Writing a Custom WordPress Block
This post has been a long time coming. I have talked about custom WordPress block creation for several years now, from blogging about converting a custom static block to a dynamic one to speaking at…
Sweet Little You
A mother with a dream of having a child makes her wish come true by having a baby on her own. Tenderly written with beautiful painterly illustrations by Lisa Wee, Sweet Little You is a loving and unique story about a different path to becoming a family, showing that creating a cherished family doesn’t always involve two parents.
A heartwarming story for single mothers by choice and their families.
Sweet Little You is available now wherever books are sold. Order your copy today!
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Was my degree a mistake?
With the latest news about exponentially-rising tuition costs and student debt forgiveness, I keep asking myself whether college was truly necessary. Truth be told, I have been asking that quite a bit over the years.…
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To Email or Not To Email
I have spent the last several weeks (slowly) evaluating different email newsletter solutions because, according to my marketing plan, a newsletter is something I should consider starting. I mean, it is a great way to…
Hello World!
My name is Joni and I am a “middle-end” web developer who loves to write code, commit often, and make up her own job titles. I work for Georgetown University and have been writing code since the mid-1980s. I was 2. (Kidding. Mostly. I know I’m dating myself. Shush.)
I have developed in all sorts of languages, but I work a lot in WordPress these says, so I spend a lot of time with JavaScript and PHP. Click around this site for more information about my work, my speaking gigs, and my book.
Cool! What else?
I am a single by choice mother to an amazing pre-schooler who constantly keeps me on my toes. She and her collection of stuffed animals are going to take over the world.
I have hobbies. Stop laughing. I’m serious. I both run and bake, because life is all about balance. I love live music and try to get as many shows as time and babysitters allow. I pretend to knit, by which I mean that I have been working on the same shawl for about 5 years now. I am also learning to play the ukulele, but only when my daughter can’t hear me. My skills are not quite up to her standards (yet?). Just wait until I take up the bongos.
I love to travel. I have been lucky enough to visit parts of Europe and the Middle East. I have road tripped across a good chunk of the western US and day-hiked in Alaska. I have camped at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and the RPI hockey line. (Camping for college hockey tickets is like real camping, right?)
I love books! I love to read and have books in just about every room of my house. Unfortunately, my reading has dwindled post-baby, but I do keep track of what I read, in case you all are interested.