Being Our Own Worst Enemies — I have learned a lot in recent years about how I have been my own worst enemy over the course of my life. I would say watching the Trump impeachment drama unfold is something that...
Finding Storytelling Inspiration On The Factory Floor — I’m heading to Las Vegas for a week of AWS re:Invent. I’m trying to get fired up for a week of API blah blah blah, and to help me survive the week I am looking...
Verifying That I Am Human Is Part of Reducing Us All to a Transaction — I’m in the business of reducing humans to transactions. Your location. Your interests. Your messages to friends and family. Photos and videos of you. I’m not personally making money by reducing everyone to a transaction,...
Postman As My Muse — I love telling stories about APIs, but I perpetually find myself challenged in major way-—I need a steady source of inspiration and seeds for my storytelling, otherwise the well runs dry quite often. If I’m...
How To Write Something That Speaks To Readers — It is the holy grail of writing. Crafting something that speaks to readers. It is something I’ve been able to achieve from time to time, but something that is ultimately elusive when I try to...
It Is Just Business — I am always fascinated by the unspoken code of business, and specifically the business of technology. Where you are allowed to praise, worship, and idolize the entrepreneur, but you aren’t allowed to be critical. The...
I Was Treated Like A Human By The State Bureaucracy Today — I have spent the last decade in the child support system. Being plugged into the Oregon, California, and now Washington systems. Both Oregon and California were impenetrable walls of bureaucracy who really don’t care that...
When We Focus On The Good And When We Focus On The Bad — I’m super fascinated by how we tend to shut down things in our lives because of the bad they do while easily overlooking the good, but then simultaneously being able to embrace something for the...
Remember When We Were Told That The Amazon Cloud Would Reduce Our IT Bill? — Do you remember when we were told to switch to Amazon Web Services because it would reduce our IT bill? I do. It seemed so true in the moment, but for anyone who runs at...
Lower Rate Limits and Build Timeouts — I finally figured out my challenges with using GitHub as my primary data project provider. I’ve used the platform since 2014 to manage the API Evangelist network of sites. In January of this year I...
There Is No Going Backwards — Sometimes I wish I could turn back time. Go back to when I was more unaware. At first thought, it is always simpler back then. Then I remember how intellectually miserable I was, and I...
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