2019-11-17: 😂 Me: “I love how much you help and love cooking.” Micah (age 7): “That’s because I want to be a …
2019-11-16: 💮 Trying stand-up comedy
2019-11-16: What a great way to spend Saturday afternoon 🏈
2019-11-14: I definitely love my kids, and yet, there are times when I want to grab them by the scruff of the …
2019-11-13: 😂 Annie (age 5) was cleaning out the dryer filter for my wife, and grabbed the lint and said, “This …
2019-11-12: 😂 As we were sitting together playing games, Micah (age 7) recoiled. “Dad, you need to brush your …
2019-11-11: What a game! The 49ers certainly had their chances. Seahawks scored nearly everything off turnovers. …
2019-11-11: 😂 My wife: “I liked how polite you were interacting with the haircut lady.” Micah (7yo), with a look …
2019-11-10: 💮 I’m really excited about my newest project: mentalworkhealth.org. It’s all about helping people …
2019-11-09: What an exciting LSU-Alabama game. The 46-41 score doesn’t reflect how dominant LSU was most of the …
2019-11-08: Our 14yo did Model United Nations today for the first time and was the star for part of it. She …
2019-11-07: Life is much less frightening to me now that I know I have options and don’t just have to do what my …
2019-11-07: 💮 Health meters presentation
2019-11-06: For me, sticking with something has never been the issue. Sticking with something without becoming …
2019-11-05: Fantastic approach to the bathrooms at Taqueria 27. And great illustration of the inclusivity good …
2019-11-04: Likely to have “Chopsticks” in my head all day. Each time I hear it, I grin, thinking of my 12yo and …
2019-11-03: 📖 American Sniper By Chris Kyle
2019-11-03: We had a lovely dinner with extended family today to celebrate our daughter Arwen’s blessing (like a …
2019-11-02: 💮 I had a hard time sleeping last night, and kept thinking about what mark I want to leave on the …
2019-11-01: 💮 The key to recovery is progress. Ask yourself every day, “What can I do that is hard today?” Keep …
2019-10-30: ⚾️ Congrats to the Washington Nationals! First World Series won as a franchise, and first time the …
2019-10-29: After spending the last few days recovering from hernia surgery by laying around watching shows, I’m …
2019-10-25: 📖 Dead Man’s Walk By Larry McMurtry
2019-10-23: 🎧 📖 You Are Special By Fred Rogers
2019-10-08: 😂 7yo went into the bathroom with his cookies, after asking for books to be slid under the door. As …
2019-10-03: 📖 📱 Right Ho, Jeeves By P.G. Wodehouse
2019-10-03: My Do Not Disturb sign fell off my resort door, so I just had to get up to have the minibar …
2019-09-30: 😂 “Dad, I had a level 10, super-weird dream. I can’t even explain it. It was too weird. Well, I can …
2019-09-29: 📖 🎧 Blink By Malcolm Gladwell
2019-09-29: 😂 Me: “Can anyone clean up Clue for us?” 14yo, while looking down at the phone: “I can.” Me: “Great, …
2019-09-24: 🌀 Getting distracted
2019-09-16: 📖 📱 Warheart By Terry Goodkind
2019-09-14: 📖 📱 Severed Souls By Terry Goodkind
2019-09-13: 📖 📱 The Third Kingdom By Terry Goodkind
2019-09-07: 📖 📱 The Omen Machine By Terry Goodkind
2019-09-06: 💮 Summer reading fun
2019-09-01: 📖 📱 Confessor By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-31: 📖 📱 Phantom By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-29: 📖 📱 Chainfire By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-27: 📖 📱 Naked Empire By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-26: 📖 📱 The Pillars of Creation By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-24: 📖 📱 Faith of the Fallen By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-23: 💮 Experiences over artifacts
2019-08-22: In addition to being the spiritual path, it feels like the only way for me to survive.
2019-08-21: 📖 📱 Soul of the Fire By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-18: 📖 📱 Temple of the Winds By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-15: 📖 📱 Blood of the Fold By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-12: 📖 📱 Stone of Tears By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-12: 🎥 Hobbs and Shaw Alone
2019-08-07: 📖 📱 Debt of Bones By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-06: 📖 📱 The First Confessor By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-06: 📖 📱 Wizard’s First Rule By Terry Goodkind
2019-08-02: 📖 🎧 Star Wars: Thrawn: Treason By Timothy Zahn
2019-07-30: 📖 🛏 Lonesome Dove By Larry McMurtry
2019-07-28: 📖 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck By Mark Manson
2019-07-27: 📖 📱 What the Dog Saw By Malcolm Gladwell
2019-07-27: 📖 The Gifts of Imperfection By Brené Brown
2019-07-26: 🎥 Spider-Man: Far From Home Alone
2019-07-26: 📖 🎧 The Tipping Point By Malcolm Gladwell
2019-07-22: I needed this today. Maybe someone else does too.
2019-07-18: 🌀 People matter most
2019-07-17: 📖 🚽 Digital Minimalism By Cal Newport
2019-07-14: 🔗 Embracing both sides
2019-07-12: 🧘🏻♂️ This is a great reminder. Take time to be where you are.
