Elliott met a bunch of family and loved it.

2008-05-22

Working on vacation makes me feel a little better. I have a lot of work waiting for me when I get back so I‘d rather get a start on it so I can appreciate my vacation more.

2008-05-22

Tamoka State Park drive-by

2008-05-23

Tamoka State Park drive-by

2008-05-23

Elliott went swimming.

2008-05-23

Fishing in the Atlantic. Caught a shark. A tiny one.

2008-05-24

Met more distant cousins.

2008-05-24

Traveling kills us, but the trip was worth it.

2008-05-25

Getting things back in order now that we‘re back in Seattle.

2008-05-26

My house is filthy. Cleaning it up.

2008-05-26

It is so incredible to be home.

2008-05-26

📚

The Objective-C 2.0 Programming Language

2008-05-27

Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, Edition 3. 1 and 2 were too hard for me, maybe 3 will be my magic number.

2008-05-27

Downloaded Delicious Library 2 trial.

2008-05-27

📚

Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X, Edition 3. 1 and 2 were too hard for me, maybe 3 will be my magic number.

2008-05-27

Came back to work ready to work but I got blocked.

2008-05-27

Came back to work ready to work but I got blocked.

2008-05-27

Stupid day at work.

2008-05-28

Stupid day at work.

2008-05-28

Hurray for some good sleep.

2008-05-28

Baby has hives.

2008-05-29

Found out my old roommate is on Last Comic Standing. We didn‘t get along, but he‘s clever. Now.

2008-05-29

PJ Harvey‘s To Bring You My Love is one of the best albums I own.

2008-05-29

Stellar day.

2008-05-29

M83, saturdays = youth

2008-05-29

Stellar day.

2008-05-29

LAUNCHED MY APP. (an alpha, internally.) BUT STILL. ROAR!

2008-05-30

Message from the guy behind this site: it looks like bouquet has been picking up lately. Thanks to all of you for stopping by. I‘ve been busy lately but I may have some time in the coming months to upgrade the site more. Please email me at jon@lot23.com if you have any suggestions. Thanks again.

2008-05-30

Baby‘s cranky. Poor guy.

2008-05-31

Extraordinary day, lots of bugs fixed that had been bugging me. I‘m actually going to launch this thing.

2008-05-31

Close everything down. I‘m done.

2008-05-31

🍴

Quiche with farmer‘s market eggs.

2008-06-01

Farmer‘s market with Sarah.

2008-06-01

Farmer‘s market with Sarah.

2008-06-01

Fixed one of my pet peeve bugs.

2008-06-02

Baby‘s sick.

2008-06-02

Probably getting sick.

2008-06-02

Fixed one of my pet peeve bugs.

2008-06-02

Big meeting went well.

2008-06-02

Here‘s how I listen to Strange Days, track 5: \"WHEN THE STILL SEA CONSPIRES AN ARMOR-\" *click* Track 6, Moonlight Drive!

2008-06-05

3 bugs.

2008-06-06

3 bugs.

2008-06-06

GTV IV

2008-06-06

Fixed last major bug. So relieved. So happy. On to other less formidable bugs.

2008-06-07

Fixed last major bug. So relieved. So happy. On to other less formidable bugs.

2008-06-07

Arrived in San Francisco.

2008-06-08

Arrived in San Francisco.

2008-06-08

Saw the Omni Crew. They‘re all so mean.

2008-06-08

Lovely lunch with Jess.

2008-06-09

WWDC! Keynote soon. I hope to be in the room.

2008-06-09

WWDC! Keynote soon. I hope to be in the room.

2008-06-09

Didn‘t have normal breakfast, feel ooky with replacement travel breakfast.

2008-06-09

Mr. Jetfuel and I talked about UI and it was wonderful.

2008-06-09

iPhone charger for car from Market Street Apple Store.

2008-06-09

WWDC Sessions. They‘re represented by a blue dot, from what I understand.

2008-06-09

Sessions

2008-06-10

Highlight of my year: watching my friend win a big fat Apple Design Award. Much deserved.

2008-06-11

Sessions

2008-06-11

Work work work at the conference.

2008-06-11

Work work work at the conference.

2008-06-11

Apple bash had Barenaked Ladies. They‘re fun.

2008-06-12

Work, work, session, session, lab, lab, stress.

2008-06-12

Work, work, session, session, lab, lab, stress.

2008-06-12

Jan, Tom, Jess, Mike, Nan, Sarah, Elliott and me in Richmond.

2008-06-13

☹️

I don‘t know who can replace Russert.

2008-06-13

Made cool thing in Flash.

2008-06-14

Jenny in Berkeley.

2008-06-14

My jaw won‘t open all the way, I‘ve been sniffling for two weeks, and my toe appears to be infected. I‘m falling apart.

2008-06-15

🍴

Wonderful wife and mother-in-law made wonderful Father‘s Day brunch for me.

2008-06-15

Back home. No more travel please.

2008-06-15

I might have fixed my last big bug. Maybe. Ish. I hope.

2008-06-15

Came home and worked so hard.

