Slowing Down

Stop and smell the roses, but there were no roses. I still stopped. Over the Thanksgiving weekend I took a trip down to Joshua Tree National Park in southern California. From where I am in the bay area, this is about an 8 hour drive without traffic. From where my…

Balancing Personal Projects and Work

Go to any tech blog or forum and you'll see them sprinkled around everywhere. "My little side project", "been working on something like X for a bit", "this reminds me of a small tool I built for myself once". These might be…