The past two weeks have been overwhelmingly busy and productive. The first week (known at my college as “Gap Week”) was a week off from classes where I spent a good deal of my time watching HTML and CSS tutorials on YouTube while also taking the occasional casual bike ride to clear my head. My…

The story behind BluLocker began a few months ago when I left my dorm room full of “friends” to run to the cafe and grab a delicious wrap before we began our planned movie night. I slipped on my shoes grabbed my keys, college ID, and phone and stepped out of the room leaving my…

In my previous Personal Website post. I mentioned the reasons for choosing to use Squarespace to create and host my site. After my free trial expired I hesitated to pay for a full year of Squarespace service. Out of curiosity, I checked to see how much dough I could get away with spending to buy…

As I attended networking events and job showcases, I discovered the importance of having a personal brand. I knew that my online presence was mediocre at best (actually quite poor, but, at least, I didn’t post cat videos on Facebook or Twitter). I had an account with all the major social networks, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,…

As a college student at a small liberal arts college, I find that my constant companion through the school day is my backpack. I began to notice this early on and asked for a fashionable canvas backpack for Christmas last year. It was a modest ask as I found a bargain on Amazon for $25.…