• LifeSpring 1987Worked on first Mac in computer programming class
• LifeSpring 1989Introduced to first Mac with GUI interface
• LifeSpring 1993First heard about the Internet
• LifeMay 1993First Mac – Mac Classic that I married into
• LifeFebruary 1995First email account and encounter with Web browser
• BookJune 1997Read Creating Cool HTML4 Web Pages
• MilestoneJune 1997Built first webpage and first site
• MilestoneAugust 1999Professional designer and front end developer
• LifeDecember 1999First order with Amazon

2000

• ProjectSpring 2000Launched first professional Website
• CraftMay 2000Bought Dreamweaver and Fireworks
• BookAugust 2000Read Jakob Nielsen’s Usability book
• ProjectAugust 2000Started working on GodSquad.com
• ProjectNovember 2000GodSquad.com version 2 launched

2001

• ProjectMay 2001Student LINC Redesign Launched
• ProjectMay 2001More Than a Summer Survivor Virtual Summer Project
• ProjectSeptember 2001Special 9/11 Resource section on GodSquad

2002

• ProjectFebruary 2002Bridgforth Family Website Launched
• ProjectMay 2002GodSquad e-Summer Project
• ProjectJuly 2002Webmaster’s Log
• ProjectDecember 2002GodSquad Redesign Launched

2003

• ProjectApril 2003Mateo28
• ProjectApril 2003LINCZone Redesign Launched
• BookJune 2003Read Don’t Make Me Think
• CraftJune 2003Macromedia Tutorials on using CSS for presentation and positioning
• ProjectApril 2003CollegeWalk Launched
• ProjectSeptember 2003CampusCrusadeforChrist.com Redesign Launched
• ProjectSeptember 2003GodSquad Reporting Tool
• ConferenceNovember 2003First Web conference – Macromedia MAX 2003 in Salt Lake City

2004

• Life2004Spent the year focused on ministry support development

2005

• LifeFebruary 2005First blog on Blogger
• LifeSpring 2005Started using RSS
• CraftSpring 2005Switched to Firefox as development browser
• ProjectApril 2005QuEST Launched
• ProjectMay 2005Created my first table-less Website using HTML and CSS
• LifeSeptember 2005Joined Flickr
• ProjectOctober 2005Katrina Relief
• CraftOctober 2005Started using WordPress
• ProjectOctober 2005Launched Personal Site
• ConferenceOctober 2005Attended UI10 Conference in Boston

2006

• ProjectFebruary 2006Student2Student Redesign
• BookMay 2006Read Andy Budd’s CSS Mastery
• ProjectJune 2006CM2007 Launched
• LifeJune 2006Joined Facebook
• BookAugust 2006Read The Zen of CSS
• CraftOctober 2006MacBook Pro – first time I had worked professionally on a Mac
• ConferenceNovember 2006Attended Refresh ’06 Conference
• BookDecember 2006Read The Non-Designers’ Design Book

2007

• BookJanuary 2007Read Andy Clarke’s Transcending CSS
• CraftFebruary 2007Punted Dreamweaver and returned to hand coding
• PodcastMarch 2007Started listening to Boagworld podcast
• CraftMay 2007Coda
• ProjectMay 2007MySoularium – first site to use Transcending CSS principles
• ConferenceNovember 2007Attended UI12 conference
• WorkshopNovember 2007Luke Wroblewski’s Site Seeing Seminar
• WorkshopNovember 2007Cameron Moll’s Designing Elegant CSS Interfaces Seminar

2008

• ConferenceApril 2008PhotoShop World Conference
• ProjectApril 2008Student Venture Executive Getaway and Nancy Wilson site Launched
• BookJune 2008Read Luke Wroblewski’s Web Form Design
• LifeJuly 2008Joined Twitter
• BookJuly 2008Read Basics of Design
• ProjectAugust 2008GoSummer Project Redesign Launched
• LifeSeptember 2008iPhone
• ProjectAug 2008Conference Registration System Launched
• ProjectDec 2008Big Break Redesign
• ProjectDec 2008Imagine Your Impact

