Well, today I find myself in the same position I've been a few times over the past few years. Webflow went through a company-wide restructuring today and as part of that re-org, my role (and many others) were eliminated. So once again - I'm asking my faithful readers to help me find my next role. You can find my resume if you need the latest edition and feel free to contact me with any opportunities you may have!
","link":"https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/05/27/looking-for-my-next-role-hire-me"},{"title":"Dang good Office parsing on the web with officeParser","published":"2026-05-20T18:00:00+00:00","content":"A few weeks ago I wrote about using Chrome's built-in AI support to summarize documents - "Summarizing Docs with Built-in AI". This was a followup on an earlier post that was PDF only and made use of an excellent library, officeParser, to work with Microsoft Office files. This library worked well, but had one issue that made it a bit harder to use.","link":"https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/05/20/dang-good-office-parsing-on-the-web-with-officeparser"},{"title":"My First AI Skill for My Blog","published":"2026-05-19T18:00:00+00:00","content":"I've been a professional writer now for thirty plus years, and honestly, it's one of the things I'm most proud about. When generative AI first exploded on the scene, a lot of people used it to help them write, and frankly, that wasn't for me. I'm not the best writer, but I damn well know how to write and damn well know my own voice. That being said, I've been really interested in how GenAI can help with the process.","link":"https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/05/19/my-first-ai-skill-for-my-blog"},{"title":"Links For You (5/17/26)","published":"2026-05-17T18:00:00+00:00","content":"Happy Sunday, and I hope your Sunday is going better than mine. One of my kids just went to use the dryer and sparks flew. I don't mean metaphorically. Nothing like the thought of replacing another major appliance to brighten up your day, amiright?!?!","link":"https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/05/17/links-for-you-51726"},{"title":"Is it hotter or colder this year?","published":"2026-05-15T18:00:00+00:00","content":"Where I live could generously be called "warm", but is usually closer to the surface of the sun, especially in late summer. That's why when the weather is not oppressively hot, I try my best to enjoy it. We're mid-May now and honestly, this spring has been... pleasant. Suspiciously pleasant but I'll take what I can get.","link":"https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/05/15/is-it-hotter-or-colder-this-year"},{"title":"Send me a message in a panel...","published":"2026-05-14T18:00:00+00:00","content":"On my birthday a few weeks ago, one of things I got was something I've wanted to play with for a while, the Divoom Pixoo64 pixel frame. This is pixel art frame you can hang on your wall and with an app, select art, clock faces, and more. It's fun, although the app itself isn't my favorite. But - what excites me is that it has an API you can use to change what's shown on the frame. I actually built a demo of this with Webflow you can see below:","link":"https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/05/14/send-me-a-message-in-a-panel"},{"title":"What was that song, the one with the words?","published":"2026-05-13T18:00:00+00:00","content":"My wife and I are both big music lovers, and I'm happy to have influenced her listening habits a bit and have loved what she's introduced me to. Given we both love music, we've also been known to sing along at times. (You can take a guess as to how well that goes.) She normally gets the lyrics right. I'm normally a bit more... loose in terms of how well I remember the lyrics. I was thinking about this and was curious how well AI could be used to identity lyrics and match them to a song, especially when the lyrics may not be exactly right. I spent some time hacking on it and here's what I built.","link":"https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/05/13/what-was-that-song-the-one-with-the-words"},{"title":"Using Val Town and Gemini for Sports Ball Stuff","published":"2026-05-04T18:00:00+00:00","content":"This is trivial as heck as the kids say, but I really want to explore Val Town more this year and I thought of a great, and simple use for it. Both my wife and I are big Saints fans (this is their year, honest) and attend most of the games. If they're not playing at home, we're absolutely watching it on TV. We both really enjoy watching football, but honestly, not enough to watch ESPN and follow the news.","link":"https://www.raymondcamden.com/2026/05/04/using-val-town-and-gemini-for-sports-ball-stuff"}]}