Feb 12, 2019Enjoy Taking RisksBut when you want to do crazy shit, wear a helmet. OK, honestly this guy is a dumbass, he should have worn long pants too, but who am I to say. I took a class about driving motorcycles and they had some great insight. There’s a ladder:Music1 min readMusic1 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Oct 16, 2018To Censor or not to Censor?Recently, a piece of NSFW (or semi-safe-for-work) content was added to my site, and it got me thinking. The content itself is quite cute and inventive. It was a small platform game called “Free the Nipple”, and the opening sequence is absolutely hilarious: But should I allow content like…Censorship3 min readCensorship3 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Sep 25, 2018The Online Tech Teaching Hustle: My Year with UdemyOver the past year I helped a lot of people learn and even made a few bucks in the process. A few unexpected things happened as well. So here’s the story of my 17+ months as a Udemy instructor. I got started in early 2017 — spending evenings and weekends…Entrepreneurship7 min readEntrepreneurship7 min read
Sep 9, 2018Get Croissant Co-Working App ReviewMy experience with on-demand co-working started a bit rocky, but I’m excited about the possibilities! Here’s what happened when I became a member of Croissant co-working over the past year.San Francisco8 min readSan Francisco8 min read
Aug 6, 2018WordPress vs Ghost, who wins?I had tried out WordPress years ago (think mid 2000’s), and thought it was clunky and somewhat difficult to use. Therefore when starting…Web Development4 min readWeb Development4 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Dec 22, 2017I claimed my Bitcoin Cash and You Can TooI grabbed more than a grand with half a day of research. A quick disclaimer — my grandma asked me about buying cryptocurrency a few weeks ago. I gave her the best advice, but basically encouraged her to do her own research, and not bet the farm with my inheritance…Bitcoin3 min readBitcoin3 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Dec 7, 2017Gain valuable traction for your web app with OEmbedYou can create dozens of integrations into other web-apps with one implementation of OEmbed. OEmbed Primer So what is it? If you’re a Medium writer and you’ve ever pasted a youtube link (like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) into an article, it expands into a full video like this: Or if I paste a page…JavaScript5 min readJavaScript5 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Nov 24, 2017How repealing net-neutrality could destroy my small businessThere are two possible scenarios, and I don’t like either of them. A few weeks ago I launched SIMMER.io, a website for sharing 3D content and games. The early product makes it painless to share WebGL builds created with the Unity game engine. In reality SIMMER is really a content…Net Neutrality3 min readNet Neutrality3 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Jul 25, 2017In Honor of the End of FlashNa Na Na Na Hey Hey-ey Goodbye. Some celebration toons! Techcrunch reports today that Adobe Flash is finally coming to an end. In honor of the end of Adobe Flash, I will be listening to these all day! Goodbye Strongbad, We’ll miss you.Flash2 min readFlash2 min read
Jul 25, 2017SIMMER industries detailsThis is a followup to https://hackernoon.com/introducing-simmer-industries-c1025f001e68. It has all the details about my new website, SIMMER industries (update: it’s now SIMMER.io), a place for Unity Developers to upload their content in WebGL format. The Asset Store Link I’ve done some informal surveying of developers who sell assets on the Unity Asset Store. The folks…Design3 min readDesign3 min read