In the last three months:
- I completed my practical coaching assessment, studying for National Board certification in Health and Wellness
- I took on an Interim Head of Engineering role
- I’m down about 9 lbs
- I rebuilt my homelab. I’ve got about ~600TFLOPS of tensor performance on my ML server

In 10 days I head to the US East Coast for a few days. Will be speaking at A11yNYC on 11/19 and joining DMV-A11y’s social hang in DC on 11/20.

If you’re at either of this events, don’t be shy, say hi!

www.meetup.com/a11ynyc/even...
www.meetup.com/a11y-dmv/eve...

It's about time I dusted off this space.

Earning the trust of your team is a key component of any aspect of “leadership”.

But it truly is earning, because trust exists on a spectrum, and it has to be cared for and maintained through shared values and communicated outcomes.

As I search for a touch screen monitor for my smart mirror project (so much for "I don't want a touch interface!"), I think I'm settling into a nice UI for it. On this week's stream, gonna tackle calendar updates & notifications

I’m avoiding the urge to ask for invites lol but I got a select few folks I’d like to bring on here. My company, too 👀 lololol

Happy Friday skyfam

Stop being shitty to the Bluesky engineers. This is literally a beta 😭😭

Re-post when you see this--Now there's all fun games and all, but I see people in community I care about being laid off. I want people to post their opportunities/willing to be referral for people. Post if looking for opportunity. Let's help people succeed! Thank you

Damn typo.

ATProto and I have a date this weekend. The goal? Play around with creating alt feeds and populating them via a tunable “troll” score.

I'm one of those 2007 Twitter folks (*), so what kept me coming back was:
- community driving of features / interactions
- engagement
- spaces you can mix and mingle in organically

*mention because we didn't have hashtags, RTs or mentions for years lol. user convention turned them into features.

When I get back to my office, I'm kicking off my thread of mechanical keyboards. (I think I'm at 7 total rn, but 2 are my daily drivers).

What does observability look like in this new world of DID and ATProto systems? 🤔

Because @mewtru.bsky.social posted her awesome ass desk, I’m gonna share the (not as impressive) setup I have!

Did I share that I love sneakers!?

Extended intro:

- I’m open about my journey with depression, anxiety and ADHD.

- I’ve run 20 half marathons and 4 200-mile team relay races (Ragnar). Dozens of 5Ks and 10Ks. 4 Spartan races.

- I enjoy writing code not on the critical path.

- I’m passionate about people mgmt and inclusive teams

This gives me two feels at the same time:

Early Twitter (2007-2008)
Black Twitter v1 (2009-2010)

And I LOVE IT.

If you like red wine (esp in The Bay in Cali), peep McGrail Vineyards & Theopolis Vineyards.

McGrail is family-owned out of Livermore and excels in Cabernets.

Theopolis is Black Woman owned out of Yorkville. I’m a huge fan of their Pinot Noir & Petite Syrah.

Not affiliated, just a customer :)

I feel like I should’ve used my domain for this/DID. I have so much to learn about this new world and the AT protocol!

Might need to tinker with the protocol and add Bluesky replies/notifications to my smart mirror project (this is my public reminder to write-up what I’ve done so far now that I’ve returned to streaming working on it)