Recent Work

 

Good Eats: Reviving a Beloved Show Puts Storage at Center Stage

Backblaze Case Study

When host Alton Brown revived the hit TV show, “Good Eats,” Head of Post-Production/Editor, Eric Bigman, had to update deteriorating tape from 1999 and preserve new footage for posterity, making “Good Eats” a fine example of good storage.

AK Productions: Moving Precious Data at Record Speed

Backblaze Case Study

How AK Productions reduced data management time by 83 percent.

Street Doctors: Inside the Life of an EMS Pro

South Magazine, Dec/Jan 2019/20

Fire and police may get the glory, but EMS professionals are truly unsung heroes of our emergency services.

Starland Yard

South Magazine, Oct/Nov 2019

Food trucks! Pizza from Kyle Jacovino! Giant Jenga! Lawn games! Starland Yard is an adult playground fueled by artisanal street food and frozen craft cocktails.

Asheville: A Weekend in the Land of the Sky

South Magazine, Oct/Nov 2019

Peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains break the horizon about 60 miles out from Asheville on I-26. They rise on the approach, drawing you toward a city that keeps growing and changing with each passing decade.

Bar Bee Bell

South Magazine, Dec/Jan 2019/20

Hunter, fisherwoman, and fitness competitor, Jane Floyd, better known as Bar Bee Bell, talks balancing personal and professional pursuits, bucking expectations and bringing down 14-point bucks.

Strong Medicine: In Conversation with Timothy Connelly, M.D. Internal Medicine, Memorial Health

Savannah Morning News, The Beacon Project, Q3

Dr. Tim Connelly’s life story has all the makings of a blockbuster movie. He and his mother found themselves homeless when his biological father came out as gay in Pittsburgh in the 1970s.

Plant Riverside District

South Magazine, Aug/Sept 2020

As plans to open one of the largest and most ambitious developments in Savannah history roared forth (complete with a 137-foot animatronic dinosaur), the global COVID-19 pandemic slammed the hotel industry like an earth-shattering asteroid. Here’s how they triumphed over adversity.

A Sandbox in the Clouds: Software Testing and Development in Cloud Storage

Backblaze Blog Post (ghostwritten)

The words “testing and development” bring to mind engineers in white lab coats marking clipboards as they hover over a buzzing, whirring machine. The reality in app development is more often a DevOps team in a rented room virtually poking and prodding at something living on a server somewhere. But how does that really work?

Big Band, Big Dreams, Big Hearts

South Magazine, Oct/Nov 2019

In Sinatra’s words, the best is yet to come for the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra.

Viewpoint, Beacon Project: From private schools to virtual ones, parents have the choice of opting out

Savannah Morning News, Beacon Project, Q4

Families choose alternative education programs for a variety of reasons — to honor religious beliefs, prevent bullying, address learning disabilities or behavioral problems, explore more options in academics and athletics.

High Time This Happened

South Magazine, June/July 2019

The leaders of Georgia’s marijuana movement are an unlikely bunch by pop culture’s standards. Among their ranks are a group of mostly Republican lawmakers and even our good ol’ boy Governor, Brian Kemp, who this April signed into law HB 324 allowing the manufacture and distribution of low-THC oil for medical use.

The Soul of a Southern Spitfire

South Magazine, Aug/Sept 2019

My first thought after interviewing Abbi Williams was, “Man, I want her to take me thrifting.” My mind played a movie montage of us in a Goodwill dressing room trying on ’70s bellbottoms and ’80s wedding dresses then laughing like old girlfriends over coffee, bags of broken-in jeans and vintage t-shirts at our feet.

Taming the Gypsy

South Magazine, Aug/Sept 2020

World traveler Vincent Golshani lived in 26 countries and ran with the likes of Salvador Dali before settling in Savannah. The life of a family man may have slowed this self-professed rebel and troublemaker, but he still lives by his own rules. 

CloudSpot: SaaS Platform Unlocks Infinite Scalability in Storage & Beyond

Backblaze Case Study

Migrating 700 TB of data out of S3 in six days.

15 Adrenaline-Packed Ways to Play

South Magazine, Aug/Sept 2020

After spending countless hours indoors, you're probably more than stoked to get out there and crush it seeking action-packed thrills. We can't blame you, so we complied a list of (mostly outdoor, naturally socially distanced) adrenaline-packed pursuits to quench your thirst for adventure.

The Language of Speed

South Magazine, Dec/Jan 2019/20

From modeling sports cars to teaching the dialect of design, Cesar Pieri is shaping the future.

Silver Linings: How Three Women Triumphed Over Cancer

South Magazine, Dec/Jan 2019/20

Each of these three incredible women forged their own paths through their individual diagnoses.

Fans First, Entertain Always

South Magazine, Aug/Sept 2019

The Savannah Bananas started drawing crowds in 2015 — now Jesse and Emily Cole are revealing their secrets in their Fans First Experience Workshop.