Writings

Loading My Site in the First Packet Response

performance nginx varnish 1000ms  -  September 2, 2014
Performance matters, knowing this I rebuilt my website to always load on the first packet response. Check out how I did it, from the code to server configuration and beyond.
Jekyll Workflow Part 2: Automation with Gulp

Jekyll Workflow Part 2: Automation with Gulp

jekyll gulp  -  August 28, 2014
The first blog post in this series talked about how to use the Mr. Poole Generator to create a custom Jekyll site. The generator packs in many features to create amazing blogs or static sites....
Jekyll Workflow Part 1: Building a Site

Jekyll Workflow Part 1: Building a Site

jekyll yeoman Mr. Poole  -  August 12, 2014
Jekyll has become one of the best static site generators, rising to popularity in no small part because of its use on GitHub Pages. It is incredibly simple and easy to begin making awesome static...

Why is SXSW so successful?

s x s w  -  March 6, 2014
Every year, thousands of people come to Austin, Texas, for the annual SXSW festival. And each year it sets record numbers for participants and partygoers that attend. What drives droves of people from...