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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I thought I lived in Calgary, not Vancouver.

I used to live in Vancouver, and during the winter months it rained—all the time. Then I moved to Calgary, the sunniest major city in Canada. Then this happened:
Creating a Minimalist Workspace

Creating a Minimalist Workspace

Have you ever heard of the phrase, “Less is More”? Have you ever thought it to be incredibly true? I came across a Ted Talk called “Sell your crap. Pay your debt. Do what you love” by Adam Baker, which eventually led me to reading about a lifestyle called “Minimalism”, and it inspired me, and...

Productivity Tools for an Efficient Workflow

There are so many apps, tools, widgets & gadgets out there that it’s sometimes hard to know what’s good and what’s not, what works and what doesn’t.

Songbook Website

Songbook is a website that allows musicians and songwriters access to guitar tabs and chords, bass tabs, drum tabs, song lyrics, and sheet music added by people all over the world.

Undiscovered Theatre Website

Undiscovered Theatre is a brand new company founded by Grant MacEwan Theatre Arts Graduate Kim Bunka. It is a company committed to hiring mostly “undiscovered” actors and directors at the cusp of their professional careers and producing new or lesser known works of theatre.

Brightside Studios Website

This is Brightside Studios. Brightside Studios is an Interactive Multimedia & Creative Studio. Along with being based in the sunniest major city in Canada — Calgary, Alberta — we think it’s important to have a positive outlook on life & work, which is why we like to call ourselves Brightside Studios.

Work: Nai Limited Website

I just finished a website. NAI Ltd. This website is for Peter Johnston‘s negotiation firm, NAI Limited. NAI Limited is a boutique advisory firm that helps negotiators improve their performance in important negotiations.

A new website. A new idea.

Hello everyone. This is my new website. Welcome. I’ve decided to take a much more minimalist approach to my website, as I believe less is more—in design and in life.