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Personal Story: DOS Golf & Digital Realism

One of the first games I remember playing on a computer was a DOS golf game that was way too challenging, but it felt so real to me as a kid. Fast forward to high school - I was playing a sports video game when my grandmother came in and watched, thinking it was just a real game on TV. She didn't even realize it was me controlling a videogame because it looked so realistic to her, and this wasn't even a new game when she saw it. That moment really stuck with me about how technology can blur the lines between real and digital experiences. Now when I build interfaces, I think about that same sense of "this feels real" that good technology should have.

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How I Approach Problems

I've always been willing to figure out how things work. If something exists, someone knows how it works and they probably explained it somewhere. Console mischief is just one example. I know that you can edit HTML in the browser to change what you see, but that doesn't change the actual data. It's about understanding the difference between presentation and reality.

Learning by Exploring

That curiosity about "what happens if I modify this?" has driven a lot of my learning over the years. Whether it's poking around in browser dev tools or trying to understand how a system works by testing its boundaries, exploration teaches you things that documentation often misses.

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Personal Story: Competition and Community

I love to compete and be outdoors, and disc golf is the perfect blend of personal challenge, community building, and fitness. There's something about the sport that brings people together. You're competing against the course as much as against each other, and everyone wants to see good shots regardless of who's throwing.

Why Balance Matters

Having outlets beyond just technology is critical. Disc golf gets me outside, forces me to focus on something completely different from code, and reminds me that the best solutions often come when you're not actively trying to solve the problem. Some of my best insights happen while I'm walking between holes.

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Personal Story: Technology Safety & Learning

I'm always glad to learn more about technology, especially when it comes to my kids. They're still young, but understanding security and safety with technology is a never ending journey. Every new app, every new feature, every new way they want to interact with technology brings new questions about what's safe, what's appropriate, and how to teach them to think critically about the digital world.

Balancing Power and Safety

It's a constant balance between making technology useful and making it safe. How do you build trust while still making something people actually want to use? These questions apply to so much more than just apps for kids.

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Personal Story: Smart Phone Repair

I used to run a smart phone repair business. You learn a lot about technology when you're taking apart devices every day. How they're built, where they fail, what makes them work. But more importantly, you learn about people. Everyone has a story about their broken phone.

Technology Serves People

Sometimes the most important part of the job wasn't replacing the screen. It was explaining why the repair would cost what it cost, or helping someone understand when it made more sense to upgrade instead. Technology serves people, not the other way around.

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Personal Story: The Three Rs

Working in the tech repair industry taught me that the recycling icon is actually the three Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle. It's not just about recycling. You've got to work toward being more efficient. Every device that comes through for repair is a chance to extend its life, keep it out of a landfill, and help someone avoid buying something new.

Efficiency in Everything

This mindset applies to so many things. Before you build something new, can you reuse something that already exists? Before you add a feature, can you reduce complexity somewhere else? The most elegant solutions are often the ones that do more with less.

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Personal Story: Making Legal Stuff Less Scary

I started this because I watched too many good people get overwhelmed by paperwork. There's something frustrating about watching someone with a great idea for helping their community get stuck on forms and legal requirements. Every form field represents someone's dream to make their community better.

Why This Matters to Me

Technology should democratize access to systems that were historically gatekept. When good people can spend more time on their mission and less time fighting bureaucracy, everyone wins.

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