1988

Bonjour, I'm John!

I’ve lived in Seattle for the past four years. When I’m not bouncing between coffee shops, record stores, and tattoo studios, I’m designing and building complex systems for technical users. I’ve worked at Sentry, Garmin, and Marlin, shipping real products and staying hands-on with design and code.

You can drop me a line at manhartjohn@gmail.com

Lore hiking to Snow Lake

Born

1994

First time on a boat

First time on a boat

1997

Won best hand writing boy in 2nd grade

Won best hand writing boy in 2nd grade

1999

Started playing guitar

Mar 2000

Moved to Mexico

Moved to Mexico

Apr 2001

Rode thru the desert on a horse with no name

Apr 2002

Moved to Michigan

Jun 2004

Moved to Missouri

Oct 2004

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Little Rock, AR

Oct 2005

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Springfield, MO

Jul 2006

First digital DSLR camera

Jul 2006

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Joplin, MO

Sep 2006

First pirated copy of Photoshop

May 2007

Graduated high school

Graduated high school

Aug 2007

Queens of the Stone Age

Little Rock, AR

Sep 2007

Camped out for Halo 3

Camped out for Halo 3

Jan 2008

First shot of espresso

Jun 2008

Iron & Wine

St. Louis, MO

Jun 2008

The Raconteurs

St. Louis, MO

Jul 2008

Everclear

Lake Ozark, MO

Jul 2008

Modest Mouse

St. Louis, MO

Dec 2008

Eagles of Death Metal

St. Louis, MO

Dec 2008

Eagles of Death Metal

Kansas City, MO

Feb 2009

Eagles of Death Metal

Columbia, MO

May 2009

Gogol Bordello

Kansas City, MO

Oct 2009

Gogol Bordello

Columbia, MO

Dec 2009

The Black Keys

Chicago, IL

Aug 2010

Wolfmother

Kansas City, MO

Apr 2011

Queens of the Stone Age

Kansas City, MO

Mar 2012

First time visiting NYC

Mar 2012

The Black Keys

New York, NY

The Black Keys New York, NY

Apr 2012

Became a barista

Became a barista

Jan 2013

Ditched the car and biked everywhere

Mar 2013

First time visiting SF

First time visiting SF

Mar 2013

Started first design job

Started first design job

May 2013

First activity on Strava

Jun 2013

First commit on GitHub

Aug 2013

Last shift as a barista

Last shift as a barista

Aug 2013

First pair of Audio-Technica's

Nov 2013

Deer Tick

St. Louis, MO

Deer Tick St. Louis, MO

Dec 2013

Graduated college

Dec 2013

Got first record player

Dec 2013

Biked 1,500 miles in 2013

Apr 2014

Deer Tick

Columbia, MO

Sep 2014

First time petting a shiba inu

First time petting a shiba inu

Oct 2014

Fitz and the Tantrums

Austin, TX

Oct 2014

Mac DeMarco

Austin, TX

Oct 2014

J Roddy Walston and The Business

Austin, TX

Dec 2014

Biked 2,200 miles in 2014

2014

First date with Li

First date with Li

Jan 2015

Got engaged to Li

Got engaged to Li

Feb 2015

Got this awesome shirt

Got this awesome shirt

Apr 2015

Neutral Milk Hotel

Springfield, MO

Oct 2015

Floyd the cat joined the family

Floyd the cat joined the family

Dec 2015

Nearly got rabies

Nearly got rabies

Dec 2015

Biked 900 miles in 2015

Sep 2016

Got married

Got married

Sep 2016

First time visiting Seattle

First time visiting Seattle

Dec 2016

Biked 800 miles in 2016

Feb 2017

Moved to Kansas City

Feb 2017

Started at Garmin

Started at Garmin

Feb 2017

Run the Jewels

Kansas City, MO

Run the Jewels Kansas City, MO

Jun 2017

Nick Waterhouse

Kansas City, MO

Jul 2017

First time visiting Colorado

First time visiting Colorado

Aug 2017

1st Chiefs game

1st Chiefs game

Jun 2018

Second pair of ATH-M50x

Jun 2018

1st Giants game

1st Giants game

Jun 2018

1st vist to Muir Woods

1st vist to Muir Woods

Jun 2018

1st time at a cat cafe

1st time at a cat cafe

Sep 2018

Andrew Bird

Kansas City, MO

Dec 2018

Finally bought a car

Finally bought a car

Dec 2018

First eames chair...for ants

First eames chair...for ants

Dec 2018

Got the Taylor

Got the Taylor

May 2019

Deer Tick

Kansas City, MO

Jul 2019

Started at Sentry

Started at Sentry

Jul 2019

The Beths

Kansas City, MO

Sep 2019

First time visiting Sweden

First time visiting Sweden

Sep 2019

Caught a drumstick at The Black Keys show

Caught a drumstick at The Black Keys show

Sep 2019

Modest Mouse

Kansas City, MO

Sep 2019

The Black Keys

Kansas City, MO

2019

1,000th commit on GitHub

March 2021

Built first PC

Built first PC

Feb 2021

Olive arrived

Olive arrived

Apr 2021

Got the Alvarez

Got the Alvarez

Mar 2022

Moved to Seattle

Moved to Seattle

Jul 2022

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Santa Clara, CA

Nov 2022

1st commit for this site on Github

Jan 2023

1st Kraken game

1st Kraken game

Jun 2023

1st Tattoo Olive Branch

1st Tattoo Olive Branch

Aug 2023

2nd Tattoo Bear Head

2nd Tattoo Bear Head

Oct 2023

3rd Tattoo Cowboy

3rd Tattoo Cowboy

Oct 2023

Hiked the Skyline Loop

Hiked the Skyline Loop

Oct 2023

Deer Tick

Seattle, WA

Jan 2024

Stepped into design management

Jan 2024

First trip to Toronto

First trip to Toronto

Jan 2024

First ever System of a Down Karaoke Duet

First ever System of a Down Karaoke Duet

Jan 2024

Third pair of Audio-Technica's

Mar 2024

1st Commit for the Commit Vibes

Mar 2024

4th Tattoo

4th Tattoo

Mar 2024

5th Tattoo

5th Tattoo

Apr 2024

Mannequin Pussy

Seattle, WA

May 2024

Caught a pick at the The Rolling Stones show

Caught a pick at the The Rolling Stones show

Jun 2024

6th Tattoo

6th Tattoo

Oct 2024

7th Tattoo

7th Tattoo

Oct 2024

1st Commit for the Age When Made

Nov 2024

1st Commit for the Trad Directory

Nov 2024

2,000th commit on GitHub

Dec 2024

First time visiting Vienna

First time visiting Vienna

Jan 2025

8th Tattoo

8th Tattoo

Mar 2025

9th Tattoo Chest piece

9th Tattoo Chest piece

Apr 2025

Old 97's

Seattle, WA

May 2025

Nekrogoblikon

Seattle, WA

Nekrogoblikon Seattle, WA

Jun 2025

Hiked to Snow Lake

Hiked to Snow Lake

Jun 2025

10th Tattoo

10th Tattoo

Jul 2025

Hiked Mailbox Peak

Hiked Mailbox Peak

Aug 2025

Hiked Mt. Washington

Hiked Mt. Washington

Aug 2025

11th & 12th Tattoo

11th & 12th Tattoo

Sep 2025

1st Commit for Git Memories