2008-06-16

Came home and worked so hard.

2008-06-16

Lots of work. I ship tomorrow.

2008-06-17

The Celtics/Lakers game felt strange. I saw the score in the 4th and it just made me sad. And I‘m a Celtics fan. But the score was just too high, which I can‘t enjoy, despite having no love for the Lakers or Kobe Bryant.

2008-06-17

Lots of work. I ship tomorrow.

2008-06-17

At the last minute, we decided not to launch.

2008-06-18

At the last minute, we decided not to launch.

2008-06-18

Baby‘s first night in the crib. Went better than expected.

2008-06-19

I have declared my app golden master. Someone disagreed. Maybe we‘ll launch on Monday.

2008-06-20

I have declared my app golden master. Someone disagreed. Maybe we‘ll launch on Monday.

2008-06-20

Two days of special lotion and my toe seems to be on the mend.

2008-06-21

Blackberry pullin‘.

2008-06-21

Spore Creature Creator is fun.

2008-06-21

Full minutes of euphoria when I fixed a difficult bug, making me fully ready to release.

2008-06-21

Baby has croup.

2008-06-21

Top secret project breakthrough.

2008-06-21

Top secret project breakthrough.

2008-06-21

I only waited in line for 30 seconds before they opened the doors to a flood of people wanting Wii Fit. I managed to get to the electronics counter first, but when I realized there were only two in stock and the first guy in line didn‘t get one, I returned my copy at customer service so I could give it to him instead. He was excited.

2008-06-22

Watched baby as Sarah did all sorts of cool improvements to the house.

2008-06-22

Spore Creature Creator.

2008-06-22

Bought Wii Fit so Sarah and I exercise more.

2008-06-22

More work to make sure my euphoria-enducing code deserves its praise. *Now* I‘m ready.

2008-06-22

More work to make sure my euphoria-enducing code deserves its praise. *Now* I‘m ready.

2008-06-22

Every day is closer to being able to launch. So goes the theory.

2008-06-23

Every day is closer to being able to launch. So goes the theory.

2008-06-23

Ohmygoddothisrightawayplease.

2008-06-24

Ohmygoddothisrightawayplease.

2008-06-24

Now I know what my final public release will look like, and I like it.

2008-06-25

Oh, you thought the deadline was today? Nope.

2008-06-25

Oh, you thought the deadline was today? Nope.

2008-06-25

Baby feels better.

2008-06-25

I have a feeling I am in love with SproutCore but I don‘t realize it yet.

2008-06-25

Been walking with Elliott all over the place.

2008-06-26

#8 is final. Time is ticking.

2008-06-26

12:30pm. Got a handle on final big bug. Nice surprise for a Friday.

2008-06-27

12:30pm. Got a handle on final big bug. Nice surprise for a Friday.

2008-06-27

Lyrics Born‘s new album left me eh at first but now I am obsessed with it and its funky vibe.

2008-06-27

Grab, pull, cut, bleed.

2008-06-28

Watched Elliott while Sarah did 80 things.

2008-06-28

Pretty massive design breakthrough on the first page of my new sketchbook. Excited to get this idea into my application as soon as possible.

2008-06-29

Super yummy dinner with Meghan, Ben, and Nathan.

2008-06-29

🎬

Wall-E.

2008-06-29

Refactoring, commenting, polishing.

2008-06-29

Refactoring, commenting, polishing.

2008-06-29

Guess who didn‘t launch today? Yay!

2008-06-30

Guess who didn‘t launch today? Yay!

2008-06-30

Trained an 18 year old on filing good bug reports.

2008-06-30

Mucho baby walking. Found hidden swim club.

2008-07-01

All sorts of deadlines are coming.

2008-07-01

All sorts of deadlines are coming.

2008-07-01

Spore Creature Creator. Love it.

2008-07-02

Shipped my first product. It‘s a small group of people for now, but the list will soon grow and eventually be a public release.

2008-07-02

Shipped my second product. This has been quite a week.

2008-07-03

Elliott waves back now!

2008-07-04

App accepted! On to version 1.01.

2008-07-04

Teagen‘s houseboat is always fun.

2008-07-04

Drove to Seward Park. Hadn‘t actually seen it before.

2008-07-05

Drove to Seward Park. Hadn‘t actually seen it before.

2008-07-05

Moving roses to prepare for a goat in the backyard.

2008-07-05

Walk with Elliott in Ravenna park. Feel lucky to live here.

2008-07-06

Goat preparation, day two.

2008-07-06

Very very unhappy baby this morning.

2008-07-06

Disconnected from work for the night. Feels strange. Probably missing something important.

2008-07-07

Big long walk with Sarah, Elliott, Rebecca, and Eli.

2008-07-07

Designed four logos, two for Bill.

2008-07-07

AppStore. Counting the seconds.

2008-07-07

🧑‍🎓

Learned about cashmere while admiring goats.

2008-07-07

Rented goats.

2008-07-07

Infected toe. I think it‘s getting better.

2008-07-07

Intensely nervous while we wait.

2008-07-08

Ecstatic high.

