Home page refactor

Updating recent posts logic to balance post types

_posts/2024-09-27-experiment-tracking-dashboard.md

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ author: Eric Bell
 summary: A Figma Slides template for tracking your lean startup experiments.
 thumbnail: "/assets/images/experiments-template.jpg"
 tags:
+- template
 - startup
 - lean
 - experiments
-- template
 - HyeTech
 company: HyeTech
 ---

_projects/vineti-2-patterns-to-platform-2020.md

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ layout: project
 title: End-to-end platform patterns
 company: Vineti
 date: 2018-06-01
-thumbnail: /assets/images/
+thumbnail: /assets/images/vineti-mvp-blueprint.png
 team: 
+summary: Extending platform functionality and establishing configurable patterns.
 context: Extending platform functionality and establishing configurable patterns.
 impact: Expanded coverage to any autologous customer, launched a reusable baseline offering.
 tags: project startup enterprise healthcare platform configuration

_roles/Al-Jazeera.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ position: Lead Product Designer
 location: Qatar time, remote
 date: 2023-08-01
 dateshow: 2023-2024
-tags: news mobile research revamp design-system
+tags: [mobile, news, research, strategy, design system]
 summary: Creating a multi-year vision for a controversial mobile app, while providing mentorship and process leadership on the design team.
 industry: News media
 ---

assets/css/style.scss

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ a:visited {
 }
 
 .row-text {
-  /* flex-basis: 66%; This will take up to 2/3 of the width */
+  flex-basis: 80%; /* This will take up to 2/3 of the width */
 }
 
 .row-thumb {

index.md

@@ -8,17 +8,63 @@ header: Holistic product & service design, or, making complexity feel simple
 ---
 
 # Making complexity feel simple
+
 ### Holistic product & service design
 
 {% assign about_excerpt = site.pages | where: "name", "about.md" | first %}
 {{ about_excerpt.excerpt }}<br/>
 
-I've worked across entereprise, startups, consultancies, on local and remote teams distributed across San Francisco to Singapore, France to Armenia. Right now I'm looking for a distributed team with a culture of intentional collaboration.
+<!-- I've worked across entereprise, startups, consultancies, on local and remote teams distributed across San Francisco to Singapore, France to Armenia. Right now I'm looking for a distributed team with a culture of intentional collaboration. -->
 
-Currently using this site to practice [learning in public](https://www.swyx.io/learn-in-public/) and play around with the [structure of Jekyll](https://github.com/ericthebell/ericthebell.github.io) as I rebuild an archaic tumblr site.
+Currently I'm using this site to practice [learning in public](https://www.swyx.io/learn-in-public/) and play around with the [structure of Jekyll](https://github.com/ericthebell/ericthebell.github.io) while I work on growing [HyeTech](https://hyetech.io/).
 
 <hr>
 
+## What I've been up to lately
+
+{% assign last_project = site.projects | sort: 'date' | reverse | first %}
+{% assign last_talk = site.talks | sort: "date" | reverse | first %}
+{% assign last_role = site.roles | sort: "date" | reverse | first %}
+{% assign last_post = site.posts | sort: "date" | reverse | first %}
+
+{% assign recent_stuff = "" | split: "" %} <!-- Initialize as empty array -->
+
+<!-- Then assign items -->
+{% if last_project %}
+  {% assign recent_stuff = recent_stuff | push: last_project %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if last_talk %}
+  {% assign recent_stuff = recent_stuff | push: last_talk %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if last_role %}
+  {% assign recent_stuff = recent_stuff | push: last_role %}
+{% endif %}
+{% if last_post %}
+  {% assign recent_stuff = recent_stuff | push: last_post %}
+{% endif %}
+
+{% assign recent_stuff_sorted = recent_stuff | sort: 'date' | reverse %}
+
+<ul class="post-list">
+{% for item in recent_stuff_sorted %}
+	<li>
+		<div class ="row-block">
+			<div class="row-text">
+				<h4><a href="{{ item.url }}">{{ item.title }}</a></h4>
+				<div class="post-meta">{{ item.collection | capitalize }} | {{ item.date | date: "%Y %b %d"}} | <em>#{{ item.tags | first }}</em></div>
+				<p>{{ item.summary }}</p>
+			</div>
+			<div class="row-thumb">
+				<img src="{{ item.thumbnail | default: '/assets/images/eric_viki.png' }}">
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	</li>
+{% endfor %}
+</ul>
+
+<!-- deprecating old "what I've been up to"
+<hr>
+
 ## What I've been up to
 
 {% assign last_role = site.roles | sort: "date" | reverse | first %}
@@ -50,6 +96,9 @@ Currently using this site to practice [learning in public](https://www.swyx.io/l
 	</div>
 </div>
 {% endif %}
+
+-->
+
 <hr>
 
 ## Some other fun stuff I've done