.gitignore

@@ -18,4 +18,3 @@ hugo.linux
 
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/hugo
 
-.build_sentinel

Makefile

@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 DEST ?= axs@sdf.org:html
 SITE_URL ?= https://axs.sdf.org
 
-.PHONY: default help publish build
+.PHONY: default help publish
 
-default: build
+build: #>
-
+	@echo "\t 🏗️ Building site"
-build: .build_sentinel #>
+	@# We call hugo with two options:
+	@#  --cleanDestinationDir, to remove deleted files
+	@#  --minify, to compress files my removing extra whitespace
+	hugo --cleanDestinationDir --minify
 
 publish: build #> Publish site
 	@echo "Publishing..."
@@ -33,11 +36,3 @@ publish: build #> Publish site
 	@ssh axs@sdf.org 'mkhomepg -p'
 	@echo "✓ Publising complete"
 	@echo "\nThe site should be available on ${SITE_URL}"
-
-.build_sentinel: $(wildcard content/*/*)
-	@echo "\t 🏗️ Building site"
-	@# We call hugo with two options:
-	@#  --cleanDestinationDir, to remove deleted files
-	@#  --minify, to compress files my removing extra whitespace
-	hugo --cleanDestinationDir --minify
-	@touch $@

content/about/resume.md

@@ -34,21 +34,18 @@ technical solutions, and effectively coaching a diverse set of team members.
   _Senior Diector of Growth Analytics and Data Science (2020--2023), including
   [Glu Mobile](https://glu.com)_
 
-Building and leading teams with a focus on growth marketing, including
+<details>
-a cross-functional business intelligence team (in partnership with
-engineering), marking analysts (embedded with the Marketing team), and data
-science with a focus on user acquisition. I define the vision for growth
-marketing analytics and the execution the plan. As a member of EA Mobile’s
-Growth Team senior leadership team, I collaborate across teams to more
-effectively measure the health of players and games, identify differences in
-our players, and discover new opportunities to grow revenue revenue.
-
-{{< rawhtml >}}
-<details open="open">
 <summary>
-Accomplishments include:
+  Building and leading teams with a focus on growth marketing, including
+  a cross-functional business intelligence team (in partnership with
+  engineering), marking analysts (embedded with the Marketing team), and data
+  science with a focus on user acquisition. I define the vision for growth
+  marketing analytics and the execution the plan. As a member of EA Mobile’s
+  Growth Team senior leadership team, I collaborate across teams to more
+  effectively measure the health of players and games, identify differences in
+  our players, and discover new opportunities to grow revenue revenue.
 </summary>
-{{< /rawhtml >}}
+  Accomplishments include:
 
   - *Saving the company \$100 million in marketing expenses when launching a
     new game.* I surfaced and demonstrated that the incumbent forecasting
@@ -69,9 +66,7 @@ Accomplishments include:
     processes. We are adopting this approach across the entire EA Mobile
     portfolio.
 
-{{< rawhtml >}}
 </details>
-{{< /rawhtml >}}
 <!--
     \item \emph{Cutting the effort required for analyzing marketing campaigns in
       half.} Prior to me joining Glu, we stored player activities in terms game

content/posts/starting-a-blog.md

@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
 ---
 title: 'Starting a Blog'
-date: 2023-12-20T13:30:00-08:00
+date: 2023-12-19T09:41:48-08:00
 draft: false
 ---
 
-This is my personal 1990s moment: I'm starting a blog. And am I writing this in a
+This is my personal 1990s moment: I'm starting a blog. And I writing this in a
-café.[^la-scala] I have a few thoughts behind this:
+café.[^la-scala] I writing this blog for few reasons.
 
-Foremost, I like to write. I believe in the cliché that "clear writing is clear
+Foremost, I like to write. I believe in
-thinking". Writing helps me organize my thoughts so that they are easy for
+the cliché that clear writing is clear think. Writing helps me organize my
-others to follow. If I can do that, then I really understand a topic.
+thoughts and present them in a way that is hopefully helpful to others.
+Selfishly, this helps me either work through issues--professional or
+otherwise--and do so in way that others will useful.
 
-Secondly, this is a way of giving back. I have had the good fortune to learn
+Secondly, I have had the fortune to have learned from many people during my
-from many people. I have struggled with technical and non-technical of topics.
+life.  I have also worked on several technical
-I am hopeful that by recording what I have learned and the perspectives that I
+problems.
-have developed, I can be useful to others.
+I would like to use this platform to reflect on the lessons that I have
-
+learned and pass these along to others.
-Finally, if you have found this blog, then you have my invitation to connect
-with me. Share your thoughts and reactions. You can engage with me publicly on
-[Mastodon](https://mastodon.sdf.org/@axs) or via any of the channels listed on
-the contact page. I am excited to see with this goes.
 
 
 [^la-scala]: [Caffé La Scala](https://www.caffelascala.com/menu) in Walnut

hugo.yaml

@@ -77,12 +77,6 @@ markup:
     style: solarized-dark
   # https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration-markup/#table-of-contents
 
-# module:
-#   imports:
-#     - disable: true
-#       path: github.com/hugomods/shortcodes
-#     - path: github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod
-
 menu:
   main:
     - identifier: about