Chicken Coop: Lessons learned 2 years in

I've had my chicken coop for more than 2 years now. For the most part, it has been working great. I can easily leave the chickens for a week, no matter the season, and not worry. In this post, I'll detail some of the things…

By Jonathan Poland

Using Wave and Twilio to simplify accounting

With my second year of rentals complete, I've started to look at improvements. There are a few pain points I set out to solve: I decided to drop the spreadsheet and use Wave instead. Wave is a free online accounting software. It's meant for running a…

By Jonathan Poland

Reflections of stay-at-home dad: lustrum one

Five years ago I drastically changed my life. I did something none of my friends had done. Something unorthodox. Something that I had never planned for: I became a stay-at-home dad. Our nanny came rushing in behind me carrying my nine-month-old daughter in her arms.

By Jonathan Poland

Using Twilio from SmartThings

In our prior post, we covered using Twilio for our vacation rental. It gives us a great combination of low cost and programmability. In this post, we're going to extend the use of our Twilio number to automatically text guests when they first unlock the door.

By Jonathan Poland