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Sometimes, I find myself feeling spread thin across the internet. There are the websites I maintain and the blogs that I publish content to. There are also the unintelligible comments I tend to leave scattered around.
Consider this an attempt to gather all of the pieces. Perhaps it will help to paint a better picture of who I am. My resume is available if you are interested. However, I can guarantee that it will already be out of date by the time you read it. Contact me directly for current information.
Aliases
that I go by:- @nagmay - Mastodon
- gabrielm - BoingBoing
- gabrielmcgovern - gotoandplay
- gabrielm - lifehacker/gizmodo
- slash5-toaster - ebay
Featured Post: Oatmeal raisin or chocolate chip? Cookie consent that isn’t half-baked
Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT
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Consent isn't just important, it is increasingly becoming the law. With regulations like GDPR, CCPA and VCDPA on the rise, your institution may soon need its own cookie consent solution.
The problem? Most consent banners feel invasive, clunky and half-baked to users. There has to be a better way. After evaluating vendor options, we chose to leverage Google Tag Manager (GTM) and build our own solution. The result: a consent module that's free, accessible, customizable — and hopefully, a bit less annoying than the typical vendor popup.
In this session, we'll break down...
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@ work
- Oatmeal raisin or chocolate chip? Cookie consent that isn’t half-baked
- Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT Slides: Download Slides Description Download the slides Consent isn't just important, it...
- HEWEB24: UX research and testing on that ever-minimal EDU budget
- Red Stapler | UAD: UX research and testing on that ever-minimal EDU budget Melanie Lindahl — The University of Texas at Austin With minimal s...
- HEWEB24: Ma'am, miss, bruh.
- Ma'am, miss, bruh. Handling effective and inclusive communication across the generations There are four different and distinct generations in the...
- HEWEB24: The fourth decade of website deployments
- The fourth decade of website deployments Steve Persch — Pantheon In the 2020s, the fourth decade of website deployments, teams are recombinin...
- HEWEB24: What would Scooby do?
- What would Scooby do? Uncovering the real mysteries about your audiences to improve experience… and it starts with you. Some of us go to great l...
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- There are total of 344 pages.
@ play
- SUPing on the lower Deschutes
- Low river levels thwarted our ability to paddle the John Day this year, but we still wanted to spend some time on the river. We've camped on...
- Growing koji
- After 48 hours After successfully brewing a small batch of sake, I decided to try my hand at growing koji. There are a lot of good resources out t...
- Owyhee Canyonlands
- For years, we've wanted to visit the canyonlands of southeast Oregon. We had heard that this vast area (250,000 acres) of public lands contai...
- Sake (another try) (1)
- Picked up two types of premade Koji: "yellow koji" traditionally used for miso, soy sauce, and sake "white koji" from the brew store that is t...
- Mt Adams 2025
- My dad was interested in heading to Mt Adams and I am always up for some time on that particular mountain. We were planning to go on Friday, but...
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- There are total of 228 pages.