2019-07-08: 🇺🇸 Here’s to the smugglers
2019-07-08: I finally published a Now page over the weekend. It feels nice to have something public declaring my …
2019-07-07: How exciting! Congrats to the U.S. women! ⚽️ 🇺🇸
2019-07-05: 🎥 Dumbo With three of the kids and cousins
2019-07-05: 🌀 Learning to be kind
2019-07-04: 🎥 Aladdin With 5 older kids
2019-06-25: 🎥 Toy Story 4 With the five older kids
2019-06-22: 🎥 Men in Black International Alone
2019-06-13: Wow. Two nights. Two championships by first-time teams. Congrats to the St. Louis Blues and Toronto …
2019-06-08: 🎥 X-Men: Dark Phoenix
2019-06-03: 🌀 Thoughts on WWDC 19
2019-06-03: I’m feeling lucky I work for a great company and could bring my team to San Jose for WWDC week. …
2019-06-02: Excited to be flying out for WWDC. Looking forward to spending the week with my team and meeting up …
2019-05-24: 📖 🎧 No Happy Endings: A Memoir By Nora McInerny
2019-05-16: Tried my hand at stand-up comedy for the first time today as part of my OCD treatment. The results …
2019-05-16: 📖 🎧 It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool Too) By Nora McInerny Purmort
2019-05-10: 📃 An open letter to TTFA
2019-05-07: What a game! St Louis Blues win game 7 in double overtime to head to the conference finals. Well …
2019-05-07: 🔗 Marriage is like a car
2019-05-02: 🌀 Allowing emotions
2019-05-01: 🔖 How to Be a Better Dad When You Travel for Business - The Art of Manliness
2019-04-30: 🔗 Balancing growth and stability
2019-04-27: 😂 A surprise-free shower
2019-04-26: 🌀 Emphasizing the right thing
2019-04-26: 🎥 Avengers: Endgame
2019-04-25: Excitement is mounting in the Norris household 🏰🎡🎢
2019-04-24: Wow. Probably the most exciting game of hockey I’ve seen. What a comeback by the San Jose Sharks to …
2019-04-23: It’s a good day
2019-04-23: We finally got a win! Had fun watching the Jazz dominate last night. 🏀
2019-04-22: Earning this award was a great push to get outside and appreciate the earth today. It also served to …
2019-04-21: I am so grateful for Easter and the gentle nudge to remember and draw closer to my Savior. …
2019-04-20: This might have been the most productive Saturday in months. Looking forward to relaxing with the …
2019-04-19: 💮 Balancing realities
2019-04-18: 🧘🏻♂️ Pause practice is a great centering tool I learned about today. At any point, take three deep, …
2019-04-17: Breathtaking blossom view on the way in to work today
2019-04-16: Micah (age 6): “Dad, can you play soccer with me?” Me: “Not in the house, bud.” Micah: “Oh, that’s …
2019-04-16: 🧘🏻♂️ Ninety days of meditation
2019-04-15: 🧘🏻♂️ This is so important to remember. Even with good things, and especially with the bad, nothing …
2019-04-14: 🗒 Book review template
2019-04-13: I’ve been thinking more and more about setting up a personal newsletter to share blog posts and …
2019-04-12: 🎥 Mia and the White Lion With three of my kids
2019-04-12: 🧘🏻♂️ This. So much this. I hope to remember. I strive for enlightenment. From my Daily Calm
2019-04-11: 🎧 Loved the latest episode of Core Intuition. I resonated with @danielpunkass’s tendency to beat …
2019-04-11: 🧘🏻♂️ I look forward to writing about this more, but I had a great experience yesterday …
2019-04-10: 🧘🏻♂️ This is the reminder I needed this week. I have been feeling discouraged by how far I still …
2019-04-08: 🏀 Wow. What a great game to watch. Congratulations to Virginia for an amazing tournament and a …
2019-04-08: Gorgeous view of new life out the window
2019-04-08: 🧘🏻♂️ Substitute mind for body, and this feels exactly like my experience over the past few months. …
2019-04-07: 📖 Keep Going By Austin Kleon
2019-04-06: Feeling so grateful to be watching #GeneralConference with my family. Always a weekend we look …
2019-04-05: 🧘🏻♂️ This is exactly what I am seeking to attain in my life right now. It involves an acceptance of …
2019-04-04: 🧘🏻♂️ The best way I have found to combat worry and anxiety is to name it. When I call it out …
2019-04-03: 📖 The Elements of Style By William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
2019-04-03: 🧘🏻♂️ What a delightful meditation this morning. The focus was on learning to rest the brain. This …
2019-04-02: 📝 An open letter to THWoD
2019-03-31: Excited to be sporting my new pin from @THWofD. Definitely my favorite podcast right now.
2019-03-30: Came back home last night after a week away to focus on treatment. It was so rewarding to see how …
2019-03-29: 🧘🏻♂️ Learning the skill of impulse control is essentially the work on my ERP treatment. OCD makes …
2019-03-28: 🌀 Writing a series
2019-03-28: 📖 On Writing By Stephen King
2019-03-27: 💮 I finished my series “What mental illness feels like” today, and posted an updated conclusion. …
2019-03-26: 💮 What intrusive thoughts feel like
2019-03-25: 💮 What OCD feels like
2019-03-24: 📖 Show Your Work By Austin Kleon
2019-03-24: 🧘🏻♂️ This requires courage. But the rewards are so fulfilling and uplifting. Many of the things I …
2019-03-23: 💮 What mental panic attacks feel like
2019-03-22: 💮 What physical panic attacks feel like
2019-03-21: 📖 Steal Like an Artist By Austin Kleon
2019-03-21: 💮 What depression feels like
2019-03-20: 💮 What anxiety feels like
2019-03-20: 🧘🏻♂️ What a great perspective. This feels even more important to remember when many of the …
2019-03-19: 🎙 Answering Questions
2019-03-18: 💮 What mental illness feels like
2019-03-17: 📖 From the Earth to the Moon By Jules Verne
2019-03-17: 🧘🏻♂️ What a beautiful thing to say to myself. I found that at the end of my meditation, my …
2019-03-16: 🧘🏻♂️ This summarizes the past few months for me. One constant step of discomfort followed by …
2019-03-15: 📖 🎧 Wolverine: The Long Night (Podcast)
2019-03-15: 🧘🏻♂️ This can be a real challenge. Ironically, it feels easiest when I lean in to my thoughts as …
2019-03-14: There is something so healing about being around new life emerging. Definitely needed today.