2009

• ProjectJanuary 2009My Campus, His Call Launched
• BookFebruary 2009Read Designing for the Web by Mark Boulton
• ConferenceJuly 2009Front End Design Conference
• BookSeptember 2009Handcrafted CSS
• ProjectSeptember 2009DestinoMovement.com Launched
• ConferenceDecember 2009WordCamp Orlando

2010

• MilestoneFebruary 2010Left Campus Crusade for Christ
• ProjectFebruary 2010First Freelance project
• LifeApril 2010Gowalla
• SpeakingApril 2010Refresh Orlando – CSS3: Ready for Primetime?
• ProjectJune 2010Hoola Monsters – first contract/freelance site
• ArticleJune 2010Read Ethan Marcotte’s article, Responsive Web Design
• PodcastJune 2010Listened to Ethan Marcotte discuss Responsive Web Design on The Big Web Show
• WorkJuly 2010Start work at Rise Creative Group
• CraftJuly 2010Started using Drupal
• ConferenceJuly 2010Front End Design Conference
• WorkNovember 2010Start work at Bonnier Corporation

2011

• BookJanuary 2011Read Andy Clarke’s Hardboiled Web Design
• ProjectJanuary 2011Cat Doctors’ Design
• ConferenceFebruary 2010Florida Drupal Camp
• ProjectMarch 2011PopPhoto Redesign Launch
• ProjectMarch 2011Broken Phone Booth Launch
• BookJune 2011Read Ethan Marcotte’s Responsive Web Design
• BookJune 2011Read Aaron Gustafson’s Adaptive Web Design
• ProjectJuly 2011Sound+Vision Redesign Launch
• ConferenceJuly 2011Front End Design Conference
• ProjectSeptember 2011Science Illustrated Launch
• ProjectSeptember 2011SAVEUR Mobify site – first Mobile site
• CraftOctober 2011First Adaptive site I designed and built
• ProjectOctober 2011American Photo Launch
• ProjectOctober 2011PopSci Mobile Site
• ProjectDecember 20112011 SAVEUR Cookie Advent Calendar

2012

• PodcastJanuary 2012Started listening to Shop Talk Show
• BookMarch 2012Read Mobile First
• CraftMarch 2012Started using Sass
• ProjectApril 2012Started working on SAVEUR.com redesign – Sass and OOCSS
• CraftMay 2012Switched to Chrome as my development browser
• ConferenceJune 2012Front End Design Conference
• SpeakingJune 2012Front End Design Conference Day 2 – The Power of the Plus
• TeachingJune 2012Teaching My Kids Building Websites the Right Way
• ProjectJune 2012Digital Days Launch
• CraftAugust 2012First Responsive site projects
• CraftAugust 2012Learned about Drupal CCK and Views on Drupalize.me
• ProjectSeptember 2012Stanford Jobs site – Drupal development
• ConferenceOctober 2012Converge Florida Conference
• ProjectNovember 2012Working Mother responsive retrofit launched
• ProjectDecember 20112012 SAVEUR Cookie Advent Calendar
• ProjectDecember 2011SAVEUR Video Festival – Last project with Bonnier

2013

• WorkJanuary 2013Start work at Easy Designs
• CraftJanuary 2013Started using ExpressionEngine
• ProjectApril 2013Adaptive layout of Sewanee Registrar launched
• ProjectJune 2013Adaptive retrofit of Easy Designs launched
• BookJune 2013Read The Sketchbook Handbook
• LifeJune 2013Relocated to Chattanooga, Tennessee
• ProjectOctober 2013Launch of North Shore Chiropractic & Rehab
• ConferenceOctober 2013Breaking Development Conference in Nashville
• ProjectNovember 2013Responsive version of this website
• ProjectDecember 2013Adaptive retrofit of Nichols College (www.nichols.edu) launched
• LifeDecember 2013Bought first tablet – Nexus 7 (2013)

