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I now work at Microsoft
Journal

I now work at Microsoft

1 Jun, 2022 · Portland, OR
Travelogue

Sea fishing in Southern Alaska

29 Jul, 2019 · Southern Alaska

Devlog

Game of Life Dev Log: Rules and Diagnostics

I refined rule toggles and tightened diagnostics visibility for births, deaths, and live cell counts.

11 Jun, 2026 · Portland, OR
Devlog

Game of Life Dev Log: Shareable URL State

I added another pass on URL state sharing so board setups are easier to copy and reopen.

18 May, 2026 · Portland, OR
Devlog

Game of Life Dev Log: Pattern Workflow Improvements

I improved pattern loading and made it easier to move from preset exploration into custom edits.

26 Apr, 2026 · Portland, OR
Devlog

Game of Life Dev Log: Tightening the Render Loop

I revisited the render loop and focused on reducing unnecessary work between generations.

7 Apr, 2026 · Portland, OR
Camping

Snow Peak Way 2024

Mountain

4 Oct, 2024 · Long Beach, Washington
Foraging

Fall Mushroom Foraging in the Oregon Coastal Range

20 Sep, 2021 · Tilamook National Forest, Oregon
Hiking

Arch Cape, Washington Hike

24 Jul, 2021 · Columbia River Gorge, WA
Camping

Whalen Island Camping Summer '21

18 Jun, 2021 · Tillamook County, OR
Hiking

The Suttle Lodge & Black Butte Hike

28 May, 2021 · Sisters, OR
Hiking

Ramona Falls Hike

15 May, 2021 · Mt. Hood National Forest, OR
Hiking

Hamilton Mountain Hike

1 May, 2021 · Columbia River Gorge, WA
Hiking

The Oregon Garden

23 Apr, 2021 · Silverton, OR
Roadtrip

Lunar New Year & the Oregon Coast

20 Feb, 2021 · NW Oregon
Camping

Whalen Island Camping Trip - Sep '20

22 Sep, 2020 · Tillamook County, Oregon
Hiking

Tyron Creek State Park Hike

22 May, 2020 · Tyron Creek State Park
Roadtrip

Joshua Tree National Park in Winter

29 Dec, 2019 · Joshua Tree National Park, California
Camping

Whalen Island Camping Trip - Sep '19

22 Sep, 2019 · Tillamook County, Oregon
Roadtrip

Trifecta 2019

21 Jun, 2019 · Mt. Hood, Portland and Pacific City
Foraging

Intertidal Edibles Foraging at Ecola State Park

18 Jun, 2019 · Ecola State Park
Travelogue

Costa Rica: Santa Cruz

11 Apr, 2019 · Costa Rica
Travelogue

Costa Rica: Puntarenas, Monteverde

8 Apr, 2019 · Costa Rica
Travelogue

Costa Rica: Tamarindo, Nicoya, Santa Teresa

29 Mar, 2019 · Costa Rica
Journal

I now work at Xandr, Inc.

I now work at Xandr, Inc, which was previously known as AppNexus, prior to it’s acquisition by AT&T. Xandr operates a digital advertising platform that serves both ad buyer...

20 Mar, 2019 · Portland, OR
Travelogue

Kaua'i 2018

20 Nov, 2018 · Island of Kaua'i, Hawai'i
Foraging

Mushroom foraging with Friends in Tillamook National Forest

20 Oct, 2018 · Tillamook National Forest
Camping

Whalen Island Camping Trip - Sep '18

23 Sep, 2018 · Tillamook County, Oregon
Hiking

Ecola State Park Hiking

21 Sep, 2018 · Ecola State Park
Foraging

Crabbing At Jetty Fishery

21 Sep, 2018 · Nehalem River Estuary
Foraging

Birthday Mushroom Foraging - Sep '18

20 Sep, 2018 · Tillamook National Forest
Camping

Central Oregon Camping: Painted Hills, John Day and Bend

Rachel and I headed out for an impromptu camping trip for Memorial Day weekend. We didn’t have any plans with anyone and decided to head out to see the Painted Hills and John D...

26 May, 2018 · John Day & Bend
Travelogue

Macau SAR, China 2018

1 Apr, 2018 · Macau SAR, PRC
Travelogue

South Vietnam 2018

26 Mar, 2018 · Vietnam
Travelogue

Hong Kong SAR, China 2018

22 Mar, 2018 · Hong Kong SAR, PRC
Travelogue

Norway: Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen & Oslo again

1 Oct, 2017 · Norway
Travelogue

Trip to Iceland

1 Oct, 2017 · Iceland
Camping

Total Solar Eclipse in Oregon

19 Aug, 2017 · Columbia River Gorge & Central Oregon
Travelogue

Alaska Kenai Peninsula Fishing 2017

1 Jul, 2017 · Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA
Talks

The Clean Coder - lightning book review

Several months ago I gave a lightning-talk at Jama Software about “The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers”, a book on professionalism for software engin...

4 Feb, 2017 · Portland
Essay

Costs & challenges of pair-programming

In my prior blog post about pair-programming, I introduced the concept and explained why Jama Software adopted it as a practice in our engineering group.

18 Jan, 2017 · Portland
Essay

Pair-programming at Jama Software

4 Jan, 2017 · Portland
Roadtrip

Winter Holiday Roadtrip to Southern California

22 Dec, 2016 · California
Travelogue

Kaua'i 2016

31 Aug, 2016 · Island of Kaua'i, Hawai'i
Roadtrip

Roadtrip to Seattle

23 Jul, 2016
Camping

Camping at Whalen Island with Family

3 Jul, 2016 · Whalen Island, Tillamook, Oregon
Camping

Camping at Timothy Lake

Timothy Lake Website

4 Jun, 2016 · Timothy Lake, Oregon
Travelogue

Lunar New Year in Southern California

8 Feb, 2016 · Timothy Lake, Oregon
Journal

I now work at Jama Software

In 2015 I started a new job at Jama Software as a Software Engineer.

1 Jan, 2015 · Portland
Journal

I now work at Snapflow

In 2013 I was hired to work at Snapflow, a software startup based in Portland, Oregon.

1 May, 2013 · Portland

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