2019-03-13: ❄️ 🥶 I am so ready for the snow to be done…
2019-03-12: 💮 The loneliest club
2019-03-11: 🎥 Captain Marvel 👍 Seriously impressive and enjoyable. Definitely one I look forward to watching …
2019-03-11: 🧘🏻♂️ This can be challenging when it feels like the storm has been raging incessantly. But there is …
2019-03-11: 💮 🎧 Just finished season 3 of The Hilarious World of Depression. I hope to write more about my …
2019-03-10: 🧘🏻♂️ I feel like I catch glimpses of this at times. There is a quiet, still pond that is accessible …
2019-03-09: It’s a little surprising how easy it is to blow a huge number of hours playing Legend of Zelda on …
2019-03-08: This felt good today. I thought I would just leave Apple’s marketing text. The award got me out of …
2019-03-08: 🧘🏻♂️ What a wonderful day to remember and honor the important women in my life. I am so profoundly …
2019-03-07: 💮 Started my first real day of exposure and response prevention (ERP) treatment today. Wow. It’s …
2019-03-06: 🌀 “Tell him sorry right now!”
2019-03-05: 🧘🏻♂️ This idea leaves me conflicted. It can be soothing to reduce the possibilities. My problem, …
2019-03-04: 🧘🏻♂️ This feels paradoxically cyclical. If you don’t know how to live, how can you trust yourself? …
2019-03-03: 📖 Journey to the Center of the Earth By Jules Verne
2019-03-03: 🧘🏻♂️ This is a real challenge for me. But as I stop trying to run from the thoughts and just sit …
2019-03-02: 🌀 Enjoying recommendations
2019-03-01: 🧘🏻♂️ This is at the core of the kind of father I am striving to become. It’s a long journey of self …
2019-02-28: 🧘🏻♂️ This does not feel easy or natural to do. But it is something that I want to make a normal …
2019-02-27: 🧘🏻♂️ We often lament the lightning-quick passage of time, but more rarely use it to our advantage. …
2019-02-26: 🧘🏻♂️ I’ve put on a few pounds as I’ve worked through different medications for my OCD. This is a …
2019-02-25: 🧘🏻♂️ It is surprising how difficult it can be to love yourself and treat yourself kindly. Try to …
2019-02-24: 🧘🏻♂️ This is true even (or especially!) when the invitations come from my own mind. I still have a …
2019-02-23: Back home from my healing retreat. It’s been fun to see how excited my kids are for me to be home. …
2019-02-22: 🧘🏻♂️This is appropriate as I was traveling this morning and didn’t get to do my usual morning …
2019-02-22: 🌀 Ordering by size
2019-02-21: 🌀 Trivializing gratitude
2019-02-21: 🧘🏻♂️ This very thing has been the biggest effort of my healing retreat. I have had to confront so …
2019-02-20: 🌀 Trivializing apologies
2019-02-20: 🧘🏻♂️ I felt like this morning’s session was created just for me. When we learn to observe the …
2019-02-19: 🎥 Alita: Battle Angel 👍 Intense and violent but surprisingly moving. I especially enjoyed her …
2019-02-19: 🌀 Relative suffering
2019-02-19: 🧘🏻♂️ What an inspiring thought. This is certainly aspirational, and maybe not possible everyday, …
2019-02-18: 🎙 6: Podcasting with iOS
2019-02-18: 🧘🏻♂️ This has been exactly the point of my healing retreat. I need to discover how to incorporate …
2019-02-17: ✍🏼 I thought I would share some sketchnotes I took in church today that I originally posted on my …
2019-02-15: 🔗 Changes to Missionary Communication Guidelines
2019-02-14: 🌀 Everything but starting
2019-02-14: 🧘🏻♂️ This is not easy to do for some people, or for all people on some days. But especially today, …
2019-02-14: 🔗 Fantastic article by @annie on how to tell the difference between haters and critics. Found this …
2019-02-13: 🎙 5: First Impressions of Mexico
2019-02-13: 🧘🏻♂️ Fear holds us back from so much that is beautiful and wonderful in life. It is ok to face risk …
2019-02-12: 🧘🏻♂️ This is so hard. So hard. But often it is the only way to move forward. From my Daily Calm
2019-02-11: 💮 Playing through injuries
2019-02-11: 🧘🏻♂️ I have been making an effort to practice and express more gratitude lately. Every time I do, I …
2019-02-10: 🧘🏻♂️ This was a reality that forced its way into my consciousness this morning as I did some …
2019-02-10: 🌀 Requesting a table
2019-02-09: 🎧 Finished season 2 of The Hilarious World of Depression So uplifting and empowering to hear stories …
2019-02-09: 🌀 Splurging on Patagonia gear
2019-02-09: 🧘🏻♂️ What a beautiful concept. It can be so easy to find around us and yet so elusive …
2019-02-08: 🎥 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 👍 Lots of laughs. My favorite part was the twist on the main …
2019-02-08: 🧘🏻♂️ Some days I’m searching. Some days I feel the summer. Some days it’s just winter. And that’s …
2019-02-07: My wife told me of a sexist incident at the Silicon Slopes conference. David Bateman caused me shame …
2019-02-07: 🧘🏻♂️ This rings so true right now. From my Daily Calm
2019-02-06: 📖 🛏 Read: Man’s Search for Meaning By Viktor E. Frankl
2019-02-06: 🎥 Bumblebee 👍 Just the right amount of silly and sweet. Loved the message that real friendship is …
2019-02-06: 💮 Finding your dream game
2019-02-05: 📖 Started: Digital Minimalism By Cal Newport
2019-02-05: 🎥 Stan and Ollie On healing retreat
2019-02-05: 🎥 Ralph Breaks the Internet On healing retreat
2019-02-04: 📖 Against the Odds: The Life of George Albert Smith By Mary Jane Woodger
2019-02-03: 🔗 The Slipstream of Comfort
2019-02-03: Had a great experience at church today. Just what I needed. Friendly people, peaceful spirit. God is …
2019-02-03: 📖 The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras By Jules Verne
2019-02-02: 🎥 Glass On healing retreat
2019-02-02: 🌀 More inspiring than the Olympics
2019-02-02: Oh, to be like a flower. Perhaps even a lily of the field. From my Daily Calm 🧘🏻♂️
