restaurants
Dexter's - Edina, MN
It's my new weeknight "I just want to go out" pick - a burger and a martini at the bar is the solution for just about anything.
Mitchell Hislop
Engineer at heart, with a business degree in my back pocket. 16+ years turning "can we do this?" into working software, teams, and P&Ls. I've led broadhead's AI buildout from the ground up — comfortable with the business case or the code.
AI
A New Squarespace to Ghost Script
When I wanted to move from Squarespace to Ghost, I ran into a problem: there is no built-in way to migrate. You either have to work with their Concierge service, or roll-your-own. Naturally, I decided to roll my own. I came across this script by Simon Facciol,
What's New
Hey Internet: I'm Back. I've let this site languish for years, so I'm once again moving it in an attempt to inspire me. All the usual reasons are in play: 1. I'm sick of paying Squarespace for a site that I basically
What's Next?
I have some personal news: I’ve left Augeo, and am taking a brief step back to explore what the next arc of my career should look like. I’ve been on an unplanned, but fortunate, journey since college - in fact, I chose Hamline University mostly due to their 3+
year-in-review
Some of my Favorite Moments of 2018
When I was thinking about 2018, it boiled down to a bunch of moments. This wasn’t a big ‘theme’ year for me - I mostly tried to have a stable year, rather than one where I changed everything about my life. We spent the year traveling, being with friends and
mphio
7 Years
Today marks 7 years since I registered mitchellhislop.com. Though it now just redirects to this site, mph.io, it marked the beginning of a journey that led directly to where I am today. I was two months into my college career and decided it would be cool to own
apple
My Love-Hate Relationship with "Hey, Siri"
What cannot be overcome is, whatever you ask Siri, will be heard by someone else. Even an innocent question to get the sports score can be something to fear asking in public. Someone will hear, and then you will have to converse with that person about your team. Ben Brooks
Why Analog
Sometime back when I was in High School, I got my first fountain pen. It was kind of on a whim - I thought they were cool. That is literally it. From then, I was hooked. This, despite being a Millennial, having a Palm Pilot/Phone/Laptop, and planning on going
analytics
Calculated Metrics Come to Google Analytics
Wrote this for the work blog, but it gets me excited enough that I also wanted to touch on this here. Google Analytics has rolled out support for calculated metrics, which means we can now define custom metrics (such as Revenue per User) inside of Google Analytics, rather than needing
Always Be Prepared
Note: This is the unplanned first post in what has become a series of posts laying out how I approach "doing things". I've realized there are a couple tenents I follow pretty closely, and I want to figure out why. This post was a spark of
apps
Pause: A Relaxation App for iPhone
“After opening the app, you simply place your finger on the screen and slowly and continuously move it around so that the airy orb of color floating beneath your finger gathers smaller orbs like itself, growing larger and larger until the screen is filled. ” I've been playing with
lamy
My Pen Loadout: Mid-October 2015
I tend to switch pens too much. I don't know why I do it, but I will regularly find myself swapping pens mid-page for no real reason. I don't have an official "system" to what I use for any given task . I figure