Katy DeCorah

For the past ten years, I’ve created a playlist for each season. I wrote about this before when I made Jekyll data playlists. At the end of each season, the playlist gets a post and I store all the data in _data/playlists.yml (for safe keeping).

Filed under: things we probably don’t need, but idk I want it.

For Ela Conf 2015, 2016, and 2017, we turned a private GitHub repository into a system for reviewing talk proposals.

For Ela Conf 2016 and 2017, we created a Google Form to collect speaker feedback. The form had the following fields:

Try the updated version of this post where I’ll teach you how to draft your email in Google docs

I made a command line tool to run when I go into labor, AwayBot. This bot can also be used for all types of leave that take you out of the office for a while.

When our son arrives next year, we’re anticipating late night feedings and diapers changes which may mean needing to turn on our smart bulbs without fumbling for our phones or asking Alexa.