2019-02-01: Tweaked my site design to have a dark theme by default, and adapt for light appearance where that’s …
2019-02-01: This is a big part of why I am trying to meditate more. There are mental skills that I desire, and …
2019-01-31: 🎙 2: At Your Own Pace
2019-01-30: 🎥 Green Book Alone on healing retreat
2019-01-30: Breathtaking view on the way to my therapist. It must be a sign. ☺️
2019-01-30: This is so important. It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Thomas S. Monson: Never let a …
2019-01-29: So easy to forget. And so important to remember. Daily Calm 🧘🏻♂️
2019-01-28: So much easier said than done, but this is my quest right now. Daily Calm 🧘🏻♂️
2019-01-27: I sure love Sundays. It was a great opportunity to worship and feel close to my Savior, Jesus …
2019-01-26: 🎙This episode was so perfect for me today. John Green describes what OCD is like for him in a past …
2019-01-26: This is why I choose to focus on healing right now. I see no other way. Daily Calm 🧘🏻♂️
2019-01-25: I have found that truly thinking for myself is harder to do than I ever imagined. Still working on …
2019-01-24: 📖 Read: Ultralight By Leo Babauta
2019-01-24: This is where I need to focus right now—getting to know myself better. Daily Calm 🧘🏻♂️
2019-01-23: 🎥 Bohemian Rhapsody Solo date
2019-01-23: 🎙 Finished: Believed This was hard to listen to, and harder to think about, but as a father of three …
2019-01-23: Liberating reminder from today’s Daily Calm 🧘🏻♂️
2019-01-23: 🌀 The plague of busyness
2019-01-22: Round 3 of drawing a phone background for my mindfulness practice (see previous). This time, I …
2019-01-21: Inspirational start to the day from my Daily Calm 🧘🏻♂️
2019-01-20: Gorgeous sunset this evening!
2019-01-19: Just what I needed to hear today in my Daily Calm 🧘🏻♂️ I think I’ll call my brother now. 📲 👋
2019-01-19: My boys are beyond excited (and my 4yo daughter is terrified!) about the real life blood moon. 🌕🌎🔴🌑 …
2019-01-18: Great reminder from today’s Daily Calm 🧘🏻♂️
2019-01-18: 🌀 Living with incompetence
2019-01-18: Really enjoyed the latest episode of Release Notes 🎙 @joec In my new app Carrier, I took a different …
2019-01-17: I took my six-year-old with me to the gas station to get drinks for our sick kids, and he walked up …
2019-01-16: I just bought a new bag for my iPad, and started by going to the Release Notes show notes to find …
2019-01-15: When you’re trying to post every day, some days all you can post is that you want to post…
2019-01-14: 📖 🎧 Dad Is Fat By Jim Gaffigan
2019-01-13: As I was changing the baby, Micah (age 6) came over and asked, “What does his shirt say?” Me: “I’m …
2019-01-13: 📖 The Sculptor By Scott McCloud
2019-01-12: 🎥 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Solo date
2019-01-12: Six-year-old to my wife: “The house is kind of pretty messy. Why don’t you ask your kids’ advice …
2019-01-10: “Mom, I had the same plate of noodles that you had. The exact same as you. But I didn’t have sauce, …
2019-01-10: 📖 🎧 Listening to Esther Perel’s Where Should We Begin?: The Arc of Love from Audible. Just finished …
2019-01-09: Starting to get a lovely little corner of serenity next to my bed thanks to my great wife and my …
2019-01-09: When you do X in situation Y, I feel Z. A powerful framework from Esther Perel for better …
2019-01-09: Crazy week and crazy day. Still reeling a bit. Hoping things settle down soon. #adulting 😒
2019-01-08: 📖 🛏 Started: Man’s Search for Meaning By Viktor E. Frankl
2019-01-08: 🌀 Did you do your best?
2019-01-07: 📖 🛏 The Once and Future King By T. H. White
2019-01-07: Wow, what a surprising game. Congrats to Clemson, as well as Alabama. Fun to watch a young …
2019-01-07: My first Micro Monday recommendation: follow @Aleen for daily gratitude and inspiring progress. …
2019-01-07: Really exciting first quarter! Not going to be a grinding defensive game. 🏈
2019-01-07: 🔗 Controller Hierarchies Every design has a tradeoff. UIKit is optimized for iOS interface …
2019-01-06: At church today, my six-year-old handed me a piece of his toy and asked me to fix it. After trying …
2019-01-05: 📖 It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work By Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
2019-01-05: Feeling blessed to have had a great game night last night. It’s easy to forget how rejuvenating it …
2019-01-04: 🌀 Sleeping on hardwood floors
2019-01-03: Without intentionally planning to, my 2019 goals boiled down to following the “Three words” practice …
2019-01-02: Reorganizing my dock for a more peaceful new year 🧘🏻♂️
2018-12-31: Hosted m.b site wish list: Custom redirects not at the root (e.g. /download/[app name]) Nicer 404 …
2018-12-31: The more I’m on micro.blog, the more I want to post. The more I post, the more I want to blog. The …
2018-12-29: Follow up to the four-year-old’s card. She was trying to recreate from memory the fruit pictures on …
2018-12-29: Hard to be mad at a four-year-old for being out of bed when she is writing a note all by herself …
2018-12-28: Came home to a picturesque scene from my wife’s few minutes alone
2018-12-28: 🎥 Ralph Breaks the Internet With five older kids
2018-12-27: Good day today, despite being sick. Had a great chat with a friend, watched a movie with the older …
2018-12-25: Just beat The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the first time (got it Nov 29). I think my …
2018-12-25: So excited for Christmas! Such a magical time with small children. 🎄🧦🎁
2018-12-24: Early Christmas present. 🐶❤️ Theoretically for our oldest daughter, but I’m loving him just as much.
