Changes

Clean up, tweaks, and fixes… again? yes, always!

fixed

a bug that prevented code snippets in change logs to be highlighted correctly.

fixed

a few typos in past change logs.

fixed

a few typos in work history entries.

changed

layout of Résumé to clean up the page.

changed

footer gradient to be more inline with the brand colors.

changed

field name from body to summary for change logs.

updated

All SEO open graph images to be more inline with the style guide.

updated

Job titles in Work History to full titles to better match resume.

removed

some extra text, and redundancies in work history entries.

added

ld+JSON schema for Person, Website, and Articles for better SEO.

added

a lists/changes snippet for change logs to remove redundant template code.

added

a title attribute to change log heading links.

Adding a resume page, a change to logos in cards, and added some tasteful motion.

changed

the width of logo blocks on Work History cards for larger screens.

changed

the glyph that represents workplaces in my work section, to a more appropriate icon.

changed

the number of recommendations that are shown on each work history entry, from 1 randomized, to all relevant.

changed

the backdrop color for case studies to use the primary instead of accent color.

updated

the excerpts for all Work History cards to focus on my work, and not on the company itself. Considering this is my history not theirs.

updated

all case study thumbnails to prevent image blurring in some browsers.

added

a small animation to hover states for the main menu.

added

a subtle color transition on hover for normal links.

added

a monitor note to the Uses page.

added

the ability to inject one-off controls, like downloads or rss links to content headers.

added

a Résumé page for quick sharing and downloads.

added

a new glyph for downloading files.

added

a print stylesheet to make printing the resume page nicer, will expand to entire site later.

added

additional work tiles to the work landing categories page.

Cleaning up the layout file, tweaks and fixes as always.

fixed

a bunch of typos in comments in the layout template.

fixed

a bug that cause the home link in the main menu feel misaligned.

changed

the way some items in the layout template are included, to improve portability.

changed

ordering of head contents to better conform to priority loading.

changed

ordering of blocks on homepage to prioritize the work block.

changed

ordering of menu to better prioritize pages.

changed

active menu items are marked to fix a spacing issue in the main menu header.

updated

some PHP to improve performance and reduce clutter in templates.

updated

the path to all layout specific snippets to be in the same place, unifying the code and making it both simpler and more portable.

updated

checks for page and body classes, to make them cleaner, more robust and easier to read.

updated

humans.txt to include a link to bsky.

updated

space.css to be up to date with bandana.

updated

intro, description, and taglines for the work section and categories.

updated

titles and excerpts of all case studies to focus on outcomes rather than product/feature names and tasks, to better reflect the content of the case studies.

updated

titles and excerpts of all design systems to be more inclusive of the content within each system entry.

removed

css and js calls for codeblock highlighting from all pages where code highlighting could not happen to prevent excess calls to unnecessary resources.

Tweaks to pagination and bug fixes.

fixed

a bug that caused pagination to show when unintended.

fixed

a bug where a token value was misnamed and thus not working.

fixed

a bug that caused footnote indicators to be shifted upwards too far.

changed

the location of pagination from the footer, to above and below the article/entries.

changed

the version number formatting to use markdown, instead of html tags.

updated

all work page “More…” links to “All…” links, for better accuracy.

removed

underline decoration from pagination links.

added

an excerpt field to each recommendation entry for future use.

added

a content-pagination component to handle the in content pagination as needed.

added

a baseline template for change logs.

Bug fixes, adding tiles, and visual tweaks to card elements.

fixed

a bug that caused work examples to not randomize on the home page as expected.

changed

all home page “More…” links to “All…” links, for better accuracy.

updated

the card component to show an inset shadow on card_media that includes a screenshot.

added

a tile component to the work block on the homepage to show more examples without taking up a bunch of space.

added

the ability to pass a class to cards component wrapper.

added

3 work tiles to the work block on the homepage.

added

2 recs tiles to the recs block on the homepage.

Updating Kirby and Fontawesome, Adding some new content, and refactoring components.

fixed

a bug that caused the word home to be shown in all caps when dynamically pulled from the homepage content.

fixed

a bug that caused incorrectly output quotes on book pages.

fixed

an indentation bug in the library template.

changed

the way I look at the world for a brief moment.

updated

the card component to be more inline with component structure and guidance, making it more portable.

updated

the contents of the humans.txt file to include more information and be more inline with the standard for that file.

updated

the card/book to use the wrap/card component.

updated

the content on the Credits page to include a history, and webrings.

updated

font awesome install to latest version.

updated

kirby to latest version.

updated

css files that had hardcoded variable patterns.

removed

the backdrop component.

removed

extraneous CSS tied to the old card component.

added

the card_backdrop sub-component to the card component.

added

the card_reading sub-component to the card component.

added

a data-layout attribute to the card component.

added

a Sitemap page.

added

a u-space utilities file for controlling spacing on third-party “embeds”.

added

a wrap/blocks snippet.

added

a wrap/block snippet.

added

a wrap/data snippet.

added

a wrap/datarow snippet.

added

a content pagination on entry pages.

added

tokens for border widths: thin, regular, and heavy.

Adding, adjusting, and fixing.

fixed

a bug that caused some hidden 404 errors when loading certain pages.

fixed

a bug that caused a spacing issue with hrs in the footer.

fixed

a bug that caused footnote numbers to be too large in some scenarios.

fixed

a bug that caused an incorrect border-radius to show when cards appeared in blocks on landing pages.

changed

the look of the in page menus.

changed

the border-radius and size of recommendation avatars.

changed

the page-menu component to pg-menu.

changed

the datarows component to data.

updated

the pg-menu component to be more inline with component structure and guidance, making it more portable.

updated

the data component to be more inline with component structure and guidance, making it more portable.

updated

the alert component to be more inline with component structure and guidance, making it more portable.

added

in missing favicons, using the heart mark from the new logo.

added

a new icon glyph to support in page menus.

added

a new icon glyphs to support alternate alert types.

added

a collapsible version of the in page menu for small screens.

added

links to company pages in recommendation cards.

added

a border to recommendation avatars.

added

a library sub-section to the who section.

