Living Life Meaningfully & Unconventionally through Location-Independent Self-Employment, Minimalism and Web Design.

Perspective. And Why You Don't Need To Survive a Plane Crash to Have Some.

Perspective. And Why You Don’t Need To Survive a Plane Crash to Have Some.

As their airplane fell from the sky, just blocks from where the World Trade Center used to stand, every passenger onboard believed this to be their last moment of life as they braced for impact. The plane forcefully rattled as it dipped it’s tail into the frigid waters of the...
A New Udemy Course: Web Hosting 101 - Get Your Website Live on the Web in No Time!

A New Udemy Course: Web Hosting 101 – Get Your Website Live on the Web in No Time!

After many hours of development, I am finally launching my latest Online Course, called Web Hosting 101: Get Your Website Live on the Web in No Time! Learn how to publish your own website live on the web in no time with this web hosting crash course. Here’s the official course...
Wake up! Spend Your Time Where it Matters.

Wake up! Spend Your Time Where it Matters.

A past boss of mine once said to my wife, “I spend more waking hours with your husband than you do.” At that moment, I realized, even though the statement wasn’t entirely true, the amount of time I spent away from the most important person in my life was shocking. Let’s...
Why every aspiring actor must learn to code

Why every aspiring actor must learn to code

I’m about to make a bold statement (no pun intended). Every aspiring actor must learn how to code. Why? For many great reasons. But first, let me explain what I mean by learning “how to code”: There are many computer languages one can learn, but I am speaking specifically about...
Outlandish Goals

Outlandish Goals

Life is amazing. You get only one, and it’s essentially up to you what you want to do with it. There was a moment in late 2012 when I truly realized how profound that statement was, and I began questioning things. Steve Jobs once said, For the past 33 years, I have looked in...
Learn to build an HTML5 & CSS3 website from scratch in 4-hours

Learn to build an HTML5 & CSS3 website from scratch in 4-hours

Have you always wanted to learn how to build a website? Or, have you been curious about learning HTML5 & CSS3? Then I’ve got something for you. But first, let me give you a little background on myself: Learning to design and build websites and web applications has been one...
Fluent Spanish in 6 months

Fluent Spanish in 6 months

I have a goal. My goal is to be fluent in Spanish by the end of this year. Why?
Is the American Dream your dream?

Is the American Dream your dream?

Ever since hearing the term, “American Dream” I’ve wondered what it was and what it meant to live the American Dream. By definition, the American Dream is: “A set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work.” Sure, these ideals...
Creating a Minimalist Workspace: Part II

Creating a Minimalist Workspace: Part II

I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago about creating a minimalist workspace, and my desire to strive for minimalism in other aspects of my life. I left off by saying, “I still feel there are some things I can get rid of, but I think it’s a start.”...
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If You’re Not Scared Shitless…

Just today I stumbled upon a comment in a LinkedIn Forum I made to my peers while I was interning at Vision Critical in Vancouver during the final months at Capilano University (that was a mouthful): The more I think of it, the more I want to start my own *something* — whether it’s a...
Web Hosting 101: A New Udemy Course Coming Your Way!

Web Hosting 101: A New Udemy Course Coming Your Way!

Remember my course on Udemy, PSD to HTML5 & CSS3? It’s been doing quite well, with almost 400 subscribers and a 5-star rating (not to mention being featured on the Udemy home page twice). Well, I’ve been working on a brand new course called “Web Hosting 101: Get Your Website Live on the Web in...
Questions about Online Education, and Udemy

Questions about Online Education, and Udemy

I was recently approached by a fellow Udemy user and he wanted to know a few things about my experience with Udemy and the benefits of teaching using online mediums rather than traditional. Here is the interview: Why publish online content? I recently left the “full-time, 9-5″ work environment because I wanted to set out...
Mobile-Friendly, Responsive Realtor Web Design

Mobile-Friendly, Responsive Realtor Web Design

One of the latest projects I’ve had the privilege of working on with Inspire Studios in Calgary is Emma Grace May’s Realtor Website.
Must Have Tools for Freelance Web Designers

Must Have Tools for Freelance Web Designers

As a professional freelance web designer, I am responsible for my own outcome (and income, for that matter), which means I need to be incredibly efficient and productive with my time. I admit, there is definitely room for me to improve in this department, however, the fact that I’ve been able to comfortably sustain myself...
6-month Spanish progress

6-month Spanish progress

Well, it’s been just over six months since I began learning Spanish and decided I want to become “fluent” in the language. How have I done, you may wonder — well, given that fluency is a completely relative term, I’d say I’ve roughly achieved my goal. Within six months, I’ve been able to learn well...
Amazing Homemade Pasta in Literally 10 minutes

Amazing Homemade Pasta in Literally 10 minutes

I’ve always wanted to make homemade pasta since a friend of mine, Jordan Borth, recommended I try it. That was almost 2 years ago, and I finally tried it tonight. Awesome. For so many reasons. For some reason, I thought I didn’t have the time to make homemade pasta (even saying that sounds like a...
Following my Dream: Living Passionately & Meaningfully

Following my Dream: Living Passionately & Meaningfully

One of the best decisions I’ve ever made (next to marrying my dream girl) was investing in myself by enrolling in Capilano University’s Interactive Design program in 2009. The previous year I felt I had no direction; I didn’t know what I wanted to do professionally, I wondered what my purpose was, and I simply...

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“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

Quick Tip: Sexy Text Rendering in CSS

Hi. I just wanted to share a quick tip for you Web Designers out there. This snippet of CSS makes the text on your website look very nice:

Donating my clothes

Since discovering minimalism, I’ve been finding ways to incorporate it into my life. I used to think that I didn’t own a lot of “stuff”, however, I’ve since realized that’s not true.
New Website: National Music Centre

New Website: National Music Centre

We at Sajak & Farki just finished a new project: National Music Centre.