Pres. Nixon’s 2nd inauguration was within a month of Pres. Truman’s death. Flags were at half-staff. Pres. Trump’s 2nd inauguration is within a month of Pres. Carter’s death. Flags should be at half-staff. Joe Biden’s first inauguration while in elected office was Nixon’s 2nd. His last will be Trump’s 2nd.
Random Musings by Kraft
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Short-Form Communication
Short-form communication hurts. The Texas Tribune published an article about Gov. Greg Abbott’s outrage about Texas A&M’s “sponsoring a trip to a DEI conference”. Taking five minutes, this is just the same stupid political noise that is hurting far more than it is helping. The outrage comes in response to a message on X from…
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A Week In The Life
Life flows through seasons, which feel completely normal while you’re in the midst of them, but looking back, it’s hard to remember what they were like. With that in mind, I wanted to outline the last week and detail the end of the week.
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Conflation Hurts
The last few weeks have been hard for those in the #WordPress community. I’m trying my best to focus on the work ahead, but recent events have made that more challenging and complicated for folks on the ground. I have friends who work or have worked at WP Engine, and I obviously have friends at…
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Contributing to WordPress
I know the big dogs are fighting (and disclaimer I work for one of the big dogs and I used to make my living building websites using a theme framework the other one owns now), but a ton of contributors contribute because they want to help the community. Not because they were sponsored, though I…
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Fire and Bus
The first couple weeks of school have been an eventful one for our kiddos. On the first day of school, at 5:30 a.m., we received an automated call from the school district. There was a fire at the middle school—do not come to campus today. The night before, a microwave in a classroom caught fire…
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MBA
Recently graduated with an MBA in Business Analytics, I am continuing my shift from engineering to business leadership at Automattic. Despite personal challenges and a full schedule, I excelled academically, receiving numerous awards, and look forward to a sabbatical and a vacation.