Things I've Done
Here's a sample of projects I've worked on recently.
To honour our daughter Sterling, her mom & I will be creating the Sterling Strong Foundation. Our goals will be to help families in a similar situation to ours: rare/chronic illnesses, long/multiple ICU stays, multi-system affecting conditions, treatment outside of home state, etc. with a few things which we both personally took comfort from during Sterling's 207 days in the ICU, & help bring awareness to, and be an advocates of, congenital heart disease (CHD), Kabuki syndrome, Isomerism/Heterotaxy, and other rare diseases.
At the southernmost point of Lake Michigan sits the Miller Beach neighbourhood of Gary, Indiana, with its beautiful sandy beaches, dunes, and unique habitats. But not too far away lie distinctly unnatural steel mills, oil refineries, chemical companies, major international airports and highways, cargo trains and ships, etc. Necessary by-products of modern society, but at what cost?
After a bout of foul odor caused residents of Miller Beach to experience eye irritation and nausea, my neighbors and I pitched in and bought a Purple Air PA-II air quality sensor, allowing us to track the air quality in real time, 24/7. Not long after the PurpleAir II sensor was up and running, Aviation Edge generously provided API access to their flight database, enabling us to track airplanes passing over our community, and those arriving/departing to/from nearby Chicago O'Hare (ORD), Midway (MDW), and Gary (GYY) international airports. Around the same time, FleetMon generously provided an AIS antenna, allowing us to also track boats/ships on Lake Michigan as they move to/from the ports, mills and refineries in the region.
For more info, checkout millerbeach.community.
Date
Nov 2019 - ongoing
Stack
Express.js, Vue.js, Redis, JavaScript
Repo
I wish my wife a happy birthday with a website that I customise ever year with a different theme. 2017-2019 were custom rap music videos, 2020's theme was a game I developed based on our life in Miller Beach.
Date
Every year
Stack
Repo
I was fortunate to live in Dubai for a year whilst contracting as a full stack developer. I contracted for companies in Dubai, the UK, and the USA, I was available between GMT -4 through GMT +6. Originally through iskingsley.online, I wanted to share my online status with the teams I worked with, eventually launching heyareyou.online for others to share their online status.
Date
Oct 2017
Stack
Laravel, Vue.js
Repo
In 2011, after months of unsuccessfully securing an internship through university, I decided I needed to do something different. After discovering the .me domain extension, I knew there was opportunity to create something unique to get my name out there. That's when whynotemploy.me was born.
I created a single page website of who I am and what I was searching for, and after my late-night tweet, whynotemploy.me was picked up by The Grossbauer Group, an integrated marketing agency in Northwest Indiana.
2 interviews and a trip to the US Embassy in London later, I was on a flight to the USA to begin a 12 month internship with The Grossbauer Group.
Date
2011-2019
Stack
Laravel
Repo
Trying to encapsulate her unique style, I designed and developed a website/blog for my wife's love/business: hair.
Date
January 2017
Stack
Laravel & cnvs/easel
Repo