The last time I spent a whole university class up in front was in 2008 when I was a student in a C++ programming class. The assignment was to first learn then teach the rest of my classmates about linked lists. This time instead of software engineering I was trying to engineer happiness by givingContinue reading “WordPress.com 101”
Author Archives: Sandy McFadden
The All Knowing
Ah the joys of parenthood. Caile is at that age, really she’s been there for a while, where she realizes her Parents don’t know everything, but that’s OK because she has a solution. Today she brought home her musical instrument from school that she will be playing in the band. She decided early on sheContinue reading “The All Knowing”
BlogJam 2015
When I first found out about the BlogJam conference that was being planned for Halifax I was very excited. Reading about many of my co-workers who travel to WordCamps and other conferences related had me a little envious. Just the lead up to the conference is what lead me to discover the new WordPress meetupContinue reading “BlogJam 2015”
Week Seven Summary
This past week has been birthday central for us. We’ve celebrated so many birthday’s it’s crazy. I believe there has been 7 birthday celebrations I’ve been a part of. Some of those are duplicates for people where we had a small get together and then an actual party, but it still caused me to giveContinue reading “Week Seven Summary”
Best Note Taking App
Since early in my computer use I’ve used a basic text editor to leave notes for myself. With years of Windows use it used to be Notepad. I’d have text files saved in directories all over my computer. This obviously didn’t scale very well and it was hard to find anything again when you neededContinue reading “Best Note Taking App”
I Will Never Stop Learning
This afternoon I was came up with an idea of something I wanted to do with an internal tool at work. It didn’t quite do what I was looking for unfortunately, but I wasn’t sure if that was the case at first. Chatting with the main developer Timmy Crawford on the project we realized itContinue reading “I Will Never Stop Learning”
New Project Idea
It’s really strange how when things get really busy that’s when I want to come up with new projects to take on. Recently a friend opened a new business. It’s Racers Rec Room which is basically going to be a place you can book parties and race on a large six lane slot car track.Continue reading “New Project Idea”
Happy Birthday Caile
September is a busy month in our house for Birthday’s. There’s Noah, my Father In Law, Alexandria, and today is Caile’s day! My little Caile turns eleven today. She’s growing into a wonderful person with a great sense of humor, compassion, and a little smarty pants as well. Tonight when we were driving together andContinue reading “Happy Birthday Caile”
Love What You Do
It’s coming up on the one year mark from when I started my Trial with Automattic and I’ve been working full time here for about ten months now. Looking back on my past jobs and places I’ve worked I really don’t remember a time where at this point I wasn’t looking for other opportunities. NotContinue reading “Love What You Do”
Choosing Nova Scotia For Now
There has been much written about the state of things in Nova Scotia, and studies showing that things need to change now before it is too late for the Province. The topic has been on my mind for some time but reading the article this morning Rural Reckoning: Being young and looking for a futureContinue reading “Choosing Nova Scotia For Now”
Sandy McFadden 