Description
Originally from Cincinnati, I've been in Aichi, Japan since 2004 (not counting a 1 year stint back home from mid-2005 to mid-2006). I was an English teach for quite a while here and after discovering my interest in programming, I left the easy-going life of an English teacher in Japan for the soul-crushing life of a web (developer/designer/director). I've worn a lot of hats here. I've been to the belly of the Japanese salaryman beast and it's fucking horrifying. Thankfully, I escaped to a much nicer place (now) and I'm getting a chance to spread my designer-y wings.
Projects
My first big open-source project was my scripting library for OminFocus. I've built a bunch of Gridsome and Tailwind-related projects over the last couple years as well. I'm more into React these days, so my future plans are to start sharing some of the little React libraries I've built for my own projects lately and contribute to some Next.js plugins I use.
Future
I'm currently working on two side projects. One is a digital survival kit for traveling to or living in Japan called JapanKit. The other is a podcast about being fussy about things, title Fussy Show.
If you've found any of my open-source work helpful, please consider supporting me on Buy Me a Coffee. Drop me a line on Twitter or shoot me an email (blp at hey dot com).
