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Back From Hiatus: Where I’ve Been, Where I Am, and Where I’m Going
Posted on May 29, 2019 1 Comment
What was supposed to be a week-ish break from blogging while I was in Austin last April turned into a nearly two-month-long hiatus. Let’s get caught up on what happened in the last two months, what’s coming in the months ahead, and the future of this blog.
Coming up this week… (and a brief SF interlude)
Posted on January 14, 2018 Leave a Comment
It’s 2018 and already the score is Barcelos 0, Perfectionism 1. In spite of my best efforts, I couldn’t quite get my second blog post for last week into a state I considered for public consumption. But if you follow me on twitter, you knew that already. I'm working on tomorrow's blog post and I have […]
New year, same(ish) me: 2018 resolutions
Posted on January 6, 2018 5 Comments
We’re six days into the year. The new car smell of 2018 is still there but slowly fading away. Now’s as good a time as any to talk about new year’s resolutions.
Byline Brag: September 27, 2017
Posted on September 27, 2017 Leave a Comment
While I’m normally the editor of the Schools and Business & Real Estate sections, this week I was responsible for three sections. Last week was my first time running our Your Home section, which usually runs every last week of the month.
Byline Brag: September 20, 2017
Posted on September 20, 2017 Leave a Comment
Welcome to this week’s Byline Brag! I’m not super thrilled by that name for this series, so if you have any other ideas, let me know. Bonus points for puns and/or alliteration. Today’s featured article is the profile I did on a Foothill college grad who’s also a DACA recipient. Community colleges and working class […]
Hear Ye, Hear Ye: A Schedule + Professional Update
Posted on September 18, 2017 Leave a Comment
Oh man, it’s been just over a month since I posted. I swear I haven’t been lazy. If anything, it’s been the opposite problem. Here’s a quick rundown of what I’ve been up to in the last month: Portuguese school started again! I joined the board of the Silicon Valley Portuguese Education and Culture Foundation. […]
Shameless Self-Promotion: Joomag Design Academy
Posted on April 3, 2017 Leave a Comment
How personal blogging helped me land a real life writing job.
Realtor.com Wrapup
Posted on February 3, 2017 3 Comments
It was only a few months ago that I poured my heart and frustrations out to the internet on how it seemed impossible to find a writing job and make a living in Silicon Valley as a not-quite-fresh-anymore college grad. This Is My Life in Silicon Valley is still my most popular post, but it did […]
NaNoWriMOh Yeah, I Was Supposed to Be Doing This
Posted on December 1, 2016 1 Comment
Let me start with what y’all really care about: my word count. Even having made things easy on myself, I only wrote a paltry 15102 words.
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