Half a Lifetime Condensed into an About Me…
I’ve done a lot of different things. But you can call me a visual creative turned developer.
While skateboarding as a teenager, I became obsessed with video. That led to a 13+ year career in advertising, TV, music videos, and “content” as a video editor. Somewhere in the time span, I start shooting a decent amount too.
Suddenly, I wanted to pivot. In retrospect, I think I just wanted to know more stuff.
So I hit the road.
And by “hit the road”, I mean “I scuttled my ambitions to go study Japanese in Tokyo”. It’s a beautiful, brutal language. I love it so much, and I’m burnt out on it at the same time.
Living in Japan hit me hard, but like, in the best way. The cultural reverence toward craft made me look at myself, like, “Dude, you can, and ought to, be better. It was one of those “get good no matter what” moments that shaped my appreciation for genuinely good stuff.
Anyway, circumstances led me back to the States for a while. I did a coding bootcamp, and became a DevSecOps engineer for a big ol’ corporation. I learned a lot, and that made me happy.
Now I’m back in Japan. Freelance Python developer, an open-source enthusiast, a self-hosting advocate, a Linux… guy, and a visual art installation… interest-having person? This part I don’t know yet, but I know I want to combine the old video-me and the new programmer-me to do awesome stuff. I’ll be figuring this out in real-time.
Assuming I can drum up the… motivation? Discipline? Desire to “do” again? The truth is, momentum is a tricky beast. I spend a lot of time thinking. Probably more time thinking than chasing. I struggle with it. I’m used to always hustling toward the pot of gold, but now I’m more like “what if I lived like there was no pot of gold?” I dunno…
Like I said, figuring it out in real-time!
So this site is my notebook, as a visual creative turned developer with dreams to reintegrate the creativity into the development. Some days it’ll be technical. On others it’ll be creative. It’ll even be dreadfully personal at times. Anyway, welcome!