2008-07-08

Ecstatic high.

2008-07-08

Heart-stopping low.

2008-07-08

Heart-stopping low.

2008-07-08

Intensely nervous while we wait.

2008-07-08

Goats have eaten a lot of the backyard. Highly recommended.

2008-07-08

Super long walk with kid.

2008-07-08

🍸

I don‘t remember the last time I drunk alcohol. But this should be good.

2008-07-08

Miracle. Can‘t really believe it.

2008-07-09

Song Summoners beccause Bill told me to.

2008-07-09

Next big feature mostly done at work.

2008-07-09

Baby in better mood, down early.

2008-07-09

Next big feature mostly done at work.

2008-07-09

Downloaded the next 4 episodes of Weeds, season 4.

2008-07-09

🍎

AppStore launched.

2008-07-10

One of my two apps launched.

2008-07-10

I used my iPhone basically all day. Kept running out of batteries.

2008-07-11

Middle of nowhere with Sarah. Lots of fun.

2008-07-12

Middle of nowhere with Sarah. Lots of fun.

2008-07-12

House Season 1, ep 1

2008-07-13

Sunday meeting at work with Elliott.

2008-07-13

Sunday meeting at work with Elliott.

2008-07-13

🤬

A flood of liars have come to rate my application down. So far it‘s working. I wish there was a better way to counter reviews that are plainly false, other than just clicking \"was this review helpful? no.\"

2008-07-13

House Season 1, ep 2

2008-07-14

Bam, bam, bam, here we come.

2008-07-14

Bam, bam, bam, here we come.

2008-07-14

1.02

2008-07-15

1.02

2008-07-15

The worst disaster I‘ve ever had in my professional life. It‘s a doozy.

2008-07-16

The worst disaster I‘ve ever had in my professional life. It‘s a doozy.

2008-07-16

Baby‘s been enjoying long walks and bouncing before sleep.

2008-07-16

Contacted about gig.

2008-07-17

(First generation) iPhone died. It was only a week old.

2008-07-17

1.03 since last night. Finally.

2008-07-18

Bid on third gig in a week, right in the middle of madness at work.

2008-07-18

1.03 since last night. Finally.

2008-07-18

Golden Gardens with mom‘s group and dads tagging along

2008-07-19

Old Nisqually drive-by, just me and the kid

2008-07-20

Old Nisqually drive-by, just me and the kid

2008-07-20

One big feature down. One more to go.

2008-07-21

One big feature down. One more to go.

2008-07-21

Separate from aforementioned delight, managed to get big chunk of work done today. Lemme at my deadline.

2008-07-22

Delight.

2008-07-22

Great time with Elliott and the Beatles.

2008-07-22

Mad dash to husky deli. Made it.

2008-07-22

Mad dash to husky deli. Made it.

2008-07-22

New freelance

2008-07-23

Trying to beat the clock.

2008-07-23

Trying to beat the clock.

2008-07-23

Posted the front page of a site that only works on an iPhone.

2008-07-24

Megan and Lincoln at Central Market for outdoor music and food.

2008-07-25

Posted placeholder for client.

2008-07-25

West Seattle.

2008-07-26

West Seattle.

2008-07-26

Met Mike McCready and baby.

2008-07-26

Birthday party.

2008-07-26

Bumped in Morgan, Tres, and Jake, who deviously put ideas in my head.

2008-07-27

Elliott has been sleeping like a champ.

2008-07-28

Worked so hard my brain broke.

2008-07-28

Worked so hard my brain broke.

2008-07-28

Page posted.

2008-07-28

As of right now, 4 bugs remaining.

2008-07-29

As of right now, 4 bugs remaining.

2008-07-29

OmniFocus makes my life better. Jott for iPhone acts as the best Inbox there is.

2008-07-29

I now have an emergency email address that uses push. Everything else only loads when I check manually.

2008-07-29

Welcoming Filip, the latest bouquet-er.

2008-07-30

🍽️

Sarah and I splurged on dinner out and hit the jackpot. Notice Seattle residents: Himalayan Kitchen in Ravenna is very, very, very good. Maybe we were just in the right mood, but DAMN.

2008-07-30

Elliott has been going to bed easily, thanks to The No Cry Sleep Solution. Praise Jebus.

2008-07-30

Elliott now goes to sleep listening to Norah Jones. What will my two last.fm friends think by my newly skewed rankings?

2008-07-30

Beck‘s Modern Guilt. I would listen to anything Danger Mouse does.

2008-07-30

Tweaks, thinking about logo

2008-07-30

Trying so hard to budget. We may have done ok this month, thanks to not buying Wii Fit, an iPhone, and about $2000 worth of goods I wanted.

2008-07-30

Designed all evening and it made me very happy.

2008-08-01

Code complete.

2008-08-01

Code complete.

2008-08-01

Baby‘s been sleeping really well, but tonight was harder.

2008-08-01

House, House, House. Season 2 procured.

2008-08-01

Lots of quality time with the kid.

2008-08-02

Fixed infinite loops.

2008-08-02

Fixed infinite loops.