2018-12-23: 📖 Toll By Matt Gemmell
2018-12-21: 🎥 Aquaman With IT department
2018-12-20: 📖 🎧 Star Wars: Thrawn Alliances By Timothy Zahn
2018-12-18: Finally decided to split up my internet presence a bit and put my personal stuff on a personal site …
2018-12-16: My 9-yr-old walked over holding a slice of lemon, showing us that he was licking it. My wife said, …
2018-12-04: These are a couple of wallpapers I sketched recently for my phone to help me with mindfulness. 🧘🏻♂️
2018-12-01: 📖 🎧 Star Wars: Thrawn By Timothy Zahn
2018-11-28: This has been a great week. I’m thrilled to release another new app: Carrier. For those times when …
2018-11-26: 🌀 Thanksgiving carving
2018-11-24: 📖 🎧 Star Wars: Outbound Flight By Timothy Zahn
2018-11-22: Happy Thanksgiving all! Even in a crazy world, there is so much to be grateful for.
2018-11-21: 🎥 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald With brother-in-law
2018-11-21: Really excited to ship my new app Agendum just before the holidays. If you’ve ever needed to present …
2018-11-16: I’ve been working on a new app the last couple months, and I’m getting really close to …
2018-11-06: Gorgeous view on my way in to work this morning. Feeling blessed.
2018-10-31: Feeling lucky to be a dad today. Halloween is such a magical time! 🎃
2018-10-21: Found a gorgeous old building in Mt. Tabor park out walking in Portland last night
2018-10-19: 📖 🎧 Star Wars: Vision of the Future By Timothy Zahn
2018-09-20: 🧪 UI-TDD with Xcode Part II
2018-09-04: 📖 🎧 Star Wars: The Last Command By Timothy Zahn
2018-08-28: 📖 🎧 Star Wars: Dark Force Rising By Timothy Zahn
2018-08-21: 📖 🎧 Star Wars: Heir to the Empire By Timothy Zahn
2018-08-18: 📖 Rules of Deception By Christopher Reich
2018-08-18: Feeling like a lucky guy today. Brought my daughter to a teen motivational conference and my wife …
2018-08-17: 📖 🛏 Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest By Wade …
2018-08-17: Just before the dark, a brilliant burst of light
2018-08-16: At a Cocoaheads meetup listening to a presentation on shortcuts and tricks in Xcode. I was reminded …
2018-08-14: 🧪 UI-TDD with Xcode
2018-08-14: 📖 🎧 The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work By John M. Gottman
2018-08-06: 📖 🎧 Radical Candor By Kim Scott
2018-08-03: I have felt pretty overwhelmed lately. Keeping everything I need to get done in Things has been a …
2018-08-03: I have felt pretty overwhelmed lately. Keeping everything I need to get done in Things has been a …
2018-07-31: 📖 🎧 Measure What Matters By John Doerr
2018-07-31: 🎥 Mission: Impossible Fallout Alone
2018-07-28: 📖 Hondo By Louis L’Amour
2018-07-24: 📖 The Haunted Mesa By Louis L’Amour
2018-07-23: 📖 🎧 The Five Love Languages By Gary Chapman
2018-07-20: 🎥 Jurassic World Double Date
2018-07-16: 📖 🎧 The Power of Vulnerability By Brené Brown
2018-06-02: 🎥 Solo With four older kids
2018-05-25: 🎥 Solo With IT department
2018-05-18: Thoughts on Peers 2018
2018-05-18: 🌀 Thoughts on Peers 2018
2018-05-12: 📖 Five Weeks in a Balloon By Jules Verne
2018-05-09: I love that micro.blog is so open that @hartlco can launch Icro, a really nice app for it. …
2018-05-08: As a white male of ever-increasingly-conscious privilege, I loved the additional perspective of …
2018-05-05: Moving my blog to bsn.design
2018-05-04: ☑️☑️☑️ Transition to micro.blog complete! I moved my …
2018-05-03: ☑️☑️⬜️ Set up my business sketchnotes as a micro.blog …
2018-05-02: ☑️⬜️⬜️ Moved my blog and site over to my hosted m.b site: …
2018-05-01: Peers 2018 Sketchnotes posted on @sketchnotable
2018-04-26: 🎥 Avengers: Infinity War with iOS team
2018-04-25: 🎥 Black Panther with iOS team member
2018-04-11: 📖 The Silmarillion By J. R. R. Tolkien
2018-03-29: Crucial Conversations Sketchnotes posted on @sketchnotable
2018-03-21: Automating Scripture Quotes
2018-03-17: 📖 🎧 The Martian By Andy Weir
2018-03-01: 📖 🎧 The War of Art By Steven Pressfield
2018-02-26: Just finished training another family member on YNAB. Pretty soon we’ll be good enough to be …
2018-02-20: 📖 🛏 Anne of the Island By L. M. Montgomery
2018-02-15: 📖 🎧 Benjamin Franklin: An American Life By Walter Isaacson
2018-02-05: 📖 🎧 Love & Respect By Emerson Eggerichs
2018-01-31: 📖 👨🏻💻 Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less By Greg …
2018-01-25: 📖 Crucial Conversations By Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
2018-01-24: Silicon Slopes 2018 Sketchnotes posted on @sketchnotable
2018-01-23: Getting started with iOS development
2018-01-17: Just lovin’ my Star Wars character color palette shirt from my good friend @stotion, designed by …
2018-01-15: 🎥 Murder on the Orient Express Date (with baby)
2018-01-13: 📖 🛏 Anne of Avonlea By L. M. Montgomery
2018-01-06: 🎥 The Greatest Showman With my mom and older three kids
2018-01-03: 📖 Artemis By Andy Weir
2017-12-27: 📖 Dust By Hugh Howey
2017-12-24: Finally have everything ready for the kids’ Christmas. Such a magical time with little ones! …
2017-12-22: Excited to update my free scorekeeping app Pointedly in time for the holidays. Check it out here.
