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  1. May 14, 2023

    Happy Mother’s Day to my wife, Rebecca. It was this day in 2014 that we found out we would be parents. Just over 7 months later we would…

  2. October 18, 2020

    Here’s a little deviation from the garden. I spent most of the day today finishing up the restoration of a child-sized roll top desk. This…

  3. May 22, 2019

    While making the tea light centerpiece I, of course, made some mistakes. Luckily, wood can be a forgiving medium. Here’s a little video on…

  4. May 20, 2019

    I made this tea light centerpiece for my wife on Mother’s Day 2019. This is the first project where I remembered to video the process, so…

  5. December 12, 2017

    This week I was tasked with performing a quick audit on an existing client site for WordPress 5.0 compatibility. The site had already made…

  6. December 09, 2017

    When testing many facets of the OptinMonster embed code I find myself needing a clean & quick HTML page on almost a daily basis. For most…

  7. December 01, 2017

    It will come to no surprise for those who know me. I have a hard time focusing for any significant period of time. Of course, this issue…

  8. November 07, 2017

    Photo of landscape from a deer stand. A still pond on the right. Even when you come back empty-handed the time has not been wasted. Hunting…

  9. November 04, 2017

    My team and I at OptinMonster are in the process of building a true drag & drop solution for the campaign builder. This represents the…

  10. January 18, 2017

    Back in November Jason Fried (CEO of Basecamp) published a treasure trove of an article detailing how they, the team, structure their work…

  11. January 13, 2017

    The Boy Scouts and many outdoorsmen/women have a code of leaving the campsite better than you found it. That means picking up trash even if…

  12. January 12, 2017

    There’s an old saying, “Make hay while the sun shines”. It means you should get your work done while the conditions are favorable. No…

  13. January 10, 2017

    So many of us (developers) suffer from an extreme form of hubris. My programming language of choice is the “right” one. My chosen framework…

  14. January 09, 2017

    In support of my 2017 tech trends I’ve done my best to look away from screens and create more with my hands. Cooking is one of the ultimate…

  15. January 08, 2017

    It’s difficult. Being a parent. A team lead. A homeowner. A husband. It’s difficult to know when to rest. There’s always something you could…

  16. January 07, 2017

    Everyone is trying to predict the year’s biggest global tech trends. AI, self-driving cars and VR usually populate the top of the list…

  17. January 06, 2017

    One of our newest OptinMonster developers has already made a big splash by introducing even more automation to our development flow. For the…

  18. January 03, 2017

    We all face challenges in our daily lives. The difference between those who go to sleep feeling fulfilled and those who don’t is the former…

  19. January 02, 2017

    It’s 2017. I have no clue if this year will be better than the last. What I do know is my reaction to events has the greatest impact on my…

  20. September 10, 2016

    Over the last few weeks I’ve begun a push to increase our test coverage in OptinMonster with PhpSpec. Doing so will allow the team to…