2008-08-02

Nan in town on the way to Canada.

2008-08-02

💈

First haircut I paid for in years.

2008-08-03

Lots of time with baby.

2008-08-03

Mariners game. Bases loaded, zero outs, tie game, Ichiro at the plate. Did he get on base? Of course he did. And forced an error. And the pitcher lost his cleats. I love Ichiro.

2008-08-03

Extraordinarily excited about some new design work.

2008-08-03

Design, design, design.

2008-08-04

Made cheeky avatar configuration screen.

2008-08-05

Disappointed.

2008-08-05

Disappointed.

2008-08-05

Pot luck next door.

2008-08-05

Designed color picker for iPhone.

2008-08-06

Disappointed.

2008-08-07

Disappointed.

2008-08-07

We have our evenings back but the night is harder.

2008-08-07

We‘ve been working our way through House. Almost every episode has this line: \"If you‘re wrong, the patient will die. If we wait, the patient will die.\" DUM DUM DUMMMMM. Very formulaic show so far.

2008-08-07

Olympics online is amazing. All sport, no crap. Suck it, Costas.

2008-08-08

Amazingly, I got a copy of Wii Fit.

2008-08-08

🍽️

Himalayan Kitchen, our new favorite.

2008-08-08

Sarah‘s birthday!

2008-08-08

Wii Fit

2008-08-09

Wii Fit

2008-08-10

Some shock.

2008-08-11

Some shock.

2008-08-11

Chat with Hans.

2008-08-12

ER with baby for mystery fever.

2008-08-13

Treating sick and unhappy baby.

2008-08-14

Bashin‘ on bugs.

2008-08-15

Bashin‘ on bugs.

2008-08-15

iPhone app taking shape.

2008-08-15

Chris in town!

2008-08-16

🎬

Finally saw Dark Knight. At an actual theatre. Heath Ledger was amazing.

2008-08-16

🐾

My cat went missing and miraculously returned five days later.

2008-08-16

Worked on my iPhone app.

2008-08-17

Sarah got the new iPhone. She‘ll use the GPS a bunch.

2008-08-17

Refactoring for 1.1 before 1.0 is out.

2008-08-18

Refactoring for 1.1 before 1.0 is out.

2008-08-18

Showed up at work at about 9pm with brownies and a Wii to show support for the late night launch.

2008-08-19

Showed up at work at about 9pm with brownies and a Wii to show support for the late night launch.

2008-08-19

We actually launched. I actually launched. I‘m done. I sort of can‘t believe it.

2008-08-20

We actually launched. I actually launched. I‘m done. I sort of can‘t believe it.

2008-08-20

Hans.

2008-08-21

Interesting call from Austin, TX.

2008-08-22

The freelance work keeps pouring in. Good.

2008-08-22

Happy with Biden. Want more radical change than this ticket? Vote for Nader. (again, you short view hippie)

2008-08-23

Cleaning up basement. Threw away Apple-sponsored Superbowl seat cushions from 1985.

2008-08-23

Build \"Fort Dude\" in my basement. Thrilled with the results.

2008-08-23

More time in Fort Dude. Watched first episode of West Wing.

2008-08-24

Saw Tom briefly for couch movin‘.

2008-08-24

Baby birthday party. Got to play Guitar Hero.

2008-08-24

Darrenpants.

2008-08-24

Made some ringtones. Different sounds for different people is good usability because I know who it is without digging for my phone.

2008-08-24

Prepared for vacation

2008-08-25

Canada

2008-08-26

Canada

2008-08-27

Canada

2008-08-27

Canada

2008-08-28

Canada

2008-08-28

Canada

2008-08-29

Canada

2008-08-29

Canada

2008-08-30

Canada

2008-08-30

Returned home from Canada. Hellish drive + 3 ferries.

2008-08-31

Wrote about Google‘s new browser.

2008-09-01

Quit job.

2008-09-02

Quit job.

2008-09-02

It‘s official. Exciting new job at frog design.

2008-09-03

Sarah sick; took care of things and worked from home.

2008-09-03

Finishing up last version of app before heading off.

2008-09-04

Nan briefly in town.

2008-09-04

Finishing up last version of app before heading off.

2008-09-04

Walked into hanging security gate head first. Have big welt on face.

2008-09-05

Sarah feels better!

2008-09-05

Wrote about Microsoft‘s new Seinfeld ad. (summary: it‘s as confused and stuck in the 90‘s as Microsoft itself)

2008-09-05

RFP new freelance work.

2008-09-05

🌳

Dog park.

2008-09-06

In Bruges via Apple TV. Really enjoyed it.

2008-09-06

Made about a million ringtones for me and Sarah. I love making them.

2008-09-06

📚

Finished old Grisham novel perchased on vacation. You run on, you crazy jury.

2008-09-06

Iterations on some freelance work.

2008-09-07

Spore all day. Made it to space.

2008-09-07

Spore, made it to \"Commander\" in space.

2008-09-08

More Spore.

2008-09-09

Soccer game on iPhone. Pretty impressive.

2008-09-10

Baby slept in!

