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April Has Come and Gone

April 30, 2020 by Kevin Leave a Comment

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When April started I decided it was time to blog again. So, how is it going?

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Lost Time

April 29, 2020 by Kevin Leave a Comment

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Lost time is a tribulation to us all. But, there is hope if we make better choices. Choose the better over the good, and joy will come for a little while. Then choose again. And again, joy may find you.

Filed Under: Story, Thought

Q1 2020 Desk Setup

April 21, 2020 by Kevin Leave a Comment

I’m a somewhat minimalist when it comes to my physical workspace and tooling. My desk setup is a bit comical during these unprecedented times but none-the-less effective. I’ve built up this collection over the course of ten plus years. If I’m writing to my younger self… take your time and switch to Apple from Windows […]

Filed Under: Story, Tech, Web

Blogging Again

April 6, 2020 by Kevin 1 Comment

Should the social-X club own our stories? When we exclusively publish our stories on social media we are forfeiting our ownership of those stories. I don’t want to fall into that trap. So, I’m blogging again on my own personal server (though ownership could look different for you). I’ve had many blogging highlights and lowlights […]

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Code Merged: Laravel

April 3, 2020 by Kevin Leave a Comment

Little did I know how much I would come to love Laravel. My Laravel journey started after acquiring a shamefully developed Drupal 6 e-commerce website, 6 years ago. Now, this particular Drupal 6 website was a total mess. Due to its build: I couldn’t add new products, I couldn’t upgrade core (it was modified), and […]

Filed Under: Laravel, Performance, Story

The Poetic Tragedy of Privacy

December 20, 2018 by Kevin Leave a Comment

Broken expectations of trust are painful and lead to loss. Take care in how you trust and whom you trust. Change the way you think about privacy and let that inform how you use the web. Don’t blame platforms for your behavior. Does anyone trust a stranger to relay private information without eventual revelation? Contracts […]

Filed Under: Privacy, Story, Web

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