{"id":675,"date":"2019-07-26T21:59:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T01:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemdesign.com\/wordpress\/?p=675"},"modified":"2019-07-26T21:59:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T01:59:08","slug":"2019-mid-year-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemdesign.com\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/26\/2019-mid-year-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Mid-year Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What a busy year \u2013 it\u2019s already August! I haven\u2019t posted anything in a long while\u2026 So let\u2019s fix that shall we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Life in general<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A new bike \u2013 I have been able to ride into work this summer \u2013 lots of fun and good exercise!<\/li><li>The garden is blooming \u2013 fresh strawberries, peas, and raspberries make for some fun treats!<\/li><li>Serving in a leadership position in my church \u2013 an amazing rewarding (and draining) experience.<\/li><li>Finally kicked myself into doing a daily exercise routine.<\/li><li>Playing D&amp;D again! Soooo fun!<\/li><li>My kids like to play D&amp;D! (fun x 10!)<\/li><li>Brother got married! I was honored to be best man (and I didn\u2019t roast him much \u2013 there was a lot of dust in that room though!)<\/li><li>Visited the UK \u2013 London, Isle of Wight, Bath, and Dorset coast (Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door). Didn\u2019t get to hit up the Bovington Tank Musuem though. Next time\u2026 ?<\/li><li>Two-week family vacation trip to Utah for a family reunion. We drove across Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Nebraska. With the schedule flexibility (only two points had strict dates\/times we had to meet), we got to see and do a lot of cool things. The kids did great. I would do a similar vacation again.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Converted a custom .Net\/static HTML hybrid site to WordPress. The data migration was intense but everything is running great. Client is really happy with how easy the new site is to update.<\/li><li>A web app we built for a client passed client accessibility testing in only two tries! (I\u2019ve heard normally it takes 6-8 tries). I provided the design and accessibility guidance for this app so having us pass in only two tries \u2013 not to toot my horn, but awww yeah!<\/li><li>That same app was so well received that the client asked for additional modules to be built for it \u2013 extending this into an amazing system. Major kudos to our tech leads and developers!<\/li><li>With some plugins and a bit of coding on my end, I created a reservation and scheduling system for a conference center on top of WordPress \u2013 perhaps my most complex WordPress project to date.<\/li><li>Building a much improved MPHI deliverables system with Peter Jantos. Peter added a web service API to an internal business application, which generates a JSON feed that my front-end static deliverables site can consume. This will easily save an estimated 160 man hours (4 people * ~40 hours) a year to prepare and deliver end of fiscal year deliverables.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had to skip over a lot here but in general, 2019 has been a busy and rewarding year. I hope it\u2019s been good for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a busy year \u2013 it\u2019s already August! I haven\u2019t posted anything in a long while\u2026 So let\u2019s fix that shall we? Life in general A new bike \u2013 I have been able to ride into work this summer \u2013 lots of fun and good exercise! 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