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Keenen Charles

Finding Your Niche

In Robert Greene's Mastery, he talks about strategies to finding your Life's Task. One of the strategies focuses on finding a unique niche to occupy. There are two paths to finding your niche, the second path he calls the connecting-widening path caught my attention. To

Designing A Brand For A Side Project

This one of my favourite parts of any project. After picking a name, which took me way too long this time around, I start designing a style for the entire project. Elements of this style usually come up in the development process so I use pieces of the design I

Naked Ambition

I've always struggled with my ambition. For as long as I can remember I've wanted a lot. A lot more than others seem to. Their contentedness made me a bit jealous. It's peaceful to know just how much you want and fewer existential crises

My Maker Journey So Far

For most of my life, I've been making things and putting them out into the world. It started with simple websites for myself, ambitious attempts at games, random blogs, videos, and now software products. The vast majority of those aren't worth sharing now but I thought

Netflix, Disney & The Future of Streaming Services

With the announcement that Disney will be pulling all their content from Netflix [https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16115254/disney-launching-streaming-service-ending-netflix-deal] and building their own streaming service, it seems like the dream of one streaming service to rule them all is dead. The

Android Unsplash API Library

Unsplash [http://unsplash.com], if you don’t know is an awesome free stock photos site. Find a photo you like and use it for anything you’d like. It’s a great resource for designers, developers, startups, and anyone that needs a nice photo. They launched their official API