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  • Anatomy of a Misfit

    I keep a rather long list of books in both my library wish list as well as Amazon's wish list. They get on the list through a variety of means, maybe I read about them in the New York Times book section, maybe someone tweeted about them, maybe I saw them mentioned in an article I read—but no matter how they get there, I usually don't get to them until I've long forgotten how or the source.

  • Daily jottings

    I started a new intention back in January, and since I'm still doing it fairly regularly, I guess you could say it's a habit now. I began what I've called my Daily Jottings.

  • Fun home

    I read Alison Bechdel's <em>Fun Home</em> based on several recommendations. It was my first graphic novel with serious subject matter since I read <em>Maus</em> many years ago.

  • Little Susie

    Reflections on the past year and a glimpse of the little me as I turn a year older.

  • Recent comics read

    Here's the most recent comics I've been reading. It's been so fantastic to get so many wonderful recommendations from fellow comic readers. Thank you all so much!

  • Success

    I got off the paved road a while ago, it just didn’t seem worth it to me. Because other things than what my culture tells me is success is what I feel makes me successful. But it isn't always easy.

  • Reputation not brand

    I only knew David Carr by reading his column almost every week. Since he died last week, I've read a lot of the various remembrances of him because he, now that I'm learning more, was a fascinating person.

  • Ms. Marvel

    I know, I just wrote about comics last week, but I'm writing about them again. Because I read my first super hero comic over the weekend, actually I devoured it.

  • Responsive Web Design, Second Edition

    I read the first edition of Ethan Marcotte's <em>Responsive Web Design</em> when it came out and just today finished reading the second edition. Ethan is a wonderful writer, making me laugh and keeping my attention, even when the division sign is used a lot.

  • Designing for Performance: Weighing Aesthetics and Speed

    I finally read Lara Hogan's fantastic <em>Designing for Performance: Weighing Aesthetics and Speed</em> over the past couple days. It's a fantastic read, along with Scott Jehl's book <em>Responsible Responsive Design</em> should be read by pretty much everyone working on the design and front end of sites today since performance is such a crucial element of our work.

  • Comics, comics, comics

    Almost one year ago I read my first comic. I know, I'm a late bloomer here. But since that first trade of <em>Fables</em> I've become a comic lover. Since I'm trying to record what I've read on this site, comics are no different, but since I don't really highlight from them, I'm just going to do a roundup here of the latest series I've started reading in the last month.

  • Making a journal

    Last Saturday I got up and had an easy morning and then packed up a tote with supplies and headed to the southeast campus of Portland Community College to take a class on book binding, specifically learning to make journals.

  • Part time

    Part-time work doesn't seem to exist in the tech industry and I find that intriguing and perplexing. Why? Why are companies not filling gaps with part-time employees?

  • Boredom

    The other day I was making dinner and, as is my routine, I was listening to All Things Considered on NPR while moving about the kitchen. A story about boredom came on. If you haven't listened to it, the crux of it is that there is a lack of creativity because we are never bored anymore, thanks to our smart phones.

  • 2014 year end review

    2014 was a tumultuous year for me. What I was doing at the end of the year was nothing like what I expected when the year began.