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Focus & Pomodoro

June 9, 2015 - By

I thought I’d share a small change I’m trying with work to hopefully improve my focus, speed, and quality of work. 

Working at Carpages!

May 2, 2015 - By

For just over a year now I’ve been working as a front-end developer at Carpages.ca. With the new job came several other life upgrades. Bring on the... View Article

Colemak for kids

February 16, 2015 - By

I did a bunch of keyboard layout research this weekend. It’s a simple fact that my kids are going to be nerds; I’m not sure what... View Article

Magic Transfer Protocol!

January 14, 2015 - By

mtp:// is my new favourite protocol. I use it all the time; specifically when explaining how modern web development tools work. 

Embrace your Bounce Rate

October 24, 2014 - By

Yesterday I had a fresh mind-blowing thought about Bounce Rates. Google defines a website Bounce as: “the percentage of visits in which users view only... View Article

FITC Web Unleashed 2014

October 15, 2014 - By

Last month I attended the FITC conference in Toronto. My biggest take-away was about Web Components (using the Polymer polyfill for now). HTML includes will be... View Article

Persuade

September 26, 2014 - By

My colleague here says that I have a way of trying to persuading people that is unique. He says I’ll give a short synopsis of my... View Article

B+

September 7, 2014 - By

There are two sides of me that work on making websites: The perfectionist that wants every single detail polished before another human sees it, and... View Article

Romania.

July 17, 2014 - By

In a few days I’m going to Romania as a part of a short mission trip with a team from my church (Harvest Bible Chapel... View Article

Build it yourself.

July 5, 2014 - By

CSS Frameworks are amazing. The world has enough of them – but you should still make one more. If you write CSS for a living I’m... View Article

ASCII Art in Sublime

June 27, 2014 - By

Yesterday @SublimeTxtTips tweeted a link to a handy way to get around stylesheets. I was stunned to see it was a post I wrote last year. I actually... View Article

Annual Troll Day

March 13, 2014 - By

Let’s face it: as an entire community online we all have to deal with trolls. I propose that once a year we embrace this sub-culture... View Article