Iām a web designer, developer, educator, and business owner.
So far, the arc has been about running profitable companies that help you get better at web design and development. š«¶
With Alex Vazquez, Iām the co-founder of
, a social front-end web development environment.
With Dave Rupert, Iām the co-founder of a podcast called 
I built CSS-Tricks, a website all about building websites, and ran it for 15 years, from 2007 to 2022.
Iām big on the power of writing as a way to think better and improve yourself.
Doing it all for my daughter Ruby š.
I like old time music šŖ and try to play it as often as I can manage.
I think there are some personality traits that are pretty damn useful to know about yourself and others. For example: the spectrum between introversion and extroversion is real and has really helped me understand myself. But some personality trait frameworks seem like utter nonsense to me. Some people put stock behind their astrological signs. But […]
I never even ask what the WiFi is at coffee shops and hotels. I have AT&T cell service, and the plan I have includes a “Mobile Hotspot”. I flip that sucker on, and now my phone is my WiFi. I find it’s usually faster and more reliable to use than some arbitrary shared WiFi, and […]
My birthday! I got to sleep in a bit. 7:30! What! It was even planned that way because we had a big day ahead. 43. Prime number. It’s always easy to remember how old I am since I’m an “eighty baby”, as in, born in 1980. Nice even number. It’s not hard to figure out […]
I saw this funny comic in Outside magazine from Brendan Leonard where he did a one-minute plank every day for four months. Did it turn out to be… good? It sounds like not really. Like possibly, his core is a little stronger, but that’s unclear, and he certainly didn’t develop any love for doing it. […]
