Blog Posts Archives - Juan Manuel Maldonado


by Juan Maldonado - September 7 2016

Backyard Chickens are back!

In an effort to not be “out Portland”-ed, we are trying chickens one more time. From left to right: Prince, Pokey and Khaleesi. My wife named Prince because, you know, it’s topical. My daughter named Pokey after a bedtime story my wife made up for her about a whale named Pokey who got lost and… [CONTINUE]


Portland Community College

I looked at my site recently and saw that I hadn’t updated since December 2013. That’s not fun! Truthfully, I’m starting to rethink even having a blog. Because it’s not a niche blog it gets no hits, and there’s better ways to do blogging out there anyway. Maybe I’ll put this on moth balls and… [CONTINUE]


Collaboration

  Another quick blog post to show that I am among the living! Two things: My 3D rendering of the Alhondiga de Granaditas was used in an exhibit at the museum itself during the Cervantino Festival in October. The theme for the festival this year was water, and a Mexican architect wanted to augment my… [CONTINUE]


Update post!

Just some quick updates: I wrote a blog post for work. The gist is that if you use social login on your site, it’s up to you to tell your users why you need their data, if you are asking for it upon authentication. This delves into the social contract and, well, the actual contract… [CONTINUE]


Mad Men, and how to be a better client

I love the show Mad Men. I watched it from the first episode at air time and it had me hooked from 20 minutes in. It warmed my little nerd heart that I was going to be able to be a fan of something right from the outset, instead of happening across it in my… [CONTINUE]


Look who’s growing up

  Six months ago, we were scared out of our minds and mad with sleep deprivation. It’s gotten easier and fun by fits and starts. These last six months have felt like, well… six months. She’s a joy and as you can see, she’s also quite photogenic.


My top five desert island albums

If I ever have the misfortune (not fortune, at least not at this stage of my life) of being stranded on a desert island with no access to my Google Music archive to stream music but instead, improbably, a solar-powered CD player and five discs to play, these are the ones I hope to have…. [CONTINUE]


The baby is here

She wasn’t there, and then she was. I blinked and now she’s a month old. Welcome, August Aldredge Maldonado, to the world.