2017-12-18: 📖 🎧 Hero: Becoming the Strong Father Your Children Need By Meg Meeker, MD
2017-12-15: 🎥 Star Wars 8: The Last Jedi With IT department
2017-12-07: 📖 🎧 Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage By Alfred Lansing
2017-12-06: 📖 Shift By Hugh Howey
2017-11-26: 📖 🛏 Anne of Green Gables By L. M. Montgomery
2017-11-24: 🎥 LEGO Ninjago with four older kids
2017-11-23: Enjoyed a lovely holiday with family today. Hope everyone had a chance to reflect on gratitude. …
2017-11-23: 📖 Wool By Hugh Howey
2017-11-22: 🎥 Thor: Ragnarok with brother-in-law
2017-11-21: 🎥 Justice League with brothers-in-law
2017-11-21: Updating layouts for iPhone X
2017-11-17: Final micro.blog photo challenge entry for day seven: shadow 📷
2017-11-17: Simpler blogging with Working Copy
2017-11-16: Day six of the micro.blog photo challenge: seasonal 📷
2017-11-15: Day five of micro.blog photo challenge: liquid 📷
2017-11-14: Day four of the micro.blog photo challenge: up close 📷
2017-11-13: Taking the day off with six kids running around is so different than you expect a sick day to go. …
2017-11-13: Day three of the micro.blog photo challenge: on the move 📷
2017-11-13: 📖 Leverage Point By Gerald N. Lund
2017-11-12: Day two of the micro.blog photo challenge: tasty 📷
2017-11-11: Entry for micro.blog photo challenge day one: squares 📷
2017-11-08: Been playing with Working Copy to make it easier to post to my GitHub Pages blog from my iPad and …
2017-11-04: Beautiful fall full moon
2017-11-03: I have large hands and have gotten used to the Plus-sized phones, but the iPhone X is the perfect …
2017-11-02: Getting pretty excited about my delivery tomorrow… I was delightfully surprised when my ship …
2017-10-31: 📖 The Walking Drum By Louis L’amour
2017-10-24: 📖 Origin By Dan Brown
2017-10-18: 📖 Children of the Fleet (Fleet School) By Orson Scott Card
2017-10-18: 📖 🎧 As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride By Cary …
2017-10-12: 📖 The Chemist By Stephenie Meyer
2017-10-07: 📖 The Lonesome Gods By Louis L’amour
2017-10-05: 📖 🛏 Candide By Voltaire
2017-10-01: 📖 The Freedom Factor By Gerald N. Lund
2017-10-01: Oct 2017 General Conference Sketchnotes posted on @mormonsketcher ✍🏼⛪️
2017-09-23: 📖 Last of the Breed By Louis L’amour
2017-09-14: Apr 2017 General Conference Sketchnotes posted on @mormonsketcher ✍🏼⛪️
2017-09-13: 📖 🛏 Moonwalking with Einstein By Joshua Foer
2017-09-09: 📖 Education of a Wandering Man By Louis L’amour
2017-09-04: 📖 The Alliance By Gerald N. Lund
2017-08-29: 📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows By J. K. Rowling
2017-08-13: 📖 The Princess Bride By William Goldman
2017-08-11: 📖 Enchantment By Orson Scott Card
2017-08-10: 📖 Janitors Book 5: Heroes of the Dustbin By Tyler Whitesides
2017-08-09: 📖 The Host By Stephenie Meyer
2017-08-02: 🎥 Dunkirk Alone
2017-07-30: 📖 The Chemist 👩🔬 By Stephenie Meyer
2017-07-28: 📖 Breaking Dawn By Stephenie Meyer
2017-07-24: 📖 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner By Stephenie Meyer
2017-07-23: 📖 Eclipse By Stephenie Meyer
2017-07-22: 🎥 War for the Planet of the Apes Solo date to Beehive Grill and movie 🍔 🍺 🦍 🎥
2017-07-20: 📖 Real Friends By Shannon Hale
2017-07-20: 📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince By J. K. Rowling
2017-07-19: 📖 New Moon By Stephenie Meyer
2017-07-19: 📖 🛏 Deep Work By Cal Newport
2017-07-17: 📖 Twilight By Stephenie Meyer
2017-07-14: 📖 Midnight Sun (excerpt) By Stephenie Meyer
2017-07-11: 📖 Life and Death By Stephenie Meyer
2017-07-05: 📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix By J. K. Rowling
2017-07-02: 📖 Changer By Matt Gemmell
2017-06-07: WWDC 2017 Sketchnotes posted on @sketchnotable
2017-05-28: 📖 🛏 David and Goliath By Malcolm Gladwell
2017-05-18: 📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire By J. K. Rowling
2017-04-12: 📖 🛏 The Screwtape Letters (with Screwtape Proposes a Toast) By C. S. Lewis
2017-04-12: Úll 2017 Sketchnotes posted on @sketchnotable
2017-04-07: 📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets By J. K. Rowling
2017-03-30: 📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J. K. Rowling
2017-03-23: 📖 🎧 Mere Christianity By C. S. Lewis
2017-03-19: 📖 🛏 Church of Spies: The Pope’s Secret War Against Hitler By Mark Riebling
2017-03-06: 📖 🎧 The Four Loves By C.S. Lewis
2017-03-04: Apr 2016 General Conference Sketchnotes posted on @mormonsketcher ✍🏼⛪️
2017-02-23: 📖 🎧 Jesus the Christ By James E. Talmage
2017-02-04: 📖 🎧 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban By J. K. Rowling
2017-01-30: 📖 A Man Called Ove By Fredrik Backman
2017-01-17: Such a great view on my way in to work. Headed from one DevMountain location to another. …
2017-01-12: Public drafts with a GitHub Pages blog
2017-01-12: I love how J Dawgs knows and owns their brand 🤣
2017-01-09: Wow, what a game! 🏈 Huge congrats to Clemson for winning the National Championship] for the …
2017-01-09: Having a great time explaining my crazy Workflow->GitHub Pages stuff to my team at Tanner Labs.
