What’s Keeping Me Busy

If you’re wondering what I’m up to, it’s a little bit of everything.

Attempting to resurface after far too many months in lockdown.
Reading A Series of Unfortunate Events with my family.
Editing the Web App Manifest, Manifest App Info, and ImageResource specs at the W3C.
Writing up PWA and privacy-related ideas on the Microsoft Edge Explainers repo.
Helping give web folks a voice in the future of the platform via The Web We Want.
Leading allyship and diversity & inclusion efforts within Microsoft while simultaneously educating myself about my part in white supremacy, racism, mysogeny, transphobia, and so much more.
Trying to choose folks for my next mentorship cohort.
Setting the editorial direction at A List Apart.
Working to enable Crafters United to coordinate crafters in an effort to make and provide organizations across Washington the face masks & personal proective equipment they need.
Taking care of my reef tank.

Doing podcast interviews and remote talks/workshops on PWAs, inclusive design, progressive enhancement, and more.
Writing articles on any of the aforementioned topics.
Article pitches for A List Apart.
Sharing my network with folx in tech who come from underrepresented/marginalized communities.

Aaron Gustafson