It’s funny. The amount of articles you’ll discover as a beginner telling you what weights to lift, how often to run, what supplements to buy, or even what clothes to wear is absurd. What if you’ve never lifted a weight? What if you don’t realize your…
Much Code, Wow Design It’s important to keep all of your skills sharp- especially the ones you’re most passionate about. I love building new things- which means there’s a lot to do in the development world. Sometimes I go in too much on the…
This is really not so much a weekend build as a when-I-find-time build. It’ll be a running log of my overall thought process and the execution of creating an application with React Native. Stay Hydrated, Friends Let’s build a water tracking app. The…
The web industry has a reputation for attracting, and sometimes cultivating, people who would find themselves at the fringes of the normal world. Now I do admit that as the industry has grown and matured, it’s difficult not to bump into another pixel…
There is so much going on. I need to plan, build, and release a small app. I’ve had ideas piling up for years, but now it’s time to move. Responsibilities at my full-time job are growing, client deadlines are getting tighter, a partnership for…
The human body is far more incredible than I ever realized. I’ve recently begun studying personal training and just the first few chapters on the body’s response to stress, such as exercise, is by all means mind-blowing. For example- I just learned…
I’m a big fan of constant learning. I obsessively watch YouTube videos on a breath of topics, religiously listen to podcasts that go deep into areas I didn’t know could be so interesting, and I will do everything I can to support the people that make…
Mornings and I haven’t seen much of each other for the better part of a decade. The only way I was getting up with the sun was to put in a round of 18 with my father and brothers at our favorite golf course. Living the 10 am to 3 am life had its…
The World Cup brings to my life an incredible joy every four years. It also offers an interesting moment to consider how life has changed over the last cycle of international play. During the 2014 games, I was single and living in a pool house with…
Students are the best. They teach us more about ourselves than we could have ever presumed they could. I’ve been repeating a simple commentary to many enthusiastic but quietly disheartened early designers for a decade when asked to critique their…
This is Part 3 of a small series on how to improve your life with only a few small changes. Read Part 1-Sleep here and Read Part 2-Move here Diet is a Can of Gummy Worms Many people will tell you to follow the diet they did last year because it’s…
This is Part 2 of a small series on how to improve your life with only a few small changes. Read Part 1-Sleep here Get Up and Move Now that you’re rested, it’s time to use all of that new found energy. Let’s take a look at where you most likely…
Where to start learning how to live your life to its full potential. Google? Let’s try “How to start working out.” Is learning how to better yourself really so complicated, that we need to cipher through millions of pieces of results? How do you even…