Notes
Random thoughts, build guides, and how tos
20251 post
202415 posts
Learn without Boundaries
Use military time if you like math
Approaching feedback the sensible way
Maintaining a sense of self
It's okay not to have a plan
Exponential Learning - an army commander perspective
Use colors in your resume
Do I need my phone?
Embracing Minimalism
Catching Lightning
Deciding what to keep
Passing the torch (BayHacks)
Designing the coolest embroidered hat ever
Designing the Bayhacks Logo
Deciding between big decisions
202320 posts
2023 into 2024
Adventures in building a catbed? or rather pillow
Retirement lessons I learned as a former community organizer
Being Original
Why I write
I am retiring from Tampa Devs, end of 2023
Protect Your Time
Dealing with Context Switching Hell
How to give an effective soft pitch presentation
Attract the right people - an open invitation
Creating memorable experiences with our first career forum
Protect your 501c3 Nonprofit
Its Okay to Say No
Be Different and Guerilla Marketing
Be Productive by using single use tools
Meeting Stay Behinds
Lessons learned managing a 600+ member slack community
Grasping a new codebase - write the name of all files
Advice to someone going to their first hackathon
Audio Video Setup For a Tech Meetup / Conference
202232 posts
On designing a Custom Bandana
2022 into 2023
Event Rescheduling is Complicated
On Switching Jobs Voluntarily
Dealing with Impostor Syndrome
Dealing with Hurricanes as an Event Organizer
Sub Branding and Shell Orgs
Get a business phone number for $1/month
Folder structure and permissions for a nonprofit
Best free safe fonts for logos
Test your brand name over the phone
Swagging a Table
Thoughts after organizing my first hackathon
Creating a Sponsor Pitch Deck For a Tech Community
Designing the Tampa Devs Logo
Coming up with a Brand Name
Let Things Burn
Calendar Planning for a Software Meetup
So you want to run a Hackathon?
Best marketing strategies for a software meetup
Should you go Non Profit as a Software Meetup?
Creating an Animated Speaker Ad
Crafting the perfect meetup page
Event hosting - do not always ask for permission
Lessons learned building a 100+ member slack community
Sponsors and Dirty Money
Tenacity and life lessons through the 33% rule
Why I love mentoring and community building
What I learned reading thousands of resumes for 5+ years
A guide to designing a custom 3D PVC hat
How to find Co-Organizers for a Non-Profit
Retaining Talent by Creating Ownership
202118 posts
2021 into 2022
Newbs Guide to Dates & Timezones in Web Development
The Ugly Side of Event Management
Accessibility lessons learned shipping a 60MM user app
Applying to jobs is like dating
How to build session timeout modals in React
Micro-frontends: ways of connecting 2 React (or SPA) apps
How we grew a local dev community to 2 sponsors and 180 members in 1 month
Write how to guides if your a busy person
Use progressive code reviews to ship things quicker
Describe the hat your wearing
Why I started Tampa Devs
Meetings are like Emails
Productivity tip: use focus periods with time limits
When to use redux, local/session storage, and backend caching
Ship Things by Picking Boring Tools
Lessons learned from Junior to Senior Developer
Conditional React Hooks
202011 posts
2020 into 2021
Learning Path for a Self Taught Web Developer (React/NodeJS)
What are JAMstack Apps and Static Site Generators (SSG)
On writing a custom RSS feed for GatsbyJS
Installing Blog Comments on your GatsbyJs/React Site using Utterances
How competing in hackathons helped me land my first job
Building a Custom Podcast Site with GatsbyJS, ReactJS, AmazonS3, and Netlify
Customizing Bootstrap in a React App
Demystifying React useEffect
Demystifying React useState
Inheriting a Broken Javascript Webapp and How to Fix It