Dog mom to Trooper | Engineer of software | Lover of learning | Partner of Zach | She/her/hers | HOH šš»
Hey, friends! It's been a while, but I'm back with something fun. Yesterday, I tweeted out about an image I analyzed and then re-createdā¦
I love organizing things (when I'm not feeling overwhelmed by the number of things I need to do at my house š). If you have something youā¦
I started college in the fall of 2013 as a Chemical Engineering major at a small private engineering school in Indiana. That first quarterā¦
I'm joining the #100DaysOfCode challenge next Monday, July 1st! There are a lot of things I want to try out and want to spend a little timeā¦
Next time you walk around some city streets, take a look around. What's the sidewalk like? If it's made out of bricks, does it look veryā¦
The AM The CEO took some time to talk about the company's vision this morning, but not before we had a tornado drill! š It was anā¦
The morning I can't help but find myself fascinated by everything here. While I'm doing my 10-minute walk from my car to the office, Iā¦
Day 2 was pretty quiet and smooth, but still exciting. I had two on-boarding meetings and will have one or two per day through next weekā¦
My new job is downtown Indianapolis. Today was my first day for a whole list of things! š Parked in a parking garage all day š¶š¼āāļø Walkedā¦
Did you know you can add captions to <video> elements with a little HTML and a VTT file? I didn't know until today! It's really easy to doā¦
I'm finding myself busier than ever and would love to hear what tools you use to keep yourself organized. When I was in college, I usedā¦
Fiona Thomas, author of Depression in a Digital Age, has a free ebook called How to Get Stuff Done with Depression. In it, I found adviceā¦
Last week, I was feeling fired up and ready to go. I wrote a whole post about some exciting things and plans. {% link ashleemboyer/good-newsā¦
Disclaimer: This post isn't for bragging. I've had people ask me whether or not Twitter is worth it. I joined Twitter less than 60 days agoā¦
I made some shouty tweets on Sunday. Here's the first one, and the one I want to focus on for this conversation. {% twitterā¦
Thank you to everyone who replied to the following tweet! It's an excellent list of sites people like to use. {% twitter 113392706203986739ā¦
š I got a new job In two weeks, I start a new position as a front end software engineer. I've been looking for a couple of months for aā¦
Really, anything. I don't claim to be the spokesperson for all disabled people that need web accessibility, but I'm here to give you my ownā¦
I came across some issues on touch screens where I have a navigation menu expanded and the common "shadow" showing on the non-menu portionā¦
Life is really hard sometimes. We're all going through something. You're not alone. What you're doing is hard work. It's taking up a lot ofā¦
This past month of publishing one post per day far exceeded my expectations. I was inspired to do this challenge by the co-hosts of theā¦
Yesterday, I made a post about ideas and going after them. Every idea is a learning experience. There are no dumb ideas. {% linkā¦
As someone who's new to the web dev game, I find it hard to accept all my ideas as good ones. Yes, you read that right, all ideas are goodā¦
Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit is an awesome book that gets into the science of decision-making and forming habits. My favoriteā¦
I came across an excellent tweet last night by Twitter user Amycruz: This is such a great point. I see many devs talking about how hard itā¦
I thought I understood containers for a second, but the more people tweet about them on Twitter, the more confused I feel. So, could youā¦
Still feeling under the weather, but I mustered up the brain energy to write this little haiku: āIām not really sure If it is against theā¦
Iāve said this before, and Iāll say it forever: your health is more important than anything else. Take care of your body. Feed it goodā¦
I'm taking an hours-long final later, so today's post is going to be super simple. What are your do's & don't's for getting started inā¦
Since I've lived in apartments for the entire 3 years I've had my dog, Trooper, Zach and I have always had to walk him with a leash. Ourā¦
With my crazy schedule of driving 1.5 hours one-way for a class four days a week, I haven't had as much time to write code outside of workā¦
You will never know everything. There's too much information out there and not enough time to learn it all. What this means is, sometimes weā¦
There's no such thing as a stupid question. There may be stupid timing for it, such as a student asking when an exam is 5 minutes after theā¦
I do. not. care. about inbox zero. :) Too often, it becomes less about efficiently managing your inbox and more about rushing to have noā¦
Do you know what it means when you can admit your weaknesses? It means you've probably recognized the following: You are less afraid to beā¦
I don't know where Joshua Fields Millburn was inspired by his advice, but Steven Pressfield, Nike, and he all have roughly the same thing toā¦
I'm finishing up my degree at one of the top undergraduate engineering schools in the country. Applicants are typically at the very top ofā¦
I decided to take this approach when I made https://blackbirthdays.com. Originally, for the month of February, it showed a different personā¦
Rejection sucks, and for some reason, rejection from acquaintances and strangers especially sucks. Maybe you submitted a proposal to give aā¦
Work (hopefully) doesn't consume our entire lives. Every single one of us comes from a different background and we're also all in veryā¦
I first heard the phrase "learn out loud" from the Office Hours podcast. In this article, podcast co-host T.K. Coleman gives us threeā¦
I hate reading more than one book at a time, but here I am, reading three. I think? I can't even be sure. This is why I should practice selfā¦
The worst part of finishing a tutorial is not knowing what to do next. You could go look up some app ideas online, but aren't you tired ofā¦
Not that I feel the need to explain myself, but I want to share that I'm hard-of-hearing. It's genetic and just about everyone on my familyā¦
Sometimes, you need a day. When you have a job in tech, the amount of available knowledge to us can both incredible and staggering. We fearā¦
Do you want to know what I most often forget to do when I'm working really hard? I forget to eat. That's a funny thought at first. Like, howā¦
Why, yes, I would love to be done with the set up of my sites so I could focus more on the side projects I want to post on my portfolioā¦
Let's face it: nothing you make will ever be absolutely perfect. Some people may not like the final product. Maybe you could remove aā¦
Originally written in late February 2019 The unknown is absolutely terrifying, probably because we can't control what we don't know. Butā¦
The vast knowledge of the tech world can be so overwhelming. People throw out buzzwords all the time on Twitter: Kubernetes, Rails, Reactā¦
