Loom sure does know how to capture good freeze frames of me

I need to record myself flying this Tantrum kite sometime. On gusty days it's a real workout. When the gusts die down, you have to sprint a bit to find the window and keep the kite in the air. When the gust is up, you're basically rowing to keep the kite from pulling you away.

This little update on my site makes me so happy. My following of people who follow my website directly as opposed to following on social continues to grow.

Year one for any bootstrapped business is tough, and I'm certainly no exception. I've been growing a lot, stumbling here and there, and trying to keep my head above water. Sometimes, I even succeed! alexstandiford.com/articles/perso…

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Finishing up a post about my rules of productivity. It talks about the other piece of the system that is keeping me from burning out, but still being productive right now. Time budgeting is half of the puzzle. alexstandiford.com/articles/blog-…

Lol reviewing a conversation with one of my potential clients, and here's a note from AI while reviewing the conversation with me. Considering the source, I'm thinking Chat might be a bit biased 😅

Oh this is a fun idea!

The Friends WordPress plugin, Mastodon Apps, and ActivityPub plugins have come a LONG way in the last few years. With some setup, and a few tightly-coupled plugins, you can make your blog a fully-functioning WordPress-based private Mastodon instance. It's amazing!

When I made this site originally, I was on a mission to make it something great. Something that 13 year old me would have looked at and said wow this is so cool! And I think this site has accomplished that. 😄 alexstandiford.com

Well I just lost a day going down a rabbit hole of improving my personal website. I'm glad it's done because it's much better now, but I'm disappointed in myself for losing focus on the work I was supposed to be doing today.

“As the aroma of the garlic and snow peas filled the kitchen, Ben comes floating downstairs like a 1960s cartoon character after a pie. And in a turn of events that would make Edward Murphy say “well no shit”, Ben asks for one of the two servings.” alexstandiford.com/articles/blog-…

One of my favorite AI prompts to leverage ChatGPT to help me edit (check alt text for the actual text.) #ai

Watching Nightmare Before Christmas with the family. I love this movie so much. #Halloween

A big benefit of dinnerly is the recipe cards they ship along with their meals. We three-hole punched those things and put them in a binder so we can re-make the hits. The huge photos of the food makes it easy for the kids to choose meals for the week.

I miss using em dashes. Thanks a lot AI

“I could totally fly a plane”

Actual footage of me burning through my backlog of support tickets today

I started using SupportCandy, hosting my support tickets on my own site instead of paying for a SaaS. It has some quirks in the ticket editing experience, but honestly for a $150 lifetime price right now it's well worth it. supportcandy.net #WordPress

I feel more like an archeologist. Most clients come to me after their site is built, and usually have had a change of hands happen 3-4 times unsuccessfully, and there's a string of bad decisions made that piles up, and nobody knows where anything is. I change that.