There is something to be said about learning through failure, and as much as each failure is something we never want to deal with, learning to accept it (or “hold this L”) does lead to some immense growth. If nothing else, the experience is often quite humbling, and (at least for me) has served as a way of keeping me grounded, and reminding me that I still have plenty to learn.

Although the lesson is (hopefully) learned (somewhat regardless of one’s outlook), the real difficult part comes in learning to see the glass half full. I equate some of these harder lessons learned in tech, to some of the harder lessons I learned from my parents (particularly when I really messed up and discipline was all but guaranteed)…the act of learning the lesson completely sucked (and was usually, quite literally, painful) but I ultimately saw the glass as half full. Granted it wasn’t until I became a parent myself, and I’m way too stubborn to give my folks the satisfaction that they were right, but I learned.

I say all that to say, learn to “hold this L”. Don’t just count your wins, when it comes to work/projects/tinkering, but count the losses as well, because there’s probably a nugget of wisdom buried in there to take away from it.

Peace!

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About Me

Welcome to my blog. I’m Anthony Riojas, a technology enthusiast, tinkerer, lover of learning, and proud husband & father. Join me as I document and recollect my various wins, learning moments, and soul crushing loses with technology in my personal and professional life.

Ultimately, this site will serve more for more basic explanations, of things as well as some (hopefully) hilarious “I can’t believe you thought that was a good idea” stories.

Tech isn’t just about where you land, but the journey. All of the (mis)adventures.

1. Why this, why now

Bob Ross used to say “there are no mistakes, only happy accidents”. That’s the approach I’ve taken with tinkering and diving head first into learning new things with technology (although sometimes the only head first I want to apply is a headbutt to my monitor).

Every crash, freeze, failure to start, is just something new to learn, and then course correct (or just toss out the window due to frustration, I won’t judge).

2. What kind of community are you looking to build here

One that doesn’t take itself too seriously. One where we can all relate to a story or incident and look back and laugh on the blunders, the breaks, the headaches, and how we learned something from it.

3. What’s this page about

This isn’t for super technical, high level overviews (shoutout to those that are), but more light hearted talks about tech and various ways it intersects with other things in my life and how I’ve adapted to it, or broken it.

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