Spring is finally here and so is a new playlist for your ear-holes! Enjoy. The Divide – Grace Potter & The Nocturnals This Disorder – The Features The Rifle’s Spiral What It Is – Mark Knopfler Right Place Wrong Time – Dr. John Run Baby Run – Magnolia Sons Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink […]
Author: Rachel Brandsness
Web designer, touring guitarist, hot sauce connoisseur.
Tunes to Code to: February 2016
A new month, a new playlist. Get your programming and design on to some sweet tunes. Here are my current recommendations: Don’t Wanna Fight – Alabama Shakes 21+ – Butch Walker Don’t You Give Up On Me – Lissie When It’s Over – Darling Parade On the Turning Away – Pink Floyd Right On (feat. […]
So You Want To Learn To Code… My journey to the Front-End.
If there was ever a skill you could learn that could change your career trajectory, right now knowing how to code is just that. There are currently thousands upon thousands of designer and developer jobs going unfilled and waiting for someone to step up and take them. This is all great news, but if you […]
Working Remotely and the Rock + Roll Life
Compared to the history of employment, working remotely is a fairly new concept. Now that technology has brought us to a point where working in many fields is entirely possible from almost anywhere there are people who are jumping on the opportunity the first chance they get, and others holding on to the traditional office […]
Adventures in Carpentry and Interior Design
I like designing things. Layout, structure, how things are made fascinates me. I ruled at Legos as kid. Do I still play with legos now? Um… Yeah. Are some people no longer doing that? The puzzle aspect of having parts that go together to make a whole is just cool to me. These elements are […]
New Orleans Jan. 2016
New Orleans 1/28-1/31 2016 In another episode of coding from exotic lands. I am writing this from New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans is one of my favorite cities of all time. It’s hard to explain. There’s something in the air besides the usually uncalled for levels of heat and humidity. Something old and spooky and […]
Tunes to Code to: January 2016
Playlists To Code To: Some days I need quiet to concentrate on the code I am trying to bend to my will. On less somber days it’s all about the soundtrack. This is my January 2016, and the inaugural, “Grooves To Code To” playlist: Queen of Peace – Florence + The Machine Delirious – Grace […]
Organization for the Would-Be Trainwreck
Organization and communication skills can be the make or break point between a remote worker or freelancer who succeeds and one who does not. We live in a time where there are free, yes FREE apps for organization and task completion that do more than that calculator you had to spend $100 bucks on for […]