Blog: 2023

2023 Year in Review

2023-12-31 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

photo of pablo

What a year 2023 has been! I've learned so much about myself and hit so many milestones. This will be my first year in review I ever post. I've written brief year in reviews on paper in the past. My year in review for 2023.

I started a Company

  • I filed and started my own company called, Pabs Tech, LLC. This has been something that had in the back of my mind for a long time. I only did very tiny projects with my company.
  • I'd like to have more projects where I can help others suceed in there projects.

Helping Friends

  • I started to help my friends build a small game.
  • Help friends with their projects.

Blogging

100 Blog posts! This blog post is number 100 for 2023. This is the most I've written on a personal site. I'm really proud of myself. This year I got back into blogging. I am so happy I did. I wrote a blog post on why I blog.

The IndieWeb

I joined the IndieWeb this year! I've meet some amazing people who have motivated me in so many ways. I find them inspiring. This is a great communithy to join. I only wish I would have done it sooner.

  • I got to meet up with an IndieWeb community member while I was visiting Los Angeles.
  • I've attended almost every Homebrew Website Club (remote) since March.
  • I started building an IndieAuth extension for Datenstrom Yellow

Podcast

Photography

I really explored photography and videography. I made some major leaps and bounds in both analog and digital photography. My camera visited new cities.

Outdoors

  • I've gone on 10 hikes this year! Darn it! I live in California and I should make more use of the natural facilities.

Traveling Around

I did some traveling this year. I've been telling myself that I need to travel more of the United States this year even if I have visited these places before. I went to new places in California and went to places in California I've been to in the past. I even went to the same place on the East Coast Again.

  • I visited two Buzzfeed Offices in Los Angeles and New York City.
  • I attended NYC Climate Week for the first time
  • I visited wine country for the first ime

Cities:

  • San Francisco
  • Los Angeles
  • Mexico City
  • Napa Valley (Wine Country)
  • New York
  • Oaxaca, Mexico
  • San Luis Reservoir, California

Things I have learned in 2023

  • I'm learned to start loving myself. I started going to therapy. I'm starting to unravel and start understanding why I've seen myself in such a negative light.
  • It's okay to make mistakes. Learning from them is key to improve.
  • Feel less guilty in enjoying time for myself.
  • Being active consistently is key. It helps me stay motivated knowing I don't always have to go hard. Consistency is key.

What about 2024 ?

I have a lot planned for 2024. I will continue to travel with friends but also go places on my own. I will need to go on more artist dates.

  • I'm planning to host an IndieWebCamp in Sacramento.
  • I'd like to run a marathon.
  • I'd like to learn how to dance.

Here's to a great 2024!

End of the Year Coding Night

2023-12-28 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

dudes coding

Tonight will be a fun and exciting night. We're closing out the year by having a hackatron coding night with my friends. Just a bunch of dudes in a room coding the night away. We will be working on a game and our personal projects. There will be of snacks, lots of laughs, throwbacks and more. We all help each other out. We all live in different parts of the country but during the holidays we are back in our hometowns in Nebraska. It's always good to back with the lads and to reconnect and share what we have been working on. I love these guys. I'm going to continue to work on an IndieAuth project at some point but the focus of tonight will be a game or however the night takes us.

See you all in the wee hours of the morning.

IndieWeb Carnival September 2023: My Kind of Weather

2023-09-25 by Pablo Morales

This post was written in en

This post is in reponse to Jeremy Cherfas' IndieWeb Carnival September 2023: My Kind of Weather .

Thank you for hosting this month's carnival!

Snow Weather Thought #034

Growing up in the Midwest I used to complain about the snow. Now that I am far from it, I do realize it's my kind of weather.

Appreciating the things taken for granted

Growing up in the Midwestern region of the United States (or commonly known as the Midwest) I was so used to irritable weather. What I mean by irritable weather was facing, "four seasons in one week." You're probably thinking the following: "How is this possible?" It simply does! If you know, you know. Here are a few examples (No particular order)

One day it can be a nice spring day with all the flowers blooming being happy as can be.

The following day you could wake up to find out that there is a blizzard in effect.

A few days, it could be scorching hot and wondering how we got here?

The last few days of the week, it could be a beautiful, soothing fall day and you forget about the weather tragedies of earlier of the week.

As chaotic as it sounds, I do miss it. I do miss sometimes not knowing if I will melt one day or be trapped in my home for many days at a time. My favorite is knowing if my home would fly away in a tornado. As silly and boring the topic of weather is, it is also a bonding activity with people who live in this region. It's almost a pastime knowing we could just die at any minute.

If I were to pick a favorite season, it would be winter. Are you in shock? Even I don't believe it. I do miss dressing up all nice for the winter. Who doesn't like wearing cute winter outfits. If were going to suffer in the cold we might as well look our best!

I moved to California to live in a different place and subconsciously to escape the cold. In Northern California it is generally just hot here all the time. I do miss having season changes. Geography and location tends to influence the type of weather or climate one lives in.

You can take the person out of the midwest but you can't take the Midwestern out of the person.

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