Weekly Roundup #2

This is actually a 2-3 week roundup as I didn't come across much to share until this past week. * An amazing tweet thread showing off retro 1980's "CGI" from movies that was actually done using physical models * The previous reminded me of this great ~10 minute documentary showing how one...

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Weekly Roundup #1

Credit to my colleague (and new office mate!) Dave Paola for the inspiration of the weekly roundup post format. Also, winter is here! * Senator Ron Wyden introduced a bill that would impose GDPR-like fines and even stricter prison sentences for data privacy violations. Don't see this passing with the current...

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Using the Wordpress REST API with React.js

It'd been a few (happy) years since I last used Wordpress for a client project, but with its now (questionably-)stable REST API it came up last year as a potential candidate for backing a React-based magazine/news site. After doing some digging it became clear that it was not...

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Why Designers Should Code

Over the past several years the topic of the designer who codes has generated quite the lot of controversy within the tech community. Some camps believe designers shouldn't distract themselves with code and instead maintain their roots in graphic design as pixel-pushers, while others think that designers should be getting...

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Working Remotely as a Digital Nomad While Traveling

On June 3rd, 2016 my girlfriend and I left San Francisco for New York City, kicking off the start of a 6 1/2 month journey that would take us around the world until we return to California just before the Christmas holiday. While its all been extremely exciting, traveling...

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Setting Up SSL for Ghost on DigitalOcean with Lets Encrypt

After reading entirely too many articles and a lot of trial & error, I've written this guide on how to get HTTPS working on a DigitalOcean-powered, Nginx-backed Ghost blog using LetsEncrypt's free SSL certificates. For years people have argued whether it's worth setting up SSL on websites that have no inherent...

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Turning Down the Noise

I still remember getting my first cell phone. The year was 1999 and my mom passed down her beater of a silver Sprint flip phone. For the time it was high tech, featuring an exterior notification screen, polyphonic ringtones, and a few games that would later look “totally lame” next...

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2015 - Year in Review

It seemed like 2015 went by fast, but I've blinked twice and it's already almost the end of January halfway through February (okay I've really been procrastinating on this post). For years I've read “years in review” by others in the tech community, but never did one of my own...

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