About Me

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Maybe you noticed my blog name or even the "fp18" in my URL ... To me, fresh perspective is the reward for thinking independently.

Take my cover picture. It's awesome, isn't it? Some far-off place full of intrigue and stories ...

Actually, it's in Kansas City! It's a well-known landmark — the WWI Memorial right across from Union Station. But thanks to fresh perspective, it could easily be the portal to another dimension.

As a redheaded left-hander, I was destined to do things differently. I started my career in print publishing, but once I learned HTML, the immediate gratification of making a correction and seeing it online in seconds resonated with me.

When I'm not writing content or researching and writing code, I'm:

  • an adoring mom
  • a cat and all-around animal lover
  • a diehard alternative music fan
  • and a semi-successful gardener

I also travel whenever I can and am thrilled to have a beautiful daughter earning her Ph.D. in Seattle so I have limitless excuses to visit there.


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Yearning to discover a startup that puts pragmatism before profit? You might be a zebra.

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Some dev projects are straightforward. Others feel like a trip that'll never end.

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As coding students we were urged to think big. But real-world developing often hinges more on thinking small.

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