Sometimes I get asked by newcomers how one can become a developer like me - specifically, with a job and career like mine.

If you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you...

My experience on the web has been one of dualities.

Huertas de Ánimas

Here are some ideas for productive and enjoyable things you can do with your laptop while you are hanging out during the holidays.

On the purpose of a personal blog, getting back into creative pursuits, and general burnout

Hay gente que recurre a un psicólogo para superar una mala racha. Otros acuden a un coach que les ayude a descubrir sus fortalezas y debilidades. Yo sólo

"I write knowing it may disappear. I highlight books knowing the highlights will fade. I trust that what matters will return, will find its way to the surface. I no longer worship the permanence of text."

It is useful, after all.

Terry Gene Bollea, better known as “Hulk” Hogan, was by all acounts a racist pig, a supporter of Fascism, and an all around asshole. He was also one of my childhood heroes, and I’m far from alone in that. He’s dead now, and I guess it is time to think about what it means to find out your heroes are monsters.

Fragmento de 'Set Knowledge Free', un mural ilustrado por Tomi Um que se encuentra en el hall de las oficinas de la Fundación Wikimedia en San Francisco. Hace tres semanas tuve el lujo de participar en el Encuentro de Literatura Queer junto a las enormes Cristina Fallarás y Silvia Agüero. La mesa se llamaba "Supervivencia…

My thoughts, my feelings, my perceptions

It's serendipitous that I discovered and decided on Bear as the home for my thinking through of publication practices. Though I'm working specifically on pri...

"But here’s the thing... The friendships that survive adulthood’s chaos are almost always worth the effort. You are not friends because you sit in the same classroom or live on the same block. You are friends because you made the decision to invest in each other despite all the other demands on your time."

Getting multiple library cards mean expanding my access to even more e-book collections, that I can borrow.

html/template might not be a good programming language.