Watching Pixar's Onward with my son on World Down Syndrome Day, during lockdown, and what Mindset, Grit, and 75 Hard taught me about belief.
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Aulani opened on August 29, 2011. What I wish I'd known before our first stay, from the expensive and limited food to what we'd do differently.
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Marking World Down Syndrome Day as the dad of a son with Down syndrome, and why March 21st matters to our family every year.
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March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day, named for Trisomy 21. Why my family celebrates it, and the gifts my son with Down syndrome shares.
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Remembering Chris Utley, my first hire at Cincinnati Bell's Fuse Internet service, golf partner, and friend of 22 years. A personal tribute.
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Four weekly updates from December 2016 and January 2017, collected in one post: the blog relaunch, a drone, CIO summits, a Calgary trip, and a phone Home Screen reset.
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Why I moved my blog from self-hosted WordPress on Amazon EC2 to Ghost Pro after six years, with inspiration and a theme from Troy Hunt.
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After a decade as VP/CIO, I joined ServiceNow as an Evangelist and moved my family to Silicon Valley. Why I made the leap and what comes next.
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My review of the C-Loop swivel camera strap mount, my first Kickstarter back. Years later it is still attached to my Canon DSLR.
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My tribute to Steve Jobs, written the morning he died. A life traced through Apple machines, from the 1984 Macintosh 128K onward.
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My son Trip was born in March 2011 with Down syndrome. What the pediatrician told me that day, and where I write about our journey.
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VaultPress backed up my WordPress blog 743 times, then failed me at recovery. Why automated backups mean nothing until you test a restore.
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Why I moved robpickering.com from SquareSpace to WordPress in 2010, and how to migrate posts, dates, authors, and comments intact.
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A farewell to Geek Brief TV and Cali Lewis, the video podcast I watched every Saturday morning for four years, and why it stood out.
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