The Advice I Wish I Had Received When Teaching Myself Web Development

Apr 10, 2015
• Learning

When I began my journey of becoming a web developer, I was really excited to get started as fast as possible. In order to keep track of how I was doing, I kept track of everything and after looking back on the paths that I took I have a lot of improvements I could have made to my process.

This is my attempt to help anyone else along the way that is just getting started, or wanting to course correct themselves after having run astray.

How to Get More Done and be More Creative, All in Way Less Time

Apr 9, 2015
• Video
• Productivity

How to Choose a Programming Language as a Beginner

Apr 7, 2015
• Learning

When I first started learning I had no idea where to begin, but I just knew that I wanted to get into programming. I began with learning Java through the book Head First Java and did some assignments along with my sister’s CS101 class.

At this point I knew that I wanted to become a programmer, because I was having so much fun. The problem was, that I didn’t know where to go next.

My Kanban Productivity Workflow

Apr 7, 2015
• Video
• Productivity
• Workflow

Refactoring - Creating dynamic project pages in Middleman

Mar 9, 2015
• Middleman
• Refactoring

When building static sites it is easy to get into the mindset of just writing out content as fast as you can, however in some cases you will find that you can apply the DRY principle to clean things up nicely.