Veganism

Veganism is not the end-all answer to a better world. Leo Babauta is claiming that is is. To me, Leo is still reacting. He is presenting Veganism as the only answer to numerous injustices. And yet, closing his eyes to other perspectives.

Sointula

My partner and I have been scouring British Columbia, checking out potential properties to purchase. While the truth of BC’s high cost of land may have hit hard, the excuse to venture into previously looked-over corners of this truly beautiful province has been a thrill.

A birthday story from the 135

Awhile back, I lived atop Burnaby Mountain. Often, I would take the 135 bus in and out of downtown Vancouver. One of these times, returning from downtown, I happened to sit next to a fellow who wished to share a story.

The value of a web developer

James Somers asks if coders are worth it. Well, I’d like to answer that.

Living and working from a trailer

Last year, I spent 8 months living and working out of a 5th Wheeler. I did this with my partner, on a public farm, in the city of Vancouver. What were we thinking?!

Freelance Rumination

I’ve been out of the freelance game since I joined Ecquire back in May. And, I feel I need to reflect on those years freelancing and see if I learned anything.

Well-functioning ecosystems

John Lius, a documentary film-maker and ecologist, has dedicated his life spreading the knowledge and successes of rehabilitating large-scale, damaged ecosystems.

Should we care about Organic

Anna Bronnes recently published on Ecosalon a link-bait article—with good intentions—that unfortunately fell a bit flat.

Browser testing as a Chrome extension

Running Jasmine tests against a webpage? Forget headless-browser testing. Why not inject your tests right into the actual web page?

Nerds on vacation

I spent 10 days this July, in the breathtaking town of Tofino, surfing and writing code as part of Nerds on Vacation.

Comparing responsive image proposals

Responsive Web Design has gained in usage and ease of use. But one, rather large, missing piece is responsive images.

jQuery multiline text input

A jQuery plugin that replaces a textarea with multiple text inputs, automatically appending a new input when the last is filled with content.

The essence of blogging

Inspired by Dustin Curtis’ Svbtle and the subsequent open-source project Obtvse, I took a shot at simplifying the blogging interface.

Moving off App Engine

Google App Engine provided a slew of learning, and allowed me to rapidly build my side-projects. But, it’s time to move on.

Responsive web design

The implementation and advocacy of responsive web design is increasing, and possibly fully manifested in the web design community. Are you taking part?

Omtask, a simpler task list

Omtask is an omnibox task manager for people that want to finish tasks, not organize them.

Managing coworking

When I was working in a team of about ~15 at an Advertising Agency, we were commonly trying to perfect how we all interacted with each other.

Being self-taught revisted

A few weeks ago I posted about possible drawbacks of being a self-taught web developer and I got some really good feedback.

The unforeseen consequence of being self-taught

I had yet to notice any drawbacks of working in a field where I have either taught myself what I need to know or learned through work experience. Until now.

My first visit to Seattle

Since I missed the chance to see one of my all-time favourite people live, in Vancouver, I had an all-too-good reason to visit Seattle for the first time.

Logicalism over minimalism

I don’t subscribe to any sort of minimalist way of life. But, that word seems to have a meaning that I can often attest to my life. The funny thing about words and their meaning is that they aren’t consistent across all means.

Minor update to Task Thing

While remaining rather minimal, Task Thing has a new feature—more specifically a helpful piece of data is now displayed on completed tasks.

Publishing by Email with Google App Engine

I really like the Posterous approach to publishing online—I often write my ideas down in GMail. So I decided to enable posting by email on my blog.

Installing App Engine on Windows

The most difficult part of installing Google App Engine on Windows is the SSL module. But I’ve decided to compile a very simple guide for the whole process.

WordPress featured post slider

WordPress 3 is out: And it makes developing feature rich, user maintainable websites possible with the just the core.

Staying productive with Task Thing

I have recently jumped back into the freelance world. And I need ways to stay productive.

jQuery random each()

Fading in elements incrementally in order of the dom tree is cool, but so is fading in elements in random order.

An introduction

I have relaunched my website and launched my blog as a separate website. Here’s how and why.

An interview with Chris Allen

Chris Allen is a Vancouver based freelance Graphic Designer and Art Director, an Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design graduate and has strong roots in the Skateboarding industry.

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