Passion, Communication and Technology

I traveled to my alma mater, James Madison University, to speak to graduating SMAD (School of Media Arts and Design) students. I spoke about the importance of finding and pursuing your passions in life and how to use our current digital landscape to help you pursue what you’re truly interested in exploring. You can find the slides here (they’ve only been tested on Firefox and Chrome)

The State and Future of the Mobile Web: A View from Breaking Development Conference

The Breaking Development Conference just wrapped up at the massive Gaylord Texan Hotel/Conference Center in Dallas, TX. The list of speakers for the conference was staggering and covered almost everyone doing amazing stuff with the mobile web right now. The amount of valuable information shared during Breaking DC was enough to make you want to puke but also make you want to step up to the plate and contribute to such an amazing field. Here’s my recap: PPK: The Future [...]

List of Bands with Animal-Themed Names

A list of famous bands and artists with animals in the title, broken down and classified by type of animal.

How to Land Your First Job as a Web Designer/Developer

A few weeks ago I had the great opportunity to travel to my Alma mater to give advice to graduating seniors in the SMAD program. As students are gearing up for graduation and heading out into the workforce, I want to share the advice I was able to share with the graduating SMAD students. Know What You Want I was a little bit surprised at how many students responded with “I don’t know” when asked what they were interested in [...]