2008-09-11

Chat with Alan about freelance.

2008-09-11

Last day at Jott before starting work at frog design on Monday.

2008-09-12

Baby slept in again!

2008-09-12

Last day at Jott before starting work at frog design on Monday.

2008-09-12

Took care of the kid so Sarah could ride Mario.

2008-09-13

Rock Band

2008-09-13

Got some food from the new Italian deli and had a nice picnic.

2008-09-13

Lundehund picnic.

2008-09-14

Rock Band

2008-09-14

Finished paperwork for new job.

2008-09-14

Finished paperwork for new job.

2008-09-14

First day at frog. Went great.

2008-09-15

First day at frog. Went great.

2008-09-15

Baby didn‘t feel like sleeping in.

2008-09-15

Sat in on enjoyable design brainstorm.

2008-09-16

Red eye to NYC studio.

2008-09-17

Got first assignment. And second. Now to NYC.

2008-09-17

Got first assignment. And second. Now to NYC.

2008-09-17

MoMA Store because Kathryn said so.

2008-09-18

frog studio in NYC

2008-09-18

frog studio in NYC

2008-09-18

Hey look at that, I‘m working on two big name projects out of the NY studio.

2008-09-18

Hey look at that, I‘m working on two big name projects out of the NY studio.

2008-09-18

Shake Shack because Kathryn said so.

2008-09-18

Shake Shack because Kathryn said so.

2008-09-18

Kid Robot because Kathryn said so.

2008-09-18

Kid Robot because Kathryn said so.

2008-09-18

MoMA Store because Kathryn said so.

2008-09-18

Scoped out SoHo.

2008-09-18

Scoped out SoHo.

2008-09-18

Really good NYC pizza.

2008-09-18

Really good NYC pizza.

2008-09-18

East Village.

2008-09-18

East Village.

2008-09-18

Manhattan.

2008-09-18

Manhattan.

2008-09-18

Back from NY Trip.

2008-09-19

Tried to ride the subway. Got honorary \"disabled passenger\" badge when I had trouble understanding the attendant. Score!

2008-09-19

Tried to ride the subway. Got honorary \"disabled passenger\" badge when I had trouble understanding the attendant. Score!

2008-09-19

Back to Kid Robot.

2008-09-19

Back to Kid Robot.

2008-09-19

Worked on top secret project on plane. I have a Monday launch.

2008-09-19

Extraordinarily impressed with the NYC studio. Very, very smart people.

2008-09-19

Extraordinarily impressed with the NYC studio. Very, very smart people.

2008-09-19

Fell in love with New York.

2008-09-19

Freelance.

2008-09-20

New freelance.

2008-09-21

Sarah and E back in town.

2008-09-21

Walk to Greenlake with the kid.

2008-09-21

How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory.

2008-09-22

Freelance.

2008-09-23

Did my first bug for big client.

2008-09-24

Did my first bug for big client.

2008-09-24

I have a very cute kid.

2008-09-24

Freelance.

2008-09-24

Cocoa.

2008-09-25

Freelance.

2008-09-25

Debate.

2008-09-26

100% Cocoa.

2008-09-26

100% Cocoa.

2008-09-26

💿

Took a risk on Be Kind, Rewind. Loved it.

2008-09-27

Superlong walk with Elliott

2008-09-27

Test drove a Mazda 5. Not impressed.

2008-09-28

Woke up at 4am and drove around Greenlake before taking refuge in a church garage. Baby finally slept.

2008-09-28

Test drove a Kia Rondo.

2008-09-28

Oh my god, I‘m starting to understand Cocoa. I think.

2008-09-28

Elliott loves walking with his little pushy toy thing.

2008-09-28

Oh my god, I‘m starting to understand Cocoa. I think.

2008-09-28

Freelance.

2008-09-29

Freelance

2008-09-30

Freelance.

2008-10-01

Really good night‘s sleep with new sleeping situation.

2008-10-01

Freelance. Mad at Wordpress.

2008-10-02

Started brainstorming presentation.

2008-10-02

Debate.

2008-10-02

Started brainstorming presentation.

2008-10-02

Dad, Kate, Nan.

2008-10-03

A bit of a breakthrough

2008-10-03

You can now make webapps on the iPhone that bypass Safari chrome. This is huge.

2008-10-03

A bit of a breakthrough

2008-10-03

Cleanin‘ the house, following Sarah‘s lead.

2008-10-04

Elliott had his 1 year birthday party!

2008-10-04

So nice to see jetfuel & co. As always.

2008-10-04

A whole bunch of socializing.

2008-10-04

New iPhone to replace previous iPhone that fell into milk.

2008-10-05

Long walk with dad and Elliott to Greenlake.

2008-10-05

Free to the lance.

2008-10-06

Cleaning my desk.

2008-10-07

Went on a rampage with the fantastic OmniFocus.

2008-10-07

Sundry freelance.

2008-10-07

Getting ready for changes to this app.

2008-10-07

Some work on this app, too minor to publish.

2008-10-08

Sundry freelance.

