Tag: Making

Sometime this past summer, my bathroom scale read just over 200 pounds. The last time I weighed that much was over twenty years ago. I felt disgusted with myself and hated my bulging rolls of fat. I became discouraged when over the following several weeks, the scale hardly budged even though I recom...

Maybe I should have called her Nagnag instead of Nefnef. Nefnef doesn’t take “No” for an answer. Sometimes I wonder if she even understands the word. When she wants something… She keeps nagging till she gets it. So should you. Maybe don’t scratch and throw ted...

Along with countless others, I grieve for the lives lost to a deranged gunman in Maine. But Grieving is not enough. While I certainly didn’t want the tragedy to occur, the State of Maine could have foreseen it. Indeed, the State essentially made it inevitable. With virtually no restrictions...

When I learned about UX design, I fell in love immediately. The idea of being able to enhance the experience of users resonated with me in ways I did not fully understand. As I became more immersed into the field, I realized why it felt so much like home. Black people work to enhance the experiences...

I personally purchased this property for $120,000 in June and Leased it after rehab for $1450 a month. This property had already been leased for 24 months at $1200 a month. Let’s look at those numbers. Rent $1200 Tax $225 Insurance $60 PM $120 Net $790 $790 X 24= $18,960 was the total take ...

As a mom of two, I feel like I’m always doing the “kids stuff shuffle:” packing up clothes and toys they’ve outgrown and pulling out the hand-me-downs they have finally grown into. But what to do with all the baby and children’s clothes, shoes, toys, gear and art suppli...

When Facebook rebranded as Meta last October, it brought into the mainstream a concept that has been exciting the bright minds of Silicon Valley for years: the metaverse. Mark Zuckerberg’s unveiling of a vision for a new era of integrated, immersive technologies was met with enthusiasm in some...

As an engineering leader, I value trust and believe that individual contributors should be involved in architectural and high level technical decision making. I consider every line of code to be a decision made on behalf of someone else (including your future self) and having a fast-growing distribu...