Hi, I’m Dan Tabifranca!
Notes from the field.
Who I Am
I’m a chef who somehow ended up in tech. These days I create content for software products, build communities, and help out wherever I can.
I like getting lost with my camera, chasing the best cafe and Negroni wherever I am, or getting deep into a video game I can’t put down.
I’m a little of what you’d expect. Mostly what you don’t.
What I Do
Marketer
I help software find the people it was built for.
Community Organizer
Good communities don’t build themselves. I help with that.
Chef
Still cooking. I just swapped the knife for a laptop.
Community Speaker
I get on stage to tell the stories most people leave out.
Thoughts
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ninety-five
LISTEN People come to me. That’s just kinda how it’s been. Smartphones that won’t connect, something they keep almost buying, somewhere good to drink, problems that don’t quite have a name yet. Someone always seems to have something, and I’m usually the first call. I didn’t decide to become that person. I just showed up,…
LISTEN People come to me. That’s just kinda how it’s been. Smartphones that won’t connect, something they keep almost buying, somewhere good to drink, problems that don’t quite have a name yet. Someone always seems to have something, and I’m usually the first call. I…
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Comforted Chaos
I spend a lot of time thinking about things that haven’t happened yet. It’s a quiet, heavy loop. It just sits there, most of the day. And honestly, it gets tiring. For a long time, I tried to force those thoughts to stop. I’d tell myself to just quit overthinking. But that’s really just adding…
I spend a lot of time thinking about things that haven’t happened yet. It’s a quiet, heavy loop. It just sits there, most of the day. And honestly, it gets tiring. For a long time, I tried to force those thoughts to stop. I’d tell…
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Nothing is Wasted.
For years, I thought the kitchen was all I had. The loud fans. The hot stoves. The weight of being behind on orders. I understood myself in that language. By the time I got home, my body was heavy, but at least I knew who I was. So when I started working from a laptop,…
For years, I thought the kitchen was all I had. The loud fans. The hot stoves. The weight of being behind on orders. I understood myself in that language. By the time I got home, my body was heavy, but at least I knew who…
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Nocturnal Little Animals
There’s something about this song that makes me feel like I’m slowly drifting out to sea. Not in a scary way. Just quietly, gently away from everything. It’s sad, but it’s also kinda beautiful, and I can never quite figure out which one is which.
There’s something about this song that makes me feel like I’m slowly drifting out to sea. Not in a scary way. Just quietly, gently away from everything. It’s sad, but it’s also kinda beautiful, and I can never quite figure out which one is which.