2008-10-08

Extra super excited about something.

2008-10-08

Freelance.

2008-10-09

The Office.

2008-10-09

Freelance.

2008-10-10

💿

Baby Mama. Tina Fey didn‘t write this, and it shows.

2008-10-10

Freelance.

2008-10-11

Lots of time with Elliott. He‘s a cool kid.

2008-10-11

Pacific Science Center with the kid. Loads of fun.

2008-10-12

Elliott learned how to do the marble tower and the speak and spell. Impressed.

2008-10-13

Freelance.

2008-10-13

!CC

2008-10-14

!CC

2008-10-14

!CC

2008-10-15

!CC

2008-10-15

Pre-ordered the stuffing out of Little Big Planet.

2008-10-15

Freelance.

2008-10-15

Office wasn‘t very funny.

2008-10-16

!CC

2008-10-16

!CC

2008-10-16

Elliott in an awful mood. Probably teething.

2008-10-16

Did a \"drift deck\" around Seattle. Fun.

2008-10-17

Did a \"drift deck\" around Seattle. Fun.

2008-10-17

Unhappy kid.

2008-10-18

Jess and Mike

2008-10-18

Jess and Mike

2008-10-19

John Henry‘s first birthday party.

2008-10-19

Fair amount of freelance.

2008-10-19

Lots of Rock Band with Mike and Jess.

2008-10-19

Big eyes.

2008-10-20

Baby had a tough night and I‘m now very tired.

2008-10-20

Big eyes.

2008-10-20

Freelance.

2008-10-21

Memory leak fixin‘.

2008-10-22

Read, read, read, read. Absorbing at an alarming rate.

2008-10-23

iPhone started being a big jerk.

2008-10-23

Read, read, read, read. Absorbing at an alarming rate.

2008-10-23

🍸

I like dessert wine because it doesn‘t taste like alcohol.

2008-10-24

We love Bill and Hiroko.

2008-10-24

Mr Nater is in town. Had lunch.

2008-10-24

I AM SORT OF VERY EXCITED ABOUT LITTLE BIG PLANET. Played a bunch.

2008-10-25

Funeral. Balloons are a strange icon for it, but the deceased had a long and lovely life with lots of loved ones.

2008-10-25

I‘m starting to be able to read Objective-C, after trying for years. This is bringing me a lot of joy.

2008-10-26

Fixed dang iPhone.

2008-10-26

Political potluck with Mormons

2008-10-26

Listening to Sailing the Seas of Cheese again. A 90‘s classic.

2008-10-26

Freelance that just won‘t die.

2008-10-27

Busy.

2008-10-27

Busy.

2008-10-27

Busy.

2008-10-28

Busy.

2008-10-28

Company party, joined by Bill and Hiroko.

2008-10-29

Busy.

2008-10-29

Busy.

2008-10-29

Busy.

2008-10-30

Busy.

2008-10-30

Baby Halloween party.

2008-10-31

Ad Hoc provisions boo.

2008-10-31

Little Big Planet

2008-10-31

Little Big Planet

2008-11-01

Played with the dude.

2008-11-01

Freelance. I may actually finish soon.

2008-11-01

Freelance.

2008-11-02

Little Big Planet

2008-11-02

Breakthrough.

2008-11-03

Little Big Planet

2008-11-03

Breakthrough.

2008-11-03

Little Big Planet

2008-11-04

Yes we can.

2008-11-04

Huff puff.

2008-11-05

Huff puff.

2008-11-05

💈

Trimmed back the massive beard but before I got a haircut, making me look top-heavy.

2008-11-06

More more more.

2008-11-07

More more more.

2008-11-07

I will never work with Wordpress again. But first I need to finish this damn project.

2008-11-08

Love the Pacific Science Center.

2008-11-08

Learning some basic Core Animation stuff.

2008-11-08

OmniFocus helps me figure it all out.

2008-11-09

Went all around looking at stuff.

2008-11-09

💈

Cut a bunch of hair. Informed my hair is thinning. Shaved bald look, here I come!

2008-11-09

Started making fun app and actually made some progress.

2008-11-10

Started making fun app and actually made some progress.

2008-11-10

I think I can call myself a novice Cocoa developer now, rather than \"guy who can‘t learn Cocoa\".

2008-11-11

Wordpress is the devil.

2008-11-11

I think I can call myself a novice Cocoa developer now, rather than \"guy who can‘t learn Cocoa\".

2008-11-11

Elliott signed to us with intention! He said he was all done with dinner! I hugged him so fast I gave him whiplash.

2008-11-12

Learning networking on the iPhone. Got an RSS reader working and I might even understand how it works its crazy moon logic.

2008-11-12

30 Rock is getting better with each episode this season. Was concerned at first.

2008-11-13

Fallout 3

2008-11-13

Progress adding skills to resume.

2008-11-14

Progress adding skills to resume.

2008-11-14

Absorbing like a sponge in my spare time.

2008-11-15

Free to the lance.

2008-11-15

Hands-on farm on the east side.

2008-11-15

Awful night. Our friend said they had a bad night right before their kid started walking, and the same thing happened to us.

