Matt McManus @mattmcmanus@jawns.club

#introduction time!

👋Hi! I'm an #emberjs, #rails developer and #UX designer and developer. I'm interested in #ethicaltech/#techforgood, #indieweb, #philosphy, #art, making #hotsauce & #beer, reading #religion, #science, #scifi, #history among a lot else. I'm learning #woodworking and how to be a #dad of two. I care about people who have lost their #christian #faith. Working hard to keep #hope.

Thats the most hashtags I've used in my entire time on the internet.

When life gives you a polar vortex, make ice balloons!

Fill a balloon with water, drop in some food coloring, leave out side for the night and WALA!

I finally upgraded to an iPhone XR. My 6s treated me well for a long time, but it was time. I like the XR a lot but I didn’t realize how much I would miss force touch. It turns out I used that on notifications and home screen icons all the time.

I just had Kapusniak for the first time. I have always been a food lover, but never has a soup moved me like this. If this is the last time I feel any pleasure or happiness for the rest of my life, I will die a satisfied and contented man.

After having my 13in Macbook Pro for 5 years, I've finally updated to the newest 15in MBP. It's so nice! The things that surprised me: the speakers are absolutely amazing and I like the touchbar and keyboard.

Working out of the new Indy Hall for the first time. It's been too long.

I planted 5 willow saplings this weekend. After the week that we all just lived through, I needed to engage in a rebellious act of hope to put despair in it's place.

Designing an appropriate visual hierarchy for a dark theme is surprisingly difficult.

Hey #emberjs friends, I just published 3.0 of atom-ember-snippets. There are lots of new goodies! Let me know if you run into any problems. https://github.com/mattmcmanus/atom-ember-snippets/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#300

Are there any #philly folks interested in #indieweb tech?

Pumpkin beers already? It’s still August! Gross.

Well. I didn't wake up today thinking I'd read an article that was positive about Mark Zuckerberg AND that I agreed with, but here we are. https://medium.com/swlh/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-stock-drop-shouldnt-step-down-a4277737152e

📝I took some time to write down my thoughts on the #functional #css framework Tailwind.css. Read if you're interested! "I don’t want to but I’m giving functional CSS a try"; https://mcmanus.io/2018/i-dont-want-to-but-im-giving-functional-CSS-a-try

Just relaunched my site using Tailwind.css. I'll try to write some thoughts on the process later today or tomorrow. https://mcmanus.io

I’m struggling to decide which book I should read next. Who’s got some good ideas?

Side note: netlify’s auto deploy of branches is an amazing feature.

So I’m finally giving Tailwind.css a proper try. I’m redoing my blog in it. Verdict is still out. Follow along if you want to see a half complete design: https://tailwind.mcmanus.io