Favorites of 2021

It’s time for my favorites of 2021. As a refresher, at the end of the year, I like to list my favorite technology pics (gadget, app, and thing I learned), as well as media pics (book, movie, music, TV show, and podcast). This year was especially good!

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Announcing the (Unofficial) WCUS 2020 Speaker Interview Series

I’ve sorely missed going to WordCamps. I love traveling, I love hanging out with people, and I love public speaking. I also know how much time and effort goes into planning a WordCamp, as well as WordCamp talks. I was also super bummed about WordCamp US 2020 cancelling its virtual event (though I totally understand virtual event fatigue). I wanted…

Podcast to Learn New Things

Last week I told you how you can build trust through podcasting. This is a great external benefit (and perhaps the main reason) you should start a podcast. But it’s not the only reason. In-fact, that wasn’t the reason I started How I Built It. I started my podcast to learn new things and level up as a business owner….

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100 Words 038

Last week, Wisdm Labs published an interview I did with them and I think it turned out great! One thing that struck me was Namrata, the interviewer, asked me 4 questions that were specific to me. One was “If you weren’t a Front End Developer, you would be…” I chose photographer. I really enjoy taking photos and just bought the Nikon…

Rebooting the TIL Podcast

About a year ago, I started a podcast called the TIL Podcast, where a few friends and I sat down and discussed whatever topic we decided on. It was a lot of fun recording but eventually got a bit hard to keep a consistent group of people to record every week. We got out 13 episodes before taking a hiatus….

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Employers and Colleges Asking to see Social Network Activity

This morning a read a story on MSNBC that got me all fired up: Govt. agencies, colleges demand applicants’ Facebook passwords. It talks about potential employers and schools asking for access to view facebook/twitter accounts either by logging in during an interview or by friending an official.  This is not OK; it shouldn’t be happening on any level and the fact that it’s…