August 24th, 2026
It's the end of August already, and one of my favourite summer events, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival wrapped up two weeks ago. I've been attending for the last ten years, lately with the same group of die hard fans. It signifies the ending of summer, but it's also something to look forward to, and there's…
Folk Fest tracker...July 8th, 2026
I've been teaching web design and development in post-secondary for 9 years now. Two parts of this job stand out as my favorites. The first is the fundamentals course, where I get to welcome newbies into the wonderful world of HTML and CSS. The second is the final capstone course, where I get to mentor students…
Read full story...I've been teaching web design and development for the past nine years. I'm originally self-taught, and that background keeps me curious, I genuinely enjoy continuing to learn new tools and approaches alongside my students. While I can both design and develop, I find myself drawn most to UI design and front-end, CSS-focused development, where visual thinking and clean code meet. I'm a bit of a purist at heart, but I understand the need for efficiency, and everything is a balancing act.
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