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Inspired by Derek Sivers and the nownownow website, this page aims to serve two simple purposes; (1) let people know what I'm working on at any given moment & (2) keep me centered and remind me what I'm meant to be working on.

Last Updated:
1 November 2026

Projects

Naomi's China

I am pretty far along the process of writing my first novel, placeholder name: "Naomi's China". I'm well over 300,000 words of writing deep, and nearly at the end of a first draft that I can begin to shape into something worth reading.

I originally started writing this book after leaving my job at TDCJ Polunsky and realizing that in the five years since I had the idea for a different story altogether, I'd managed to write about 5,000 words. My idea was to write something that I intentionally didn't care that much about, and having just left a job at a max security state prison that housed Death Row inmates, I had no shortage of interesting stories. Of course the story quickly slipped the documentary style limitations that I originally placed on it, and now has very little to do with my time served at TDCJ whatsoever.

I have yet to decide if I want to go through the process of trying to publish this book when it's completed. As mentioned earlier, I never had any desire to tell this particular story, and I'm actually not sure that it's the kind of story that would excite publishers even if I did. I am committed to fully finishing this book though, going through the motions, as if I were going to send it to every publisher in the country, if for no other reason than to prove to myself that I can.

Vim2tor

I'm in the process of maintaining and crafting a major update for the vim2tor app that I released a while ago. The goal of the application is to make learning intermediate to advanced features of the Vim and Neovim apps as easy as learning basic Vim features is with the vimtutor app that comes packaged with Vim. I am also working on getting the app into Linux repositories and homebrew, as manual installation is the only way to use the app right now.

W8 App

I am working on transforming my W8 project from a simple online compound interest calculator with sass into an iOS and Android budget app that I can use to help get my finances in order. I've tried many budgeting apps, and think that they all fail by trying to link up with bank accounts and automate everything. I'm the kind of person that needs to be reminded when I'm wasting money on nonsense, and specifically want something that requires me to interact with it every time I spend money.

Most likely I'll be looking to use React to build the first version of the application, as the technology should make it far easier to create a simple and unified experience across different platforms, and make it quite easy to port things over to a web app if I want to. However I am still in the designing process, and have some more research to do before I can commit to any particular technologies.

Work

I am currently working as a Network Technician in the Houston area. It's a job that pays reasonably well, let's me work in tech, but not end up stuck in any office all day or answering phone calls on a helpdesk. I spend most of my days pulling and terminating CAT cable, setting up switches in server rooms, and troubleshooting why the cable labeled E36 isn't lighting up when I plug it into the port 36 on the patch panel labeled "E".

For anyone interested, jobs as a Network Tech (also called Low Voltage Tech, Network Installer, and probably fourteen other things) are pretty easy to get started in. There isn't any required schooling or certifications generally speaking, though you might need to do a brief apprenticeship at some companies. There is also a whole lot of cross-over between similar job types: Security Tech, A/V Techs, Access Control Installer, ext. I got started as an A/V Tech, and swapped over to a Network/Low-Voltage Tech when I figured out there was way more work available. The only annoying thing is that most construction jobs require employees to have their own tools, and these jobs are generally no different. Expect to spend a few hundred dollars up front if you don't have any basic tools when you start (electrician shears, a drill, RJ45 crimper, that kind of stuff).