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18F

• Content that writes itself
• Why I’m going to work for the federal government

Apple

• I’m not sure about Apple, anymore

bikes

• A new bike: Bianchi Lupo
• Favorite gear: steel bikes

books

• The 10 best books I read in 2023
• The most compelling, timely, and terrifying book I've read in a long time
• The 10 best books I read in 2022
• Favorite gear: Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, Third Edition
• The 10 best books I read in 2021
• Including book cover images for only the current year
• The 10 best books I read in 2020
• Libraries everywhere
• It’s happened before. Is that supposed to make it easier?
• Organizing my reading list by year
• The 10 best books I read in 2019
• Creating a book list
• Edward Tufte’s Presenting Data and Information course recap
• A visit to Working Library
• The Trouble with Reality
• Arrival and the eternal return of the same
• Learning what to learn

boots

• Favorite gear: Danner Mountain 600

cameras

• My first shots with the Pentax 6𝗑7
• Yet another new, old film camera
• Another new, old film camera
• Slowing down with analog photography

civic tech

• Your civic tech work matters
• Shutdown sharing: Migrating Maine Ballot

climate change

• The most compelling, timely, and terrifying book I've read in a long time
• Cherish what survives
• Our first vacation in three years
• 12 days without power...or water
• Notes from evacuation

conferences

• Edward Tufte’s Presenting Data and Information course recap
• Confab 2018 recap
• DrupalCon Baltimore recap

content strategy

• Writing for action and ambiguity
• Shutdown sharing: Migrating Maine Ballot
• Are content strategists the key to our digital future?
• Shutdown sharing
• Playing with sparklines
• Edward Tufte’s Presenting Data and Information course recap
• Confab 2018 recap
• Content that writes itself
• Why I’m going to work for the federal government

D3

• County choropleth map using Python and D3
• Playing with sparklines

data visualization

• County choropleth map using Python and D3
• Playing with sparklines
• Edward Tufte’s Presenting Data and Information course recap

design

• Writing for action and ambiguity
• Shutdown sharing
• Playing with sparklines
• Edward Tufte’s Presenting Data and Information course recap

Drupal

• DrupalCon Baltimore recap

editing

• Tools for writing and editing

environment

• The most compelling, timely, and terrifying book I've read in a long time

ethics

• Are content strategists the key to our digital future?

film

• Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev
• Tarkovsky’s Stalker
• Arrival and the eternal return of the same

fire lookout

• Cherish what survives

forage

• Searching for chanterelles

GatsbyJS

• Shutdown sharing

gear

• The time I guided a Jeep photo shoot
• Favorite gear: Danner Mountain 600
• Favorite gear: Swedish goggles
• My first shots with the Pentax 6𝗑7
• Yet another new, old film camera
• Search and rescue: gear changes
• Favorite gear: Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, Third Edition
• Search and rescue: supplemental gear
• A new bike: Bianchi Lupo
• Favorite gear: steel bikes
• I relied on Gaia GPS for search and rescue missions. Not anymore.
• Favorite gear: original Leatherman PST
• Joining search and rescue part three: old trucks (and old shoulders)
• Favorite gear: Swiss Army rucksacks
• Joining search and rescue part two: gear
• Another new, old film camera
• Slowing down with analog photography
• A visit to Working Library

GitHub

• Shutdown sharing: Migrating Maine Ballot

government

• National service is finally having a moment
• Content that writes itself
• Why I’m going to work for the federal government

history

• It’s happened before. Is that supposed to make it easier?

humanities

• Are content strategists the key to our digital future?

JavaScript

• Yep. Your Liquid variables will work in JavaScript

Jekyll

• Including book cover images for only the current year
• Organizing my reading list by year
• Creating a book list
• Yep. Your Liquid variables will work in JavaScript
• Shutdown sharing: Migrating Maine Ballot
• Playing with sparklines
• Tooling: it’s a buffet now
• Content that writes itself
• How I publish this blog

Leaflet

• Yep. Your Liquid variables will work in JavaScript

maps

• I relied on Gaia GPS for search and rescue missions. Not anymore.
• County choropleth map using Python and D3
• Yep. Your Liquid variables will work in JavaScript

Montana

• The time I guided a Jeep photo shoot
• The unmistakable smell of spring

Nikon

• Another new, old film camera
• Slowing down with analog photography

Oregon

• Spring camp: Timothy Lake
• My favorite place in Oregon
• Searching for chanterelles
• Our first vacation in three years

philosophy

• Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev
• Tarkovsky’s Stalker
• Arrival and the eternal return of the same

photography

• The time I guided a Jeep photo shoot
• My first shots with the Pentax 6𝗑7
• Yet another new, old film camera
• Developing film with instant coffee: part two
• Developing film with instant coffee
• Another new, old film camera
• Tooling: it’s a buffet now
• Slowing down with analog photography
• A visit to Working Library

plants

• The unmistakable smell of spring

politics

• So here's the thing about Wyoming...
• 12 days without power...or water
• It’s happened before. Is that supposed to make it easier?
• The Trouble with Reality
• On AmeriCorps

privacy

• I deleted tracking from this site. I'm sorry I didn't do it sooner.

publishing

• DrupalCon Baltimore recap
• How I publish this blog

Python

• County choropleth map using Python and D3

React

• Shutdown sharing

search and rescue

• SAR fitness assessment (and huckleberries)
• How a search and rescue mission works
• A new search and rescue pack
• Search and rescue: third fitness assessment
• Search and rescue: fitness (re)assessment
• Search and rescue: gear changes
• Favorite gear: Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, Third Edition
• Search and rescue: supplemental gear
• I relied on Gaia GPS for search and rescue missions. Not anymore.
• Joining search and rescue part four: why I joined
• Joining search and rescue part three: old trucks (and old shoulders)
• Joining search and rescue part two: gear
• Joining search and rescue part one: training

service

• Your civic tech work matters
• National service is finally having a moment
• On AmeriCorps

social media

• Here we go again
• Three years since I quit Facebook
• Libertarians are all up in your social media

swim

• Favorite gear: Swedish goggles
• Back in the pool after three years

tools

• I’m not sure about Apple, anymore
• Tooling: it’s a buffet now
• Confab 2018 recap
• Content that writes itself
• Tools for writing and editing
• Learning what to learn

travel

• November in Wyoming: North Sayles Creek and Firebox Canyons
• November in Wyoming: Grouse Mountain
• Back to Wyoming: The Medicine Wheel and Bighorn Canyon
• Wyoming part three: Buffalo Durant
• Wyoming part two: The Bighorns
• Wyoming part one: The Winds
• Heading to Wyoming

user experience

• Shutdown sharing

web

• I deleted tracking from this site. I'm sorry I didn't do it sooner.
• Content that writes itself

wildfire

• The most compelling, timely, and terrifying book I've read in a long time

writing

• Edward Tufte’s Presenting Data and Information course recap
• Tooling: it’s a buffet now
• Tools for writing and editing

Wyoming

• November in Wyoming: North Sayles Creek and Firebox Canyons
• November in Wyoming: Grouse Mountain
• Back to Wyoming: The Medicine Wheel and Bighorn Canyon
• Wyoming part three: Buffalo Durant
• Wyoming part two: The Bighorns
• Wyoming part one: The Winds
• Heading to Wyoming
• So here's the thing about Wyoming...