2026-09-12T12:55:01-07:00 https://cauchon.net Justin Cauchon 2023-06-27T00:00:00-07:00 https://cauchon.net/posts/new-family-member-josie <p>We are happy to introduce a new member of our family, Josie Anne Cauchon. Josie was born on May 27, 2023, making her debut into the world. Today, we celebrate her one month birthday.</p> <p><img src="/images/2023-06-27-new-family-member-josie/Josie.JPG" alt="Picture of Justin, Josie and Tito" /></p> <p><br /> <br /> Justin Cauchon - 06/27/2023</p> 2022-10-29T00:00:00-07:00 https://cauchon.net/posts/joining-yahoo-engadget <p>I’ve accepted a new role as Director of Product at Yahoo, managing product management for Engadget.</p> <p>As a longtime reader of Engadget, I couldn’t be more excited to be joining the team. Engadget has served as a breaker of tech news for nearly 20 years. It was also inspiration for Smartphone Nation, which brought me into the world of the publishing world.</p> <p><br /> <br /> Justin Cauchon - 10/29/2022</p> 2022-05-25T00:00:00-07:00 https://cauchon.net/posts/new-family-member-tito-dog <p>We are happy to introduce a new member of our family, Tito. He’s a good boy who joins us from a rescue and is now a permentant member of our household.</p> <p>Tito comes from a rescue and his history is somewhat unknown. A DNA test reveals that he is 60% Poodle, 8% Cocker Spaniel and 32% unknown.</p> <p>You can follow him on <a href="https://instagram.com/goodboytitoburrito">Instagram</a></p> <p><img src="/images/2022-05-25-new-family-member-tito-dog/tito-dog-collage.jpg" alt="Collage of three images showing dog named Tito. One image includes his owners Paige and Justin" /></p> <p><br /> <br /> Justin Cauchon - 05/25/2022</p> 2021-10-18T00:00:00-07:00 https://cauchon.net/posts/joining-conde-nast <p>I’ve accepted a new role as Director of Product at Condé Nast, managing product management for WIRED.</p> <p>My experience at CNET has been so rewarding over the past six years. Over that time, I’ve been able to work on several site redesigns and exciting products. Most importantly, the people who work at CNET made the experience noteworthy. I’ve worked alongside an all-star product and engineering team, best writers in the business, and countless other partners.</p> <p><br /> <br /> Justin Cauchon - 10/18/2021</p> 2021-03-10T00:00:00-08:00 https://cauchon.net/posts/we-moved-to-portland <p>On a personal note, we moved to Portland last month and will be here for at least the next year.</p> <h4 id="our-decision">Our Decision</h4> <p>San Francisco is has one of the highest cost of living in the country. When the pandemic emerged last year, it was unclear when we’d be returning to the offices. A year in, the assumption is that we won’t be returning to our offices in a normal fashion for the remainder of 2021.</p> <p>This provided us the opportunity to upgrade from a small one bedroom apartment to a house in another city. We have family in Portland and it is close to San Francisco, so naturally it was a good fit.</p> <p>Whether this is a short-term move or ends up being long term, Paige and I are very much looking forward to the future.</p> <p><br /> <br /> Justin Cauchon - 3/10/2021</p> 2020-03-29T00:00:00-07:00 https://cauchon.net/posts/replatforming-brief-history-of-site <p>Today I’m are launching the new cauchon.net. For this replatforming, I used <a href="https://jekyllrb.com/">Jekyll</a> which will let us maintain <a href="https://github.com/Cauchon/cauchon.github.io">easily manageable repository for the code</a>. The template is forked from the talented <a href="https://github.com/notwaldorf/notwaldorf.github.com">notwaldorf</a>. The site is fully responsive and will be updated over time with new posts from me.</p> <p>Over the past few years, I’ve made numerous design changes to the site. This site first debuted on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131226191743/http://www.cauchon.co/">cauchon.co domain name in 2013 hosted on Tumblr</a> with a bold logo, seen below:</p> <p><img src="/images/2020-03-29-replatforming-brief-history-of-site/tumblr_static_cauchon.co-big.jpg" alt="cauchon.co original logo" /></p> <p>In 2014, I moved to WordPress debuting with a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140517050736/http://cauchon.co/">lame template</a> and eventually moving towards a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141222185719/http://www.cauchon.co/#profile">resume template</a>.</p> <p>In 2016, I kept with WordPress wanted to change it up to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161227110331/http://cauchon.co/">more of a landing page</a>. During 2017 and 2018, I went to a more high fidelity layout that used too much Javascript and didn’t translate to Archive.org well.</p> <p>In 2019, I finally moved the domain over to a more common TLD, cauchon.net with a new template. The goal of the 2019 redesign was to move away from any platform (like Wordpress) and instead build a basic HTML/CSS page. This design was used for about a year:</p> <p><img src="/images/2020-03-29-replatforming-brief-history-of-site/cauchon2019.png" alt="cauchon.co original logo" /></p> <p>And finally, in 2020, the site is updated - hopefully for the long-term using Jekyll.</p> <p><br /> <br /> Justin Cauchon - 3/29/2020</p> 2020-02-15T00:00:00-08:00 https://cauchon.net/posts/2020-book-list <p>Recently I decided to take some time each day to read, starting with the classics. The goal will be about a book a month.</p> <h2 id="book-list">Book List</h2> <ol> <li>Catch-22 - Joseph Heller</li> <li>To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee</li> <li>A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking</li> <li>1984 - George Orwell</li> <li>A Long Way Gone - Ishmael Beah</li> <li>East of Eden - John Steinbeck</li> <li>Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury</li> <li>More to come…</li> </ol> <p><br /> <br /> Justin Cauchon - 2/15/2020</p>