Tricks and ends on these quick examples.

Nudging Accessibility into the Development Process

What does this mean, nudging accessibility into the development process? Accessibility is a challenging task. Standards are murky, supporting technologies vary, and there are far too few experts.