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2024 Resolutions and Goals

With every new year, everyone will make goals and or resolutions, goals of what they want to accomplish for the year. Or sometimes people don’t make goals and that is ok too. I for one like to make goals that I hope to accomplish for this year. I think this...

January 7, 2024
Life

Texas Dreaming 2023 Announcement

What is texas dreaming you asked? It’s a Salesforce event for all of Texas to come and learn about more Salesforce, its for networking, meeting people, shaking hands, and overall a pretty good event that takes place over 2 days....

April 26, 2023
Life

Time Off

A sabbatical, time off, mental recovery, vacation, R & R or rest and relaxation are all terms used to describe times when we need to gather ourselves and focus on a mental recharge. One of the things I wish to discuss is when and how often you should be taking...

May 22, 2022
Life

Working From Home – Part 1 – Getting Adjusted

Over the past week, due to the virus outbreak currently happening, a lot of companies are moving from in-office to full remote for their workers. I have had a few friends ask me how I got adjusted with working from home without getting insanely bored or distracted. Hopefully this will...

March 22, 2020
Coding , Design , Life

Relaunched 2.0

I always believe that a website is never done, when we launch a website we have to think about where it could go next and understand that the audience will evolve further. It was over the last 2 years that I had been studying my audience through data analytics and...

June 3, 2019
Life , Soapbox

Folding The Future

With the Mobile World Congress convention in full swing the past weekend, there was a lot of phones that are becoming foldable. Now I have been asked by quite a number of people “What do you think of those foldable phones?” Well let me break it down with what I...

February 26, 2019
Life

My Top 10 Favorite Romantic Films (So Far)

Since my Halloween movies were such a big hit, I decided with Valentines being today, I decided I would do a top 10 on my favorite romantic films. Yes romantic films, these won’t just be your typical lover gets the person but more of a different kind of idea of...

February 14, 2019
Life

My Goals for 2019

With every new year, comes new goals, I decided to write a blog about what I hope to accomplish for 2019…these aren’t the usual goals like buying a house or buying something but other type of goals that are more in line with lifestyle changes. 1. Collect All My Health...

January 7, 2019
Life

Perfectly Balanced As All Things Should Be

With another year comes a new set of experiences, with some trials and tribulations of course. I think 2018 can be summed in an idea or more of a simple word with different meanings and that is Wealth. Not material wealth but more along the lines of growth in terms...

December 16, 2018
Life

My Top 10 Favorite Horror Films(So Far)

With it being October, horror films are some of my favorite in cinema history. Horror movies have the most sub genres of any movie genre, you have monster, sci fi, slasher, low budget thriller. In this list I am going to talk about the 10 horror films that are always...

October 23, 2018
Life

Make It Hollywood – BATMAN: JUDGEMENT

Anyone that knows me knows that my favorite superhero has always been Batman, from the many comic iterations of him over the years to the actors who have played him over the many great films and especially the amazing cartoons.. Now with DC’s “The Batman” film currently in limboish and...

July 6, 2018
Life , Questions and Answers

What Makes A Boss

What makes a boss? Are they someone that just order people around or are they a leader that leads people towards a collective purpose. I think one of the questions I have gotten this year is “what should I look for in a boss?” This is one of those questions...

June 2, 2018
Coding , Life

Skip Hip Go For Convenience

Now here is something that I am sure a lot of people have had to go with. They get a new client or want to meet a developer. They decide to meet off site and that place is…some new coffee shop that might only have 3 parking spaces and can...

April 16, 2018
Life

The Need for Goodwill Developers

After attending SXSW in Austin for a day and talking with some developers, or from even teaching at the school. I have noticed a trend happening a lot lately. This isn’t a good trend to have but one of a negative view on the developer industry as a whole. The...

March 19, 2018
Coding , Life

Me A Professor? Whoa

I have always believed that sometimes life will take a curve ball, sometimes good sometimes bad. Recently, I had a friend reach out to me about spreading my WordPress knowledge. She knew I was trying to spread my knowledge through my blog and helping with a few meet ups. Well...

December 30, 2017
Life

30 + 1

Something I have always told myself over the years is if I woke up in a bathroom chained to a pipe. I probably did something to deserve it. 30 has been a cliffhanger of a ride. Constant up and downs, questioning ideals, friendships, co workers and job. I think this...

December 16, 2017
Life

Recruiters Who Are They? And Do They Work?

This is a question I get a lot. “Who are Recruiters? And do they ACTUALLY work?” As with all things there are pros and cons. I have heard horror stories, and I have heard good stories. Let me discuss what has happened with me and these recruiters. If you are...

October 22, 2017
Life

Developing With Depression

I had slightly mentioned this in the past, but last year I was diagnosed with depression. It isn’t something easy to come to terms with when you are labeled as having depression. People tend to treat you differently or say things such as “can’t you just make yourself happy”. Its doesn’t...

October 10, 2017
Life , Reviews , Soapbox

Has Apple Lost Its Spark?

Another fall, another Apple event. This is the time where Apple shows off its newest iphone, something they usually come out swinging and this year being the tenth anniversary of the iPhone expectations were running high…and this year they came out with a stumble? Wheres The Pow? There were quite...

September 26, 2017
Life

My Favorite Superhero Movie Moment

Everyone who knows me, knows that I enjoy super hero films and with a new one coming out every quarter I thought I would write something on them. Having just seen Wonder Woman and being completely blown away by how good it was, it made me really think back on...

June 28, 2017
Coding , Life , Soapbox

What is a Set Up Job

This is a term I use when it comes to building a website. Many of the clients I meet who have great ideas for their website but then do not like the revelation of the actual cost to building a website, or maybe in some cases they are just starting...

June 18, 2017