2014

• LifeFebruary 2014HTC One Mini – switched to Android from iOS
• CraftFebruary 2014Started using Grunt
• ProjectMarch 2014Adaptive Layout for Web Standards Sherpa launched
• WorkMarch 2014Last day at Easy Designs
• CraftApril 2014“Aha” moment with JavaScript – finished course on Codecademy
• WorkApril 2014Started working with dboy as contractor
• ProjectJune 2014Premium Images Group launched
• ProjectAugust 2014Advanced Auto Parts Career site launched
• ProjectSeptember 2014Falcon Transport Career site launched
• ProjectOctober 2014Huntington Bank Career site launched
• BookOctober 2014Read The Mobile Web Handbook
• ProjectNovember 2014Douglas Autotech Career site launched
• ProjectNovember 2014Einstein Noah Career site launched (first full career site I built with dboy)
• ProjectNovember 2014University of Chicago Medical Career site launched
• BookNovember 2014Read Responsible Responsive Design

2015

• ProjectJanuary 2015Parallon Career site launched
• ProjectFebruary 2015Thrivent Financial Services Career site launched
• ProjectFebruary 2015Clayton Homes Career site launched
• ProjectMarch 2015Western Union Career site launched
• CraftMarch 2015Started using Craft CMS
• ProjectMay 2015Ameripride Career site launched
• ProjectJuly 2015Stryker Career site launched (Craft CMS)
• ProjectJuly 2015Axsium Group launched (WordPress)
• ProjectAugust 2015iKas International and After HiSET Exam site launched
• ProjectSeptember 2015Alcoa Career Site launched (Craft CMS)
• ProjectSeptember 2015Daimler TruckTechs Career Site launched
• NewsletterOctober 2015Subscribed to CSS Layout News
• ProjectOctober 2015Defenders Career Site launched
• ProjectNovember 2015Sleepy’s Career Site launched (Craft CMS)
• ProjectDecember 2015Sun Communities Career Site launched (Craft CMS)
• ProjectDecember 2015Advanced Healthcare Systems Career Site launched (Craft CMS)

2016

• ProjectJanuary 2016Graingers Career Site launched (Craft CMS)
• ProjectJanuary 2016dboy Creative launched (Craft CMS)
• CraftJanuary 2016First use of responsive images in a project
• ProjectFebruary 2016Autumn Leaves Career Site launched (Craft CMS)
• ProjectApril 2016Sun RV Resorts Career Site launched (Craft CMS)
• CraftJune 2016Used Gulp for the first time
• ProjectJune 2016Symnons Construction launched (Craft CMS)
• ProjectJuly 2016Lyneers Staffing Career Site launched (Craft CMS)
• ProjectJuly 2016HomeMade Custom Build launched
• ProjectAugust 2016Rentokil Career Site launched (Craft CMS)
• ProjectSeptember 2016GEO Groups Career Site launched
• ProjectNovember 2016Austin Project launched (WordPress)
• ProjectNovember 2016Northland Church redesign launched
• ProjectDecember 2016The Hub Project launched (WordPress)
• CraftDecember 2016Learned CSS Grid

2017

• ProjectJanuary 20171 QPS Tower launched (WordPress)
• CraftMarch 2017CSS Grid support in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari
• ProjectMay 2017Taggart Architects launched (WordPress)
• WorkAugust 2017Started contracting with LGND
• ProjectOctober 2017Together with Girls Map Project launched
• ProjectOctober 2017BRT Tax Reform launched
• ProjectOctober 2017CNAS: Across The Pond, In the Field launched
• ProjectOctober 2017NAIS: The Leadership Journey launched

2018

• CraftApril 2018Started using Local for local WordPress development
• LifeApril 2018Started using Instagram again
• CraftMay 2018Switched back to Firefox as my development browser
• ProjectJune 2018America’s Healthcare Future launched
• ProjectJune 2018CNAS Refresh launched
• ProjectJune 2018AARP Livability Index launched
• ProjectJuly 2018Axsium Refresh launched
• ProjectJuly 2018EC-Map launched
• CraftJuly 2018Became Smashing Magazine member
• ProjectAugust 2018U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation: High-Quality Early Childhood Education launched
• ProjectAugust 2018Aireon ALERT launched
• ProjectAugust 2018Aireon Services launched
• ProjectAugust 2018BRT Trade Map project launched
• ProjectOctober 2018NYC Outward Bound Schools launched
• ProjectOctober 2018Education for Justice launched
• WorkDecember 2018Transitioned to full-time position with LGND
• ProjectDecember 2018Credential Engine launched

