I just shared this on (X)twitter and decided it is something worth blogging about.

Hey, quick story. My son was watching a video that reminded me of one I made in 2005. I looked it up and realized it was the 2nd oldest one. And, that I have a varied mix, a couple weird, and some project starts and stops.

Thought maybe I should blog about them and share here?

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The video he was watching was of some kids exploring a cave. I told him his Mom and I went caving in 2005 with two friends and we made a caving video. More specifically, a movie trailer of a cave suspense movie.

He humored me, watched the video, and we had a laugh. That video is below, but before we get there…

I noticed I had a varied mix, and each one had a bit of a story I’d like to share here. Call it nostalgia, but it was also a glimpse into some of my history with the internet, my career, my starts and stops, and those things that “could have been”.

That said, I have no regrets. I’m right where I need to be for now. Without further ado, here we go.

The caving video was the second oldest, the first was 16 years ago! This video stars two of my three nephews and my niece. I was spending a Saturday with them and we discovered mouse droppings in a closet.

As you do when you’re “Uncle cool guy”, yes that was their nickname for me, 😂🤷🏼‍♂️ you write a rap song with them and make a music video!

Next up we have a couple videos listed as private, one because it’s way too boring, and the other because it’s an embarrassing video presentation for an interview process.

However, all my fellow web building nerds in the WordPress space might find that one particularly interesting.

All you get is images for now. A short tour of kayaks I was selling on craigslist. They went to a nice older couple.

A third-round interview project for a newly created “WordPress Evangelist” role with Envato. Ring a bell? Uploaded on Nov. 17th, 2015.

I’m happy to report that I lost out to James Giroux who did amazing things for Envato and its legions of creators for years. He’s still very active in the WordPress space with his Future of Team business.

It was 5 months later that I landed my own WordPress Evangelist role with SiteLock, a security brand with a WordPress plugin.

I could go on but let’s keep this post short and to the point. Maybe I’ll post more. There’s a lot to choose from.

Well, ok. ONE more for funsies.

Anyone remember the mannequin challenge videos circa 2016? Well, this is the WordCamp version. Specifically, this is the Caldera Forms networking taco party get together version.

You may recognize a few faces. If so, please tag them on twitter if you’re viewing there. 🙂

Thanks for reading and watching!