Articles

A collection of long form writing and tutorials — mostly about web development and design.

For shorter, more regular tidbits — peruse the notes section.

Optimizing and automating my Jekyll site build

Lessons learned from building, optimizing, and deploying a huge static site with everyone’s favorite SSG — Jekyll.

Documenting my approach to using Jekyll, how that’s evolved over the years, and web development learnings I’ve picked up along the way.

Convincing myself that I need an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil to fulfill all my digital illustration needs.

A look back at two years of drawing over 800 portraits using an iPad and Paper for iOS.

Migrating Made Mistakes from a Wordpress powered website back to its static file roots using Jekyll without a CMS.

A lengthy review of Animal Crossing City Folk for the Nintendo Wii — some things never change.

Faulty logic boards, ambient sensors, and displays oh my!