Last weekend, I helped ArianeK move out of the West End of Vancouver, BC into a lovely house on Commercial Drive. Some lessons learned: 1) If you hire movers, expect that they’ll be three hours late. (Cough ActionMovers cough.) 2) Once you’ve hired the movers, expect that they’re going to drop at least two Frogboxes. [...]
Posts under ‘Ridiculousness’
Taking a Weekend Off
I joke that Saturday and Sunday are just ‘days that start with S’. Tris probably feels the same way, although he said a lot more in “Writer’s Frustration: Taking a Weekend Off”. That feeling like you just can’t take a weekend off, or you’ll be so behind in either cashflow or workflow that you might [...]
5 Ways to Win at DrupalCon
Next week’s my third DrupalCon, and I’m speaking in two different time slots. If you’re coming to San Francisco, say hi! (either here or there is fine.) But here’s my tips for surviving the twice-yearly Drupal gathering. 1) Write on your badge. If you’re doing new cool things, put it on there! If you’re hiring, [...]
Kindof like surfing..
Project management is sometimes like surfing: A whole bunch of waves come in and smash you and you kindof ride it out. Wait for next set of waves. Repeat. Cute, neh?
Today’s Word
Disasterpiece theatre: When your life acquires an off-stage director. (Insert wild hair and villainous appearance here.) The normal supporting cast begins to move in ways that are at first merely perplexing, then fascinating. This does not necessarily involve ominous music, men in top hats and British accents. It all works out in the end. And [...]
DCPDX ftw.
DrupalCamp Portland kicked off last Friday night at NedSpace Old Town with a great turnout, and we had a great weekend of discussions about web development with Drupal. Saturday was sessions all day, with highlights include: Josh Konig talking about Drupal in the Cloud, Sam Boyer talking about Panels, Damien Tournoud talking about Drupal 7, [...]
What do I most want to do this morning?
(The Not To Do List.) Wait for the pain of waking up to subside. (Is it painful to be awake? Yes. Roll over, try again later.) Shower. Go to Peet’s and get a cup of coffee. Walk to Lloyd Center and spend 15 minutes hunting for where my sister deposited her car. Move car back [...]
Ignite Portland 6: Us coming to you. On stage. With microphones and slides.
My alter-ego Reid Beels and I decided it would be funny to put in for Ignite Portland 6. I’ve been here in the Portland tech community since October 2008 (I KNOW! It’s really a short time!), and that’s included involvement in 2 separate Ignites. Ignite 4 and 5 were as a volunteer helping to make [...]
Wandering off about..
On Theming: Wordpress: 8 lines of code to tweak things, the hardest part of which is finding the Benjamin Moore site and using ColorPic because I am lazy and do not want to guess what ‘Yellow Rain Coat’ and ‘Autumn Purple’ are in RGB values. So sue me. Upload, refresh. Perfect. Drupal: Install theme. Discover [...]