Emmett's Blog

I've been playing Age of Empires 2 after hours and on the weekends to unwind.

One Question haunted me to my core about 9 years ago.

The doomer take on the internet is that it is designed to divide, to polarize, to isolate, to weaponize… maybe in the pursuit of monetization but usually - according to the pundits - a more nefarious purpose.

What if there was a way to make a living by posting words on the internet and you were able to monetize that content by having ads on your site, and you got paid when people clicked the ad.

Last week during a text thread with a friend, I mentioned that the chaotic summer we were in.

One thing about having a large network of incredible people, is the potential to have them open doors for you.

Everybody loves an Underdog story, and hearing about Cape Verde's journey to the World Cup, absolutely fits into this mold, perfectly.

Its starting to feel like spring time here.

While scrolling through the social apps, I came across a video.

Ten years ago, I called out of work hopped in my best friends car and went on a "surprise" adventure.

American Entrepreneurship is a bunch of mediocre middle-inning relief baseball pitchers.

There has been a lot of discussion around taste.

This morning during coffee and chaos, I read Jason Begg's Post Take the shot He wrote about how he sent a couple DMs and cold emails.

The thought of a child no longer being able to imagine, scares me.

Open your draft folder, and look at all the cool and exciting ideas you got out of your brain and onto the page (screen).

A fun question to ask your local hustle bro, "Would you get on a greyhound bus to go see your team?"

After booking and playing over 100 shows I learned a lot about people, and communication.

4 Years ago today was my last shift working patient registration in the ER.

I didn't win a sold gold Ridge Wallet or Giant Trophy made from a Simple Modern Tumbler (would be pretty sweet, though).

Looking back in the rear view mirror, tends seen as a negative or being stuck in the past.

That Band you saw.

If baseball has taught me anything, its that no matter how large the lead or how safe you feel.

Today is the last day of summer vacation.

One thing about having kids, is thinking about how they are growing up so much so fast.

There will be a day, where this patch of grass will grow back.

I have a problem.

Back in 2017, I was in a hard place.

I opened my Feedbin feed, and I'm at 294 unread posts.

To the man, smoking a cigarette 20 feet from the firework stand, that is setup in a gas station parking lot.

Somebody recently told me they wanted what I have, and I almost lost my mind.

It's the time of year when the grass is growing faster than you can manicure it.

We just did something incredible.

My most recent and largest work project was to let brands use survey responses from their customers to make better decisions by pushing data into places The ability to create workflows within Shopify Flow based on customer survey responses enables brands…

When somebody shares a project that they are excited about working on.

I listened to two things yesterday from internet friends.

Oh Well, Maybe Next Time.

After many years of being close internet friends, I recently had the opportunity to catch up with my friend Sanjay.

What a Quarter!

I was listening to an episode of Colin and Samir with Jack Conte.

Listening to the latest ShopTalkShow, and Chris and Dave got on the topic of Developer Journey.

The vibe coding trend looks and sounds cool.

Time flies when you are having fun, especially at work.

Over the last year or so, I've seen a lot of new devs learning bleeding edge tech, which is awesome.

Had a realization earlier this week that we are the people that so many others rely on to get them out of situations.

I've played a handful of shows for nobody in the room.

Remember to restart your terminal if things aren't updating properly!

We made it. 30 posts in 30 days on my blog!

Thank you, You showed up.

The hardest lesson I've learned with my blog is that sometimes the piece you spend the most time on and are very proud of will not get the views or engagement.