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They say no marathon is ever easy, and it’s certainly true.

One on ones can be both the most frightening and the highest value meeting for a team member and manager.

You might not think that April would be considered winter, but in parts of Yosemite, it can continue snowing through May.

Since I graduated from college in 2007, actually even before that during my internships, I had only ever worked in an open office with varying styles of cubes.

It’s tapering time for the next three weeks before the London Marathon and that means it’s time to reflect on training and get ready for the race.

Weekend days with twins in the midst of terrible twos is never easy.

I’m a huge proponent of Continuous Integration and Deployments.

Can you really travel the world all without hoping on a plane?

My first time in Berlin, I left thinking, “it’s alright, but it’s not Germany.”

Should a new team focus on moving as fast as possible to get features out to their customers or start with the best practices and processes they know they’ll eventually need?

Last year I made a resolution to read more non-fiction and seek out books to expand my knowledge for business and leadership.

When I started my new job at Amazon, I had the option to switch laptops.

Raising twin boys brings a ton of joy, but for all the double snuggles, there are just as many times when it means double the fighting.

Recently, a trend in parenting called intensive parenting has been getting a lot of attention.

It’s never too early to teach our kids to be independent and self-reliant.

After nearly 7.5 years at Audible, I am moving over to Amazon NYC at the end of January.

I’ve been playing with the Apple Watch for the last month, putting it through the paces as an everyday watch and a fitness tracker.

No one plans to have twins, but for parents lucky enough to be blessed with them, the extra work can be both a challenge and hugely rewarding.

Enough was finally enough.

Raising twins is alternatively double the pain and double the joy.

Virginia doesn’t get its due for the role it played in American history and for how great that history is to explore with a family, even with little ones.

It’s no secret that the engineering industry is hyper-competitive.

Serverless applications are quickly growing in popularity, taking over huge portions of new app development for tiny startups and massive enterprise organizations as well.

Traveling around the world with twin toddlers sure can be challenging to say the least.

Seattle, the Emerald City, is best known for being gritty.

Everyone thinks their system is reliable until suddenly it isn’t.

A few years ago, it felt amazing that I had figured out to get an unlocked cell phone and pick up a SIM card in Germany to have service and data there.

Traveling with kids can be a new and challenging experience for parents, especially those used to traveling alone before.

With less than a month left until this year’s re:Invent, I wanted to share what I’ve learned about getting ready and making the most of it.

I just upgraded from the Pixel 2 XL to the 3 XL last week, mainly for the improved camera.

Oslo may not be the most obvious location for a quick layover; it’s location up near the top of the world doesn’t make it obvious as a transit hub.

For the last week, I’ve been using a Fire Phone exclusively because my normal phone - a pixel 2XL had to be sent in while I waited for my new Pixel 3.

I expected to like Stockholm.

I recently read a blog post from, as is often the source of somewhat polarizing ideas in software engineering, and engineer on medium who argued that management was simply “human engineering”, after several years as both a software engineer and a manager,…

My fifth marathon, the 2018 Berlin marathon, was finally the first time I didn’t feel like I was going to die by the end of 26.2 (it’s the .2 miles that will kill you) miles.

Portugal’s second city stuck out as my favorite town in the country, eclipsing Lisbon, Braga, Coimbra, and even Evora for it’s authenticity and connection to the land and water.

Braga, the gateway to Portugal’s Duoro Wine Region is a shining example of Portugal’s blend of rich Roman and Medieval history and a great modern viticulture and culinary scene.

With two weeks left until the Berlin Marathon, everyone wants to know if I’m ready.

My two two-year-olds cry, whine, and scream a lot.

At two years old, it’s common for toddlers to experience a sleep regression.

The hilltop campus of Coimbra’s old university sits perched above the town and river as it has for centuries.

Two-year-olds are glass cases of emotion.

Evora may play second fiddle to Portugal’s major cities of Lisbon and Porto, but this charming little town with a rich history back to the Roman age was one of the highlights of our trip to Portugal with our twins.

Lagos, Portgual is known as the jewel of the Algarve for good reason.

One of the reasons it took me so long to actually start this blog - besides having the time to actually write for it - was that setting up a web server and keeping it up and running seemed like such an ordeal.

For my twins’ second birthday, we took them all around Portugal for two weeks.

Lisbon is a beautiful city to explore.

This week I became officially certified as an AWS Solution Architect after passing the certification test.

With ample sun, sights, and awesome food, there’s a ton to see and do in Lisbon, Portugal.

A little while ago, I began managing a new team with a bunch of new team members reporting in to me.