2008-11-16

Elliott is fully walking now. It‘s rad.

2008-11-16

It‘s the weekend, so I was at the Pacific Science Center with Elliott. He loves it there.

2008-11-16

Used car salesmen lived up to reputation. Even worse than I expected. Gah.

2008-11-17

Worked on big deal. Went great.

2008-11-18

Worked on big deal. Went great.

2008-11-18

Made a pretty bad level in Little Big Planet. Need to get better.

2008-11-18

Freelance. Am I done yet?

2008-11-19

Was running low on creative output so I forced myself to sit down and write some non-fiction. 3 paragraphs later, I felt much better. Then I slept.

2008-11-20

☹️

Felt meh.

2008-11-20

Thursday TV is good.

2008-11-20

Little Big Planet servers down.

2008-11-20

Published awesome level, started another awesome level, feeling like I‘m getting the hang of LBP and it‘s exciting.

2008-11-21

Stressful, but then it all worked out.

2008-11-21

Stressful, but then it all worked out.

2008-11-21

Freelance.

2008-11-21

Elliott!

2008-11-22

Published level I‘m super proud of but no one likes it.

2008-11-23

Elliott!

2008-11-23

I‘m going to turn bouquet into an iPhone app.

2008-11-24

Good work.

2008-11-24

Free burritos at Chipotle‘s.

2008-11-24

Work on bouquet iPhone app.

2008-11-25

Good strides with various projects.

2008-11-25

Released code successfully.

2008-11-26

Released code successfully.

2008-11-26

Super sick baby.

2008-11-27

Lovely Thanksgiving.

2008-11-27

2008-11-27

Apples to Apples with family. Very fun.

2008-11-28

I think the baby might be feeling better.

2008-11-28

A whole bunch of work on mobile bouquet

2008-11-29

Mother departed.

2008-11-29

Mother-in-law departed.

2008-11-30

New mobile site. Still tweaking it.

2008-11-30

Babysat

2008-11-30

Flat tire. Walked for 2.5 hours to get jack. Already had one.

2008-11-30

Elliott‘s on the mend. Woo.

2008-11-30

Workity work work.

2008-12-01

Workity work work.

2008-12-01

It took a new job and a lot of scrimping but I finally balanced the damn budget.

2008-12-01

Elliott had some unhappy nightmares.

2008-12-02

Testing bouquet as an iPhone app.

2008-12-02

Fixed some bugs but didn‘t yet address the bugs that @sben and @jetfuel want. Soon.

2008-12-02

Reading up on dates in Ruby on Rails.

2008-12-02

Freelance site launched. I hate Wordpress but I love the idea of the site.

2008-12-02

Wii Fit for the first time in 67 days.

2008-12-03

Collapsed categories on mobile bouquet at @sben‘s request. More to do here.

2008-12-03

More improvements to mobile Safari‘s admin page. Mostly aesthetic but time well spent.

2008-12-03

Baby slept well last night. Nice surprise.

2008-12-04

Thought of a book idea: \"At Least I Know I‘m Free\", a study of each nation‘s \"freedom\", as measured in various ways.

2008-12-04

Thought of a replacement theory for new items in my house - each time I buy a new thing, I get rid of something. I wonder how feasible this is?

2008-12-04

Worked out again with Wii Fit. Feeling like a bad ass.

2008-12-04

Burst of energy and productivity.

2008-12-04

Office, 30 Rock.

2008-12-04

Nice milestone.

2008-12-05

Nice milestone.

2008-12-05

3rd day straight.

2008-12-05

Took care of the kid all day. Had fun at the park.

2008-12-06

New freelance.

2008-12-06

New freelance.

2008-12-07

3 out of 4 days. Proud.

2008-12-07

Did some HTML5 caching stuff I‘m super excited about.

2008-12-08

Fit with the Fit machine.

2008-12-08

Struggled mightily. Gave up.

2008-12-08

Rails 2.2 is hard. Gave up again, I‘ll just use my super vintage version instead.

2008-12-09

Freelance. Next up: turn my design into code.

2008-12-09

📖

I did a comic. I repeat, I DID A COMIC. First one in 9 months.

2008-12-09

Morning workout. Starting to look cut again.

2008-12-10

Wii Fit. I have abs!

2008-12-11

Home early to take care of sick wife and son.

2008-12-12

Admin icons larger.

2008-12-12

Workout time.

2008-12-12

Converting my cool design to HTML for client.

2008-12-12

Nathan turned 3!

2008-12-13

Struggled to upgrade to Rails 2.0. Gave up a third time. Bah.

2008-12-13

Posted 120 thing into Delicious Library and started selling items on Amazon. Trying to rid house of crap.

2008-12-13

Trying to finish up latest freelance project.

2008-12-14

Having Elliott would be worth it even if it was twice as hard.

2008-12-14

Cleaning. Elliott helped.

2008-12-14

🎿

Elliott is pro snow.

2008-12-14

Freelance project #1.

2008-12-14

Freelance project #2.

