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Author Chuck Grimmett
What are digital gardens?
At work a few months ago, I mentioned the concept of digital gardens on a call. Not everyone knew what digital gardens were, and the term means different things to different people using it, so I put together a P2 about what I think a “digital garden” is. What is a digital garden? A collection of thoughts, … Continue reading What are digital gardens?
Logging completed tasks with Things and Alfred
Here is how I keep track of what I do using Alfred and Things.
Goodbye Crash, Howdy Automattic
Yesterday was my last day at Crash. Monday I start at Automattic.
At The Remnant: Radical Individualism, Satisfaction, and Irresponsibility
I’m an occasional contributor at The Remnant. Isaac Morehouse issued a challenge to me and I responded. It is all about why I push myself to make things despite how irresponsible it is.
How to Learn New Software Quickly
If you’re just starting a new job and need to learn a bunch of new tools, or are trying to pitch a company and want to show that you have the skills it takes to work there, this article is for you.
Advent of Code, Day 12: Ember Simple Auth
Tried adding authentication with Ember Simple Auth and got stuck.
Advent of Code, Day 11: Rendering Charts from Ember Data
Today, with some guidance from Dave Wasmer, I got charts rendering with Ember Data stored in Firebase.
Advent of Code, Day 10: Setting up Firebase
Today I set up Firebase and saved and retrieved plant and garden data from it.
Advent of Code, Day 9: More Ember Data
Another short session of work on a plane before I go home and pack up my apartment. Today I finished separating different functional parts of my components into individual components and started integrating Ember data.
Advent of Code, Day 8: Learning Ember Data
Another short session of work on a plane before I go home and pack up my apartment. Today I finished separating different functional parts of my components into individual components and started integrating Ember data.
Advent of Code, Day 7: Figure out routes
Today I’m traveling, but I got some work done on the plane: I figured out my routes and started breaking apart components to their individual functions.
Advent of Code, Day 6: Plant Addition Flow
Today I handled the plant addition flow more gracefully.
Advent of Code, Day 5: Form Components
Today I built reusable form components and updated the chart with form submission data.
Advent of Code, Day 4: Responsive D3 Chart in an Ember Component
Today I sorted my data, made the scale relative, and made my Ember component D3 chart responsive.
Advent of Code, Day 3: D3 chart basics
Today I went back into Ember land, set up pods, configured Tailwind, successfully rendered yesterday’s D3 mock inside a component, and got feedback from my first user.
Advent of Code, Day 2: D3 chart basics
Today in Plant Gantt I figured out the basics of implementing the D3 gantt-style chart.
Advent of Code, Day 1: Picking a Project
I decided to do my own Advent of Code project this year: Plant Gantt
How to download inline SVGs
Downloading inline SVGs is a pain. Here is how I do it.
A Case Study in Workflows and Productivity: Chuck Grimmett
Hannah Frankman took notes and did a great write-up of a live productivity workshop I did for the Praxis participants. Here it is.