Jun 18, 2018What should replace Electron as a WORA framework?A few weeks back, I published this article on Electron and its fundamental issues. Near the end, I stated that WORA frameworks are never going to go away, but there are plenty of better ones to use than Electron. Let’s take a look at a few of those replacements today. …JavaScript4 min readJavaScript4 min read
May 18, 2018Electron is a hulking monstrosity of a WORA framework, and it needs to be replaced.I’ve done web design and development for six years. I’ve worked on app design for even longer. I use Slack, Atom, and Discord on a daily basis. From all of this, I’ve learned one thing: Electron is an absolute mess. To get a proper understanding of why Electron is such…JavaScript5 min readJavaScript5 min read
Feb 26, 2018Silicon Valley Comic Con is very male and very, very white. This isn’t ok.So SVCC just started releasing their special guest list. Among the people appearing are Adam Savage, Jeff Goldblum, Stan Lee, and Andy Weir. Other notable presences are the artist of many Scrooge McDuck comics, a Marvel Comics former Editor in Chief, and the Creative Director of Assasssins’ Creed and Far…Star Wars2 min readStar Wars2 min read
Aug 29, 2017Top 10 Snake Rings You Can Buy on Etsy that are Cheaper and Almost Definitely Better Quality than Taylor Swift’s Shit MerchandiseIn a surprise to nobody, Taylor Swift turns (even more) capitalist — Okay. First things first. This isn’t really a listicle as much as it is a petty jab at Taylor Swift. And not for the usual reasons people make petty jabs at Taylor Swift for, either. 1So of course Taylor’s new album was just announced. It had a cool music video…Taylor Swift7 min readTaylor Swift7 min read
May 28, 2017The American Exception: America, Communism, and Labor from the 1910s to the 1940sThis essay was written for an interdisciplinary English Language and U.S. History project, finished on May 26, 2017. The goal was to select and research a time period or topic in American history and write an essay on it. It has not been edited from the submitted version. There is…Politics8 min readPolitics8 min read
Apr 4, 2017A Normal Lost Phone: Player Experience and the Art of DiscomfortA little while ago, I found out about an indie game called A Normal Lost Phone from the company Accidental Queens. In it, you are yourself, finding a lost, unlocked phone belonging to a person named Sam. As you explore the phone, you find that Sam has mysteriously disappeared, and…Transgender8 min readTransgender8 min read
Published inIndivisible Movement·Feb 17, 2017Affirmative Action: Why it’s Necessary and Why it’s BrokenThis story was written in February 2017 for an AP English Language class with the goal of selecting a topic, collecting resources, analyzing them, and developing an opinion on the topic, then writing an op-ed using the collected sources. …Racism6 min readRacism6 min read
Jan 21, 2017On Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences(This article was written on 1–20–17 as part of a document-based response on learning styles and the multiple-intelligence theory. Sources were supplied by the test and may not be fully available without payment.) Schools were made for learning. Acquiring knowledge is the whole reason you gave to go there for…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
Dec 5, 2016Safe Spaces are Real, and You’re In OneWhen you read that title, you might have had one of three reactions: You were intrigued, and want to know what this is about. You already know about safe spaces and agree with the title. You disagree with the title, so will not believe the rest of the article on…Psychology3 min readPsychology3 min read
Jul 24, 2016Give Pokémon GO a BreakSeriously, this is getting out of hand. Pokémon GO has almost as many one-star reviews on iOS as it does five-star ones. The problem is that people think that GO is something made by The Pokémon Company or Nintendo, when it really isn’t. Niantic is a small google spin-off and…Privacy2 min readPrivacy2 min read
