Robbie Rambles Returns
And I'm building something new.
Merry Christmas, friends.
Today is the second day of Christmas, which also coincides with my birthday. This year marks 35 trips around the sun.
As the last entry mentioned, like most years, it’s been a year of change — we welcomed Isaac, moved to Waco, traveled a bunch, and I started a new role at work – but also burgeoning normalcy. We Saps have felt more settled and stable than we have in a very long time. Lord willing, 2026 will be a year of digging deeper where we’re already planted.
After a brief hiatus, I’ve been rebuilding the writing muscle again. Accompanying this has been a refresh of my online presence. I finally refreshed my homepage and relaunched my personal blog. I’ve also reverted this newsletter back to the name Robbie Rambles to give it a more personal focus (Sonar was a fun experiment, and while I have ideas for what could be done with that brand, I’ve chosen to retire it for now).
I’m treating the blog as a “personal workshop”, consisting of half-baked ideas and throwaway thoughts. You’re more than welcome to subscribe there via the RSS feed, but the plan is that what starts there will be further developed into more coherent essays here in the newsletter. There is no set cadence for those. However, I do plan to return to a weekly publishing frequency here for sharing links and saying hi.
On a final note, I also want to share that I’m open for technology and storytelling consulting work at my new venture, KALOS. I’ve begun doing some preliminary work for a client there that I look forward to sharing more about in the new year. Something I’ve noticed is that there are many organizations, ministries, non-profits, and small businesses doing meaningful work that also have non-trivial technology needs, but often lack one or all of the following:
The knowledge and skills to meet those needs.
The resources to bring on someone full-time to meet those needs.
Someone who has the skills to meet those needs and is aligned with (or at the very least appreciates) their mission.
KALOS exists to provide fractional technology services to mission-oriented organizations and businesses by acting not just as “freelancer”, but by stewarding those needs as an embedded partner with your team.
Examples of services we (i.e. mostly me for now) provide include software development, website design + development, hosting management, technology strategy, copywriting, and social media.
As I mentioned, we’re primarily looking to work with mission-oriented organizations and businesses (think churches, private schools, ministries, non-profits, and local businesses), but if you or anyone you know could use our help, feel free to reply to this email or drop a line to robbie@kalos.build.
Thanks for reading. I hope you and yours have had a blessed Christmas. And even if it feels like you haven’t, know that the Light of Christmas is there in the darkness.
And get your ass in church. As the South Bend Shovel Slayer said to Kevin McCallister, “Well, this is the place to be if you’re feeling bad about yourself.”
Merry Christmas y’all. Cheers.
-R