2017-01-09: Got to baptize my oldest son on Saturday. We are blessed to have so much family support. What a …
2017-01-06: Using Workflow to publish to GitHub Pages
2017-01-04: I set up Workflow to publish to my GitHub pages blog from my 📱/iPad the last couple days. …
2017-01-03: Oct 2016 General Conference Sketchnotes posted at @mormonsketcher ✍🏻⛪️
2017-01-02: Set up a Slack team this morning for my Elders Quorum presidency and drew an icon for us to use.
2016-12-29: 📖 🛏 All Things Wise and Wonderful By James Herriot
2016-12-16: 🎥 Star Wars: Rogue One with IT department
2016-11-24: 🎥 Moana with four older kids
2016-11-02: Úll 2016 Sketchnotes posted on @sketchnotable
2016-10-30: 📖 Tuesdays with Morrie By Mitch Albom
2016-10-10: 📖 🛏 All Things Bright and Beautiful By James Herriot
2016-10-05: 🎥 Jason Bourne Alone
2016-09-30: Takeaways from Release Notes
2016-09-30: Fantastic reminder from Cafe Patachou: “A human created the problem, a human can fix …
2016-09-29: 📖 Shadows in Flight By Orson Scott Card
2016-09-29: Release Notes 2016 Sketchnotes posted on @sketchnotable
2016-09-27: 📖 Shadow of the Giant By Orson Scott Card
2016-09-21: 📖 Shadow Puppets By Orson Scott Card
2016-09-16: Adding automation to open-source projects
2016-09-07: Apple Special Event Sep 2016 Sketchnotes posted on @sketchnotable
2016-09-02: 📖 Shadow of the Hegemon By Orson Scott Card
2016-09-02: 🧪 The value of iOS test-driven development (TDD)
2016-08-31: Handling live text reload elegantly
2016-08-26: Installing on iOS 10 with Xcode 7
2016-08-19: 📖 The Swarm By Orson Scott Card
2016-08-12: 🌀 Lopsided relationships
2016-08-05: Retrieving iOS shared web credentials
2016-08-01: 📖 🛏 All Creatures Great and Small By James Herriot
2016-07-31: 📖 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Play by J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany
2016-07-30: 📖 Ender’s Shadow By Orson Scott Card
2016-07-23: 🎥 Angry Birds with children two and three
2016-07-16: 📖 Ender in Exile By Orson Scott Card
2016-07-14: Leveling up with automated testing
2016-07-09: 📖 Ender’s Game By Orson Scott Card
2016-07-05: Writing reusable code
2016-07-02: 📖 Changer By Matt Gemmell
2016-06-20: iOS 10 and my apps
2016-06-19: 📖 Leverage Point By Gerald N. Lund
2016-06-14: 📖 Life and Death By Stephenie Meyer
2016-06-13: WWDC 2016 Sketchnotes posted on @sketchnotable
2016-06-11: UHEA 2016 Sketchnotes posted on @sketchnotable
2016-06-06: Fixing local problems with a Carthage version number
2016-06-02: Using Carthage to add third-party code
2016-06-01: 🎥 Captain America: Civil War with brothers-in-law
2016-05-31: The Luxury of Launching into Obscurity
2016-05-27: Finally getting started
2016-05-19: 📖 🛏 The Boys in the Boat By Daniel James Brown
2016-04-16: 🎥 The Jungle Book Date
2016-04-01: 📖 Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
2016-03-26: 🎥 Batman v Superman with brother-in-law
2016-03-20: 📖 The Sculptor By Scott McCloud
2016-03-19: 🎥 The Good Dinosaur with four older kids
2016-03-15: 📖 Shift By Hugh Howey
2016-03-08: 📖 The Sculptor By Scott McCloud
2016-03-07: 📖 🛏 John Adams By David McCullough
2016-02-27: 🎥 Pride & Prejudice & Zombies Date
2016-02-02: 📖 Wool By Hugh Howey
2016-01-20: 📖 Tactics of Mistake By Gordon R. Dickson
2015-12-29: 🎥 The Peanuts Movie with four older kids
2015-12-26: 🎥 Star Wars: The Force Awakens with three older kids
2015-12-21: 🎥 Star Wars: The Force Awakens with Utah iOS Slack team
2015-12-20: 📖 Star Wars: The Force Awakens By Alan Dean Foster
2015-12-18: 🎥 Star Wars: The Force Awakens with IT department
2015-12-13: 📖 Stardust By Neil Gaiman
2015-12-08: 📖 The Martian By Andy Weir
2015-12-01: 📖 What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Questions By Randall Munroe
2015-11-24: 📖 The Host By Stephenie Meyer
2015-11-16: 📖 Breaking Dawn By Stephenie Meyer
2015-11-15: 📖 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner By Stephenie Meyer
2015-11-14: 🎥 Minions with four older kids
2015-11-14: 📖 Eclipse By Stephenie Meyer
2015-11-12: 📖 New Moon By Stephenie Meyer
2015-11-11: 📖 Twilight By Stephenie Meyer
2015-11-10: 🎥 Spectre with product team
2015-11-09: 📖 Midnight Sun (excerpt) By Stephenie Meyer
2015-11-07: 📖 Life and Death By Stephenie Meyer
2015-10-13: 📖 The Elusive Pimpernel By Emma Orczy
2015-10-06: 📖 The Scarlet Pimpernel By Emma Orczy
2015-10-01: 🎥 The Martian with brothers-in-law
2015-09-30: 📖 The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
2015-09-19: 📖 🛏 Dust By Hugh Howey
2015-08-22: 📖 Rules of Betrayal By Christopher Reich
2015-08-20: 🎥 Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Birthday date
2015-08-16: 📖 Rules of Vengeance By Christopher Reich
2015-08-12: 📖 Rules of Deception By Christopher Reich
2015-08-07: 🎥 Fantastic Four with product team
2015-08-02: 📖 Starclimber By Kenneth Oppel
