CodingJoin our JavaScript book clubAre you learning JavaScript in 2020? Or are you a JavaScript developer who wants to level up his or her skills? Edit: the book club reached…
Personal2019 In ReviewA photo of me (and some cool lady with sunglasses on) visiting the Art Institute in Chicago this summer. I wrote down a few of the things I…
Coding30 Free Resources To Help You Learn JavaScript FundamentalsIf you’re learning JavaScript, you’ve most likely heard how important it is to learn the fundamentals. Problem is, you aren’t sure what the…
CodingFunctions Are FundamentalPhoto by Esther Jiao on Unsplash. These are my notes from Functions Are Fundamental, chapter 3 of Secrets Of The JavaScript Ninja, a…
BookshelfMy favorite booksAn ongoing list of books I love and would read again. Slowly adding my biggest takeaways from these books in the sections below. The Worldly…
BookshelfThe Revolt Of The Public By Martin GurriImage from Stripe Press. Below are some of the notes I jotted down while reading this book. These notes are by no means comprehensive. They…
CodingHow I went from complete beginner to software developer — and how you can tooTwo years ago, I was right where you are today. I wanted to become a professional programmer. But I had no idea how to make it happen. I had…
CodingHow to go from coding tutorials to building your own projectsWhen learning how to code, I kept hearing the same advice. “Tutorials are great, but building projects is the best way to learn. Just go…
CodingNotes on a React Tutorial by Kent C. DoddsKent C. Dodds has a React beginners tutorial that starts with the absolute basics of React and it’s fantastic. It’s a free course so I can…
CodingNotes on the Basecs Podcast Episode 2 (What is Encoding?)The basecs podcast is about computer science basics and based on Vaidehi Joshi’s base.cs blog series. I wrote up some notes on what I…
LifeStaying In Spain in MarchI’m in Tenerife, Spain with the entire Conversio team. Obligatory working from a hammock photo. Am I digital nomad yet? The whole team…
CodingWhy is teaching yourself how to code so hard? Here is the uncomfortable truthIt has little to do with coding itself. It’s hard to teach yourself how to code because you’ve been told your whole life that you are…
LifeFrom Fairies To Fullstack: Forget Your LabelWhen I was 19, I spent all my time writing a novel about a girl who discovers she’s a magical Fairy. My boyfriend back then was majoring in…
EducationWhy I’m Glad I Grew Up Playing Neopets*Published at the Alliance for Self-Directed Education. When people find out I was homeschooled, they sometimes ask, “But did you learn? If…
EducationIrresponsibly CuriousI was having a conversation with a friend the other week about a book I’m reading called Prisoners of Geography. At one point I said, “This…
Life4 Reasons Why I Love Horseback RidingHorseback riding is the most beautiful form of meditation. When you’re riding a horse, especially if you learn to gallop (a very fast pace…
LifeA Few Wonderful Things About My Mom1) She bought Madisonkanna.com when I was 10 years old. How many moms got their children’s names as domains when they were 10? She saw the…
PersonalWhat 4 Months of School Taught Me About ConformityDo you remember your first day of school? I do. I was 17 years old. I recall clutching the navy blue backpack secured around my shoulders…
CodingNotes on the Basecs Podcast Episode 1 (Bits, Binary, and Bytes)The basecs podcast is about computer science basics and based on Vaidehi Joshi’s base.cs blog series. It’s a fun series to listen to if you…
PersonalWhy I Stopped Being Your FriendWhen I was homeschooled growing up, I always imagined having dozens of friends. I had a few close friends, but never very many. Later I went…
