Knee Jar

Finding Time to Finally Make Some Changes

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Life gets busy — and if you’ve visited this site before, you’ve probably noticed it has been sitting untouched for a while. Well, I finally carved out some time in what has been a very full schedule to give it the refresh it deserved.

It felt like the right moment to update things, because honestly, a lot has changed since this site was last touched.

Nine Years and Counting

Back in 2017 I stepped into a marketing role, and what started as one thing has grown into so much more. Over the years I’ve developed skills across a pretty wide range of areas — management, product development, e-commerce, social media marketing, and more than I could fit into a single list. Each year has brought new challenges and new things to figure out, and I’ve genuinely enjoyed the process.

It hasn’t always been straightforward, but that’s kind of the point. The roles that stretch you are the ones that teach you the most, and I feel like I’m still very much in that mode — learning, adapting, and trying to make a real impact in what I do.

What’s Next

I’m looking forward to continuing to grow in my career, taking on new challenges, and sharing more of what I’m working on here. I also have some other things in the works — more on that soon.

For now, it just feels good to have a corner of the internet that actually reflects where I’m at. Thanks for stopping by.

Jekyll And Heroku

Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:05:00 +0000

Over the past 2 days I have been working to setup this website > www.jordantomasone.com, the website itself runs on Jekyll static webpage generator developed by github. Originally I had planned to use github pages to host the site but I encountered some issues because I create the git repo under its own organization, and by doing so, would of had to use www.jordantomasone.com/app-name (with app-name being the name of the app), this was a little messy for my liking so I decided instead of creating a brand new github account and hosting it on github pages I would try another option.

So while I weighed my options I remember that my AWS only has 3 months left on the free 12 month period so as well instead of creating a new account or using it for 3 months and switching I kept looking, this was my mistake.

I ended up find Heroku as an option, there cloud services for ruby deployment is really praised thoughout my research so I decided to take the plunge and check it out. So Heroku itself is not a bad option at all its just for using a static webpage generator it kind of loses its purpose, unlike github pages Heroku needs to precompile all page assets or it basically just interperts static pages. So in the end uploading the _site/ folder is all that is need.

So what I have learned is that using Heroku with Jekyll is pointless, github pages and AWS are always better alternatives, but don’t take my word for it try it yourself.

I've Been Busy!

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 08:05:00 +0000

Hey, just wanted to update the blog on what I have been up to. Over the past 2 months I have been working on building a brand for a client. In terms of what I can talk about, you can check out the website here or you can check out the github page for the site here, still working out chosing a domain name and once that is accomplished site will be filled in and completed for production. In terms of the video content, we currently have 4 videos developed, working on getting music for the videos currently as well but we should have content released for the start of October (Hopefully).

In terms of the site being updated, I have started using cloudflare to help provide SSL support along with the many other features that having a CDN provide, I am going to test this out and I’ll give a update on the service in future blog posts.

Just wanted to post a final note about my music, and I wanted to just touch on the limited amount of time I currently have for creating music, so the album that was planned might turn into a few singles or I might just hold of releasing any content for sometime.

Keybase and Project updates

Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:05:00 +0000

Site Updates

Add keybase verification page at www.kneejar.com/keybase.txt

To Do

Https support (looking for provider)
Site redesign (currently on hold)
Video editing
Fill content for Project Site Here! (About me page, blog, etc.)

Keybase.io

Lastly you can find me on keybase as namespace. Keybase is a awesome idea; it makes public/private keys easy to use and I can’t wait to begin using it.

Project Update

Currently I am working assisting a friend with build a website and starting a youtube channel, just wanted to leave some progess here.

Videos

Currently 1 video has been created, currently working to get a design for the videos. Will update once the youtube channel is up.

Website

Website is designed and currently waiting to fill content in, site is designed for bloging and logging videos. To view the webpage click here or check out the github page Here!

August 9th quick update

Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:12:00 +0000

Site Updates

Added Analytics to website.
Updated Homepage and projects.
Repaired bad links.
Changed Branch managment on github.

To Do

Complete Homepage index.html
Complete projects
https support
site redesign

Music Update

Currently working on new music, check the projects page for more info.

Life update

A lot of progress have been put on hold currently working on repairing computers and mainly assisting a friend starting a youtube channel. The channel is aimed to be a vlog channel I have been assisting with video design, editing, and brand creation, currently still working on content, will update more in the future. Also looking forward to a new game coming out called: Of King and Men, it has a lot of Mount Blade elements and it has a open multiplayer world, would highly recommend checking it out if you are into that. Stay Positive Looking forward to updating soon!

-J

Weekend Update!

Sun, 17 Jul 2016 22:45:00 +0000

In the new update:

Designed concept layout for new Homepage and Projects pages.

Built Place holder pages for Homepage and Projects.

Added PGP fingerprint and key will be up in the footer for contact info if anyone wants to send encrypted messages.

Updated About page:

updated “About” title
added about me text to main and music portion

Now on to music, this weekend I listened To the Blank Face LP by Schoolboy Q, I enjoyed the LP overall, although I did feel like there was some filler songs that could have been removed. Suggestion: Stream it. Fav songs are: Ride Out, Groovy Tony_Eddie Kane, Dope Dealer and THat Part (Black Hippy Remix).

Site update July 13th

Wed, 13 Jul 2016 04:43:42 +0000

Just a quick update on the site today, updated the about me page, and a few other suttle things.

I have a few things I would like to do including:

Adding pages
- A dedicated homepage (/)
- blog (/blog just build a page ext for it move the page from the homepage or /)
- music (page dedicated to music I produce, updates etc.)
- about (fix page up)
- code (same as music but just programming portfolio)
Setting up https
- also adding PGP key to site for contact (security is always good)
Site Redesign
- either Jekyll, or possibly build dynamic site

kneejar.com is live!

Sun, 26 Jun 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Just a quick site update, haye8277.github.io has moved to kneejar.com ~ as of 2016-06-25.

Contact email has been updated in header.

Still WIP atm.

-J

Welcome to my website!

Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:17:18 +0000

This is day 1 the start of something ? :)