2019

• ProjectJanuary 2019S&P Global: Change Pays launched
• ProjectFebruary 2019Embracing Innovation in Government: 2019 Global Trends Report launched
• LearningFebruary 2019Learned to use ScrollMagic and Greensock for scroll animations
• ProjectMarch 2019Sharing Solutions launched
• RetreatMarch 2019LGND SMMT – first time meeting teammates IRL
• WritingMarch 2019Started weeknotes posts
• ProjectApril 2019Kauffman Foundation: Time to Rethink Education launched
• CraftApril/May 2019Used Vue.js in project for first time
• ProjectSeptember 2019Delivered scroll animation site for NAPEO
• ProjectSeptember 2019Capital CoLAB microsite launched
• ProjectSeptember 2019National Headstart Association Communication Playbook launched
• ProjectOctober 2019NASEM Cancer Control Report launched
• ProjectOctober 2019AARP Drug Prices Campaign launched
• ProjectDecember 2019Center for American Enterpreneurship launched

2020

• CraftJanuary 2020Started using MJML for HTML emails
• BookMarch 2020LGND Book Club: Creativity Inc.
• ProjectMarch 2020CalmHR launched
• ProjectApril 2020NYS Real Estate Education Foundation launched
• BookApril 2020LGND Book Club: Range
• RetreatMay 2019LGND Virtual Retreat
• ProjectJune 2020GWP Employer Signaling System launched
• ProjectJuly 2020Embracing Innovation in Government: 2020 Global Trends Report launched
• ProjectJuly 2020Iridium Museum: Exhibit Pages launched
• ProjectAugust 2020NASEM Compounded Medications: Reviewing Safety and Effectiveness launched
• WorkshopOctober 2020SVG Animation workshop with Cassie Evans
• WorkDecember 2020Promoted to Senior Developer at LGND

2021

• CraftJanuary 2021First project using CSS custom properties to create a light and dark theme.
• CraftMarch 2021First project using prefers-reduced-motion for accessibility.
• CraftMay 2021Started building first project with Gutenberg blocks.
• ConferenceApril 2021hover Online Conference
• ProjectApril 2021Epidemics That Didn’t Happen launched
• CraftAugust 2021Started using Visual Studio Code
• ProjectSeptember 2021GenesisHR launched. First Gutenberg block build.
• ProjectOctober 2021OECD Cross Border Report launched
• ProjectNovember 2021Roadmap for Renewed U.S.–Canada Partnership launched
• BookDecember 2021Listened to audiobook of Weaving the Web by Tim Berners-Lee

2022

• CraftJanuary 2022First accessibility audit
• CraftJanuary 2022Vertical Accordion Solution
• CraftMarch 2022Used pre_get_posts hook for first time to set page query in functions.php file
• WritingApril 2022Post about container queries
• CraftApril 2022Lightbulb moment with Intersection Observer
• CraftApril 2022Learned about SVG clipping and masking for animation
• ProjectApril 2022AARP PRI Impact Report launched
• SpeakingMay 2022Accessibilty Audit presentation at LGND Campfire
• CraftJune 2022Vimeo Cue Points animation
• CraftJuly 2022First implementation of container queries
• WorkAugust 2022Celebrated 5 years of working with LGND
• CraftSeptember 2022Container query and :has support in Chrome
• ProjectOctober 2022Kauffman Foundation’s Real World Learning launched. (Started in May)
• ProjectOctober 2022Energy Efficiency Hub Version 2 launched. (Started in August)
• RetreatOctober 2022LGND Team Trip – Asheville, NC
• ProjectNovember 2022Principal Media launched.
• WritingDecember 2022Surpassed previous mark of 58 posts in a year (2005) on my blog.