2015-07-31: 📖 Skybreaker By Kenneth Oppel
2015-07-30: 📖 🛏 Shift By Hugh Howey
2015-07-08: 🎥 Terminator: Genisys with brothers-in-law
2015-07-05: 📖 Son (Book 4 of the Giver Quartet) By Lois Lowry
2015-06-28: 📖 Messenger (Book 3 of the Giver Quartet) By Lois Lowry
2015-06-27: 📖 Gathering Blue (Book 2 of the Giver Quartet) By Lois Lowry
2015-06-13: 🎥 Jurassic World Double date
2015-05-29: 🎥 The Avengers 2 Birthday date
2015-05-18: 📖 🛏 Wool By Hugh Howey
2015-05-02: 🎥 Paddington With family
2015-03-15: 📖 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J. K. Rowling
2015-03-12: 📖 The Freedom Factor By Gerald N. Lund
2015-03-08: 📖 🛏 Unbroken By Laura Hillenbrand
2015-03-08: 📖 Alliance By Gerald N. Lund
2015-02-27: 📖 Breaking Dawn By Stephenie Meyer
2015-02-25: 📖 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner By Stephenie Meyer
2015-02-24: 📖 Eclipse By Stephenie Meyer
2015-02-23: 📖 New Moon By Stephenie Meyer
2015-02-22: 📖 Twilight By Stephenie Meyer
2015-02-16: 📖 Insurgent By Veronica Roth
2015-02-12: 📖 Divergent By Veronica Roth
2015-02-08: 📖 The Host By Stephenie Meyer
2015-01-06: 🎥 The Hunger Game: Mockingjay Part I Date
2014-12-24: 📖 🛏 To The Rescue: The Biography of Thomas S. Monson By Heidi S. Swinton
2014-12-22: 🎥 The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies
2014-09-08: 📖 Janitors Book 4: Strike of the Sweepers By Tyler Whitesides
2014-08-29: 📖 🛏 1984 By George Orwell
2014-08-23: 📖 The Da Vinci Code By Dan Brown
2014-08-17: 📖 Allegiant By Veronica Roth
2014-08-17: 📖 Insurgent By Veronica Roth
2014-08-16: 📖 Divergent By Veronica Roth
2014-08-16: 📖 Four Divergent Stories By Veronica Roth
2014-08-11: 🎥 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014-07-29: 📖 The Lost Symbol By Dan Brown
2014-07-23: 🎥 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014-07-14: 📖 Children of the Mind By Orson Scott Card
2014-07-11: 📖 🛏 Frederica By Georgette Heyer
2014-07-10: 📖 Xenocide By Orson Scott Card
2014-07-07: 📖 Speaker for the Dead By Orson Scott Card
2014-07-04: 📖 Ender in Exile By Orson Scott Card
2014-07-03: 📖 Shadows in Flight By Orson Scott Card
2014-07-02: 📖 Shadow of the Giant By Orson Scott Card
2014-07-01: 📖 Shadow Puppets By Orson Scott Card
2014-06-28: 📖 Shadow of the Hegemon By Orson Scott Card
2014-06-25: 📖 Ender’s Shadow By Orson Scott Card
2014-06-22: 📖 Ender’s Game By Orson Scott Card
2014-06-16: 📖 First Meetings in Ender’s Universe By Orson Scott Card
2014-06-14: 📖 Earth Awakens By Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnson
2014-06-14: 🎥 X-Men Days of Future Past
2014-06-12: 📖 The Princess Bride By William Goldman
2014-05-31: 📖 Creativity, Inc. By Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace
2014-05-04: 📖 🛏 The Complete Sherlock Holmes By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2014-05-02: 🎥 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014-02-25: 🎥 The LEGO Movie
2013-12-29: 📖 Timeline By Michael Crichton
2013-12-28: 🎥 Frozen
2013-12-20: 🎥 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013-12-08: My own Cars moment
2013-12-07: Meeting Your Heroes
2013-11-29: 🎥 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013-07-30: 📖 🛏 The Chronicles of Narnia By C. S. Lewis
2013-07-25: 📖 Twilight Series By Stephenie Meyer
2013-03-16: 📖 🛏 Harry Potter Series By J. K. Rowling
2013-03-01: My Process for Post-Event Sketchnoting
2013-02-28: Sketchnotes for Webinar on Raising Capital
2013-02-19: Sketchnotes for Tax Webinar
2013-02-13: Webinar by Incorporate.com and SCORE
2013-01-17: Sketchnotes for Next Thing Now Jan 2013
2012-12-09: 📖 The Hunger Games Series By Suzanne Collins
2012-11-06: LDS General Conference Oct 2012 Part 2 of 5
2012-10-28: LDS General Conference Oct 2012 Part 1 of 5
2012-10-11: Sketchnote Presentation Oct 2012
2012-09-22: 📖 Twilight Series By Stephenie Meyer
2012-08-29: Responsive Web Design Summit Aug 2012
2012-08-15: 🎥 The Bourne Legacy Birthday date
2012-05-14: LDS General Conference April 2012 Part II
2012-04-24: 📖 🛏 The Hobbit By J. R. R. Tolkien
2012-04-17: UX/Product Management Webinar
2012-04-09: LDS Tech Conference 2012
2012-04-09: Lynda.com Tutorials: Dave Crenshaw
2012-04-05: LDS General Conference April 2012
2012-02-21: Why I Sketchnote: Confessions of a Compulsive Note-Taker
2012-02-17: Hatch Early Learning Webinar February 2012
2012-02-17: Human-Computer Interaction (Part 2 of 10)
2012-02-08: Human-Computer Interaction (Part 1 of 10)
2012-02-02: Digital Learning Day 2012
2012-01-30: Parenting Class Jan 2012
2011-12-22: Hand-Drawn Presentation
2011-12-21: Creating a magical menu
2011-12-19: Basic and Enhanced Mockups
2011-12-09: Presentation Creation
2011-12-09: Presentation Recreation
2011-12-09: Presentation Clean Up
2011-12-09: Redesign of Teacher Management Interface
2011-12-09: Corporate Finance Website