Blog
Thoughts on development, tools, and the web.
November 18, 2018
Boxer’s Fracture
Every November there is a local mountain bike race that I enjoy competing in called a Ride-n-seek race.
November 17, 2018
Flickr
Flickr was THE place to upload and share photos until Yahoo bought it and ruined it, much like they did Tumblr and everything else they touched.
November 16, 2018
Family Dinner
Many households struggle in today’s hectic world to sit down and have dinner together and, according to a UCLA study, when they do, it’s typically done in...
November 15, 2018
Impressionable
There is an old saying, “you are the sum of your friends” and it’s true. If most of your friends workout, you are probably going to workout.
November 14, 2018
Laracon 2019 Apple Music Playlist
The Laracon US site was relaunched for the 2019 conference and the new design is hotness.
November 13, 2018
iPad Only Frustrations
With the release of Apple’s latest iPad Pro I’ve been reading a lot of articles and blog posts where people are still attempting to ditch their laptops and...
November 12, 2018
Bloggers I follow
November 11, 2018
Reading the days news
Almost every work day I have a routine where I try to stay up to date with the world through the paper, Twitter, and of course Hacker News for the nerdy st...
November 10, 2018
Gravel Grinding in Kings Mountain
It’s been raining a lot the past week and most of our local single track is closed until it dries out.
November 9, 2018
Sleep on it
The old saying, “sleep on it”, meaning spend some time tonight thinking about the question and have an answer tomorrow.
November 8, 2018
Striving for Simplicity
I recently launched Laravel Events and it was one of those projects that came to life because I wanted to better keep the community informed on what all lo...
November 7, 2018
Wink. -- Laravel Based Publishing Platform
Today, Mohamed Said launched a new blogging platform called Wink. that runs on Laravel.
November 6, 2018
Future Planning
Yesterday, I came across this interview with Brunello Cucinelli who I had honestly never heard of and didn’t know much about but I was captivated by the in...
November 5, 2018
No One Knows What They Are Doing
It’s election season which means we spammed to death by political campaigns and all politicians claim to know the answer and their party knows the right co...
November 3, 2018
A Printed Laravel Magazine?
For the past few years, I’ve been on an analog kick and I’ve been loving printed magazines like the ones in the photo above.
November 1, 2018
It's NaNoWriMo Time Again
It’s November which means it is time for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and it’s one of those projects I’ve never participated in, but it has alw...
October 31, 2018
Dear Siri, I have no confidence in you
I’ve tried to use Siri more and use it for common tasks but every time I feel like I get burned. Today is a prime example.
October 30, 2018
My Workspace
It seems like sharing your workspace is all the rage this week and since everyone else is doing it, I figured I will too.
October 29, 2018
Book Review: How to Fight a Hydra
How to Fight a Hydra by Josh Kaufman is a book for artists, creative professionals, and entrepreneurs with advice given through a story of a warrior learni...
October 27, 2018
DIY: Field Notes Cover
Field Notes are great little notebooks. You can throw them in your pocket keep, them in your car, the opportunities are limitless.