I really love cinnamon. Health Benefits of Cinnamon
The last embers of the fire. We have enjoyed spending time outside with our portable fire pit this summer. So nice to get outdoors and stare into the flames while talking. Something we miss when we’re indoors on screens.
It’s funny how different tools we use for work provoke different reactions in us. Even email, our collective dreaded foe, can be the right tool for the job. adamtervort.com/2020/08/w…
There is Competition, But Not as Much as You Think
I had an interesting conversation with my younger brother the other day. He is a college student who has the beginnings of a nice career playing jazz music. Unfortunately the pandemic has a huge negative influence on musicians who play live music, including my brother. He’s been looking for another job to help fill the gap until his live gigs restart. He had an interview scheduled for the afternoon, then in the morning an opportunity related to his music came up.
When the world has been turned upside down, we can find normalcy in simple things like playing together in the park. adamtervort.com/2020/08/a…
We Don't Use Email Here
In a meeting today one of my coworkers said “We don’t use email.” Wouldn’t it be great if something like that was true? Email can be pretty terrible at times, especially if it balloons to take up time that you would rather spend on other things. The problem is that even at a tech company, we still use email. Not everyone uses it, but if you work directly with people outside the company it’s almost impossible not to use it.
The last two nights we’ve watched Pride and Prejudice and Little Women as a family. Such great movies! I remember in high school doing everything I could to not read Jane Austin. I was such a dork.
This is heartbreaking. Another class of heroes, about to be thrown into the thick of a fight they shouldn’t have to be in. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/…
A Picnic in the Park
Since COVID-19 turned our world upside down, many of the things that were very normal have now become things we have to take great care in doing. Two of my kids have birthdays in July. In years past their birthday parties were at our community pool with a large group of friends and a stack of pizzas to share. This year those kinds of parties aren’t what we want to do.
Spent the last week or so porting my website from Hugo back to WordPress with a static site deploy. It’s been a fun challenge and I love that I can have the convenience of the WordPress backend with the speed and security of a static site on Netlify. adamtervort.com