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A personal field journal

A few things
I’m made of.

Full-stack engineer. Kitesurfer.
Snowboarder. Hiker.

Music, cooking, and good food.

And dad to toddler twins
and a newborn.

An original illustration of open water and a distant kitesurfer, with mountains and a trail in the same imagined landscape.
Out in the elements

01 / Wind

A little
lift.

Kitesurfing is one of the ways I spend time outside.

A different kind of problem-solving from the work I do on a screen. Wind, water, and paying attention.

Kitesurfing01 / 07
An original illustrated snow-covered mountain, part of an imagined outdoor landscape.
A change of texture

02 / Snow

A different
line.

Snowboarding is another part of my life beyond software.

Different terrain. A different way of paying attention.

Snowboarding02 / 07
An original illustration of a winding hiking trail through hills, without a real geographic setting.
One step, then another

03 / Trails

Room to
wander.

I like getting out on a trail.

Away from the screen, into a different scale of things. Hiking belongs in this picture of me, too.

Hiking03 / 07
An original illustrated still life of a notebook, pencil, simple laptop, and interlocking paper shapes.
From an idea to a useful thing

04 / Making things

Both sides
of the idea.

I’m a full-stack engineer. I build across the frontend and backend, connecting how software feels with the systems that make it work.

I like making complicated things easier to use, and bringing the whole thing together.

Software, end to end04 / 07
Headphones and abstract rhythm shapes in a textured blue, orange, and mustard still life.
A different kind of rhythm

05 / Sound

Life has
a soundtrack.

I really like music.

Another way to get absorbed in something, and enjoy it.

Music05 / 07
Cooking utensils, vegetables, herbs, and a prepared dish arranged as a textured still life.
The making, and the eating

06 / Kitchen

A little
more flavor.

I love cooking. And eating, of course.

Making something in the kitchen is another kind of making, with something good to enjoy at the end.

Cooking & eating06 / 07
A symbolic illustration of two pairs of toddler shoes and a tiny baby sock.
The little things

07 / Family

Three little
humans.

Dad to three girls: toddler twins and a newborn.

Fatherhood07 / 07

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