A few rearrangements and tweaks, and fixes.

fixed

a few typos in Work entries and pages.

fixed

a couple incorrectly produced SEO images for some pages.

fixed

a bug that caused the footer logo to go wonky on small screens.

fixed

a typo on the Why page.

fixed

a typo on the Terms page.

fixed

a bug on the Change log pages that caused text to render incorrectly.

fixed

a bug on the Changes listing that caused additional space on blockquotes in cards.

fixed

a bug on the Recommendations listing that caused additional space between and in cards.

fixed

a regression that caused a height issue on the bio card on the Who page.

fixed

a regression that caused footnote numbers to not be styled correctly.

fixed

a regression that caused cards in blocks to not show their shadows.

fixed

a regression that caused rec cards to have too much top margin.

changed

how many recent recommendations show on the Home page back to 1.

changed

some wording and phrasing on the Why page.

updated

accessibility statement on Terms page to be a consistent pov.

updated

text on 404 pages.

updated

text in Who section, for better clarity.

updated

text on multiple pages to be more clear about my work being design related.

updated

currently working link on Who page, to link to work history locally instead of linkedIn.

added

a why page block to the Home page.

added

missing SEO descriptions to Work Systems entries.

added

Work Systems entries to the work block on the Home page.

added

a missing heading on Change log entries.

added

a banner image on 404 pages.

added

a background color to cards inside blocks to give them more contrast.

Added Design Systems section to work, more fixes and tweaks.

fixed

a typo on Uses page.

fixed

a bug that prevented the intro paragraph to show on the Words landing page.

fixed

typos in the company name for all recommendations from Autozone and Rite Aid.

fixed

a bug that cause job titles and locations to not show in Work History entries.

fixed

job title mismatches between recommendations and work history.

fixed

a bug that caused the logo to disappear on smaller screens.

fixed

a bug that caused the datarows component to lose its border on smaller screens.

fixed

a bug that caused the spacing between intro paragraphs and a block stack to be too small when an alert was not present.

fixed

some typos on the Why page.

fixed

a bug that caused text with gradient fills to disappear when highlighted or selected in all browsers.

fixed

a typo in the EllisLab entry.

fixed

a bug that caused case studies image thumbs to bee too tall on smaller screens.

fixed

tense typos in the Work History entries.

changed

the typographic display for Work History entries.

changed

the intro paragraph Changes page, to match previous changes to the change log system.

changed

project ordering on Work History entries to be alphabetical.

changed

the design of the footnotes inline indicators to make them more obvious and easier to click.

changed

the font-size and line-height for footnotes so the text has more breathing room.

changed

the way landing page blocks increase in padding as the screen gets larger.

changed

the background color of case study thumbnails.

updated

recommendation meta sentence to have the proper tense based on current employer versus past employer.

updated

the intro lines for changes, case studies, quick looks, and work history.

updated

the text on the error page.

removed

a redundant field from recommendation entries.

added

cross linking between work history entries and work examples e.g. company to case study and vice versa.

added

existing company specific recommendations to each Work History entry.

added

additional favorite projects to Onelotus entry.

added

additional project categories to Augmentir entry.

added

a direct link on image thumbs to Case study cards.

added

a link titles on image and title links within Case study cards.

added

specific SEO descriptions to every page on the website.

added

a Design systems section Work section.

Adding work, restructuring the work section to add more, a new why section and buncha bug fixes and tweaks.

fixed

a bug that prevented links in the change log to function as intended.

fixed

the change log order to be correct order of fixed, changed, updated, removed, added.

changed

how the main menu is output, so that the page titles aren’t forced uppercase.

changed

the way headings are generated to allow for any heading level as opposed to the original hardcoded h2 only.

changed

the landing page of the Work section to display all the new work sub content.

changed

how recommendation cards are output.

changed

the visual look and feel of SEO og: images.

changed

snippet setup for footer, to make it easier to make small changes without affecting other parts of the footer.

changed

the way social sharing images are attached to a page to reduce duplication of data.

removed

some snippets that were no longer being used.

removed

redundant social sharing image data from content entries.

added

new Why section.

added

a Quick Hits page to the Work section

added

a Work History page to the Work section

added

a Case Studies page to the Work section

added

ability to add a specific class to the body to control different visual outputs for specific page elements.

added

SEO og: images for all existing pages.

added

a personal brand signature logo to the footer.

A series of quick fixes, cause I’m bad at testing and face palmed myself.

fixed

a bug that caused the site to show the incorrect colors when the user’s system is set to dark mode.

fixed

a bug that caused the site title to be truncated incorrectly.

fixed

a bug that caused the site to not correctly fallback to the page title if the navTitle variable was missing.

fixed

a bug that caused headings to be too large on small screens.

fixed

a bug that caused the main nav to not reduce in size when on smaller screens or adjusting your browser window on desktops.

fixed

a bug that caused the welcome message on the home page to not flow correctly on smaller screens.

fixed

a bug that caused code blocks to not properly highlight the syntax.

changed

all images with properly compressed images.

changed

how the homepage cards look on small screens the borders stacked weird and made the content look tied to other content blocks for a confusing layout.

added

in the missing SEO images for social sharing.

added

in the missing humans.txt and robots.txt.

The beta release of the new version of this website. This is a new beginning.

changed

content management from ExpressionEngine to Kirby CMS.

added

everything for as far as your eye can see.