2008-12-14

Realized I hadn‘t worked out today, so I did a late night workout. Almost died.

2008-12-14

Freelance done for 2008.

2008-12-15

Sketched out new comics

2008-12-15

Situps with kid climbing on me.

2008-12-15

Babysat while Sarah went out.

2008-12-16

Worked out.

2008-12-16

Learned more.

2008-12-16

Christmas shopping.

2008-12-16

I was like zing zang blam!

2008-12-16

Looks like bouquet is getting tested by an Apple employee who‘s about to eat some sushi.

2008-12-17

Guys, upgrading from Rails 0.suck to 2.new is HARD.

2008-12-17

Worked from home, made good leap forward.

2008-12-18

My kid is the best.

2008-12-18

🎿

Tried to go to work, too slippery, got email telling me to stay put. Seattle just isn‘t built for handling snow. Maybe we‘ll buy some plows or flatten the hills.

2008-12-18

📖

Prepare Yourself

2008-12-18

Diving back into Rails. Feels good to be through with freelance work.

2008-12-18

Worked out.

2008-12-18

Worked from home, made good leap forward.

2008-12-18

Worked out, feeling great. You know what‘s great? Working out. Yeah. *flex*

2008-12-19

🍎

Apple rejected my app because of my Apple logo, so now I‘m using the dogcow.

2008-12-19

Worked at home on Cocoa.

2008-12-19

Worked at home on Cocoa.

2008-12-19

Baby at home. Went on a walk.

2008-12-19

Hung out with Bill and Hiroko, which ruled.

2008-12-19

Fretted over @sben‘s family trip.

2008-12-20

Drove to the store and back. Streets finally getting better. Really wish there was a damn plow around here; without one it‘s worse than the east coast despite the amount of total snow being far lower.

2008-12-20

Snowed in, then better, then it started snowing again.

2008-12-20

Struggled.

2008-12-20

Looked after baby.

2008-12-20

Looked after very ill wife.

2008-12-21

Looked after baby.

2008-12-21

Jake and Tres stopped by with the greatest Christmas card ever. For reals.

2008-12-21

🌳

By Seattle standards, this is a damn blizzard. Reminds me of growing up in DC, but not yet as bad as school in Maine.

2008-12-21

Potential breakthrough.

2008-12-21

Struggled.

2008-12-21

Mad at this app, especially on iPhone. Already readying some new features to smooth it out.

2008-12-21

App is back with a few hours of work, including editing in the iPhone view!

2008-12-23

Killed the app during a bad migration.

2008-12-23

Lots of time with the kid.

2008-12-23

Sarah still sick.

2008-12-23

🎿

Went out for provisions.

2008-12-23

Seattle traffic and airport totally snarled. Not sure if mother in law will be able to make Christmas.

2008-12-23

I might have fixed a bug that was logging @sben out. Please let me know if the bug comes up again.

2008-12-23

Fixed new date bug in admin and removed Apple trademarks.

2008-12-23

Nan was able to make it. Christmas miracle.

2008-12-24

Very thankful.

2008-12-24

Built Radio Flyer for kid with Sarah.

2008-12-24

Adding this app to the iPhone home screen will remove all Safari chrome now. Next best thing to an official AppStore app I guess.

2008-12-24

Did some driving. Conditions are improving.

2008-12-24

🌳

The rain came. Thank jebus.

2008-12-24

🟢

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25

I haven‘t played this much with Elliott since paternity leave.

2008-12-25

Fixed some bugs.

2008-12-25

Exercise

2008-12-25

Escape to U Village.

2008-12-26

Fixed some more bugs.

2008-12-26

💿

Frost | Nixon

2008-12-26

Late night workout

2008-12-26

Session bug.

2008-12-26

Did jetfuel‘s pet feature - when you‘re in the admin, the dropdown defaults to your latest activity. Also did other messaging and bug fixing.

2008-12-27

Had a great time at Ben, Meghan, and Nathan‘s house.

2008-12-27

Great mix CD from Jess called Monster.

2008-12-27

Baby‘s been cute but he‘s teething.

2008-12-27

Animal Crossing

2008-12-27

Tough workout. More arms than usual. Getting stronger.

2008-12-28

🎬

Highly recommend Slumdog Millionaire.

2008-12-28

Nan‘s brunch

2008-12-28

☹️

Really sad. Might have lost Elliott video.

2008-12-29

Ready for work today; office closed.

2008-12-29

Ready for work today; office closed.

2008-12-29

Newsflash: I have pecs.

2008-12-29

Spent all night making a LBP level while Sarah knit beside me, with Maddow‘s show playing in the background. Lovely, but I suck at making LBP levels, and I just got frustrated.

2008-12-30

Spent all night making a LBP level while Sarah knit beside me, with Maddow‘s show playing in the background. Lovely, but I suck at making LBP levels, and I just got frustrated.

2008-12-30

Best negotiating performance of our lives; Sarah and I scored a 2007 car for a song.

2008-12-30

Fixing bugs for free.

2008-12-30

At least some of the Elliott movies appear to be recoverable. Still working at it.

2008-12-31