Current Projects

The Union Path Podcast

The Union Path Podcast

The Union Path Podcast project is obviously a passion one.
My aim with this podcast is to share some of the insights and ideas that I have gathered from over 15 years of reading, studying, trying, failing, suffering, and trying again.
Episodes are short, and come out every week. My hope is that every episode is useful, practical, insightful, and applicable…

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DXLabs.org

DXLabs.org

This project feels like the culmination of about 20 years of creative, business, and technical work. This concept all came out of an experience I had serving on the board of a local nonprofit…

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1123IT

1123IT

IT technology services company that puts the people first. Whether it is designing systems, deploying technology, or providing end-user support, we take a human-centered approach with all that we do. Technology is supposed to ‘just work’ and we make things secure, reliable, and easy. We offer services ranging from IT technology systems management, security services, hosted email, and IT consulting.

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1123Interactive

1123Interactive

Responsive WordPress design and development. I handle all creative and technical direction, creating websites for clients that help them communicate with their audience. I still get my hands dirty on projects quite often, both in design and development. I have been building websites since 1999 and this businesses helps keep me sharp while providing great sites for clients.

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Past Projects

ezmr

ezmr

Building Heroes a Useful Tool This is a big project. In a nutshell, this project involves building a complete EMR (Electronic Medical Records system) for pediatric therapy clinics (specifically physical, occupational, speech, and language therapies). This project was...

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Card Marge

Card Marge

Gift Cards Can Be Annoying Maybe it's just me and I am an ungrateful bastard, but when I open a birthday card with a prepaid visa card in it my first thought is "Gee, thanks for going to Walgreens..." The truth is, at least to me, is that these cards be a PAIN to use....

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GIVE.TRADE

GIVE.TRADE

Pandemic Anti-Doom Project? You Betcha OK, so the pandemic was/is a weird time for a lot of people. Those of us fortunate to not have our lives completely gutted in one way or another often picked up a new hobby/project, doubling down on things we can do to keep our...

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Stuttering.Support

Stuttering.Support

One-on-one work with those who stutter, helping them explore natural means to balance their brain chemistry (which was a HUGE game-changer for me).

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Are They Awesome?

Are They Awesome?

Through this site, people can add names of people (that is, small people) who they think are awesome. Then, when they ask Siri who’s awesome, she answers that, in fact, they are. This was a fun one, mostly because the core intent was just to make kids smile and feel special.

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Speaking Support

Speaking Support

A support group for people who stutter. A local group I put together that meets every two weeks to share stories, experiences, challenges and wisdom. The intent of the group is to offer a safe space for people to share their experiences with stuttering and hear other’s experiences as well. Living with a stutter is tough and this is one room where people really understand what it’s like.

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Sites for Service

Sites for Service

Pro bono websites for great causes. Once a quarter, we build a modern, responsive website for a non-profit free of charge. There are a lot of groups out there doing some amazing things. However, their websites are often not up to the same level of quality as their mission. Sites for Service is an initiative that aims to fix that, by providing good causes with a modern, responsive website that they can maintain themselves.

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All the Great Podcasts

All the Great Podcasts

A human-powered podcast episode recommendation engine. Someone tells you about a great podcast, but where do you start? All the Great Podcasts shows the best episodes, allowing you to skip to the good stuff. This project involved turning WordPress into a fully-functional podcast site (with working itunes feed), a podcast site that takes submissions from users. Users can create posts from a form interface and add their favorite episodes, and “like” episodes on their site (and view most-liked episodes).

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Keto Explained

Keto Explained

The ketogenic diet (ketogenic eating) in plain English. There is a lot of bad diet/health information out there, or just bad actors who want to charge for even the simplest of information. This site is intended to be a resource for people who want to try keto for themselves. The information on this site takes people from finding out what keto is, to starting keto, to advanced keto, to troubleshooting issues, to figuring out of keto really isn’t the solution for them.

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Writing/Media Projects

The Union Path Anthology, Book One: Pain (Kindle Book)

The Union Path Anthology, Book One: Pain (Kindle Book)

Life brings inevitable suffering, yet relating consciously to discomfort offers profound lessons for spiritual growth. This insightful guide examines pain’s alchemy – how embracing rather than avoiding adversity unlocks hidden gifts, strengthening and expanding us…

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The Union Path Podcast

The Union Path Podcast

The Union Path Podcast project is obviously a passion one.
My aim with this podcast is to share some of the insights and ideas that I have gathered from over 15 years of reading, studying, trying, failing, suffering, and trying again.
Episodes are short, and come out every week. My hope is that every episode is useful, practical, insightful, and applicable…

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Ejected

Ejected

Ejected is a short film screenplay about work, loss, and a clawing determination to get one’s life back.

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Gun

Gun

Gun is an hour-long pilot script about gun violence, our gun culture, and the ramifications of choice and action.

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Vaguely Vivid

Vaguely Vivid

Long-form essay site handling topics ranging from society, to business, to culture. This one was pretty short-lived, mostly due to the time it took to create the essays, especially when compared to the dearth of any discernable interest in them. I’m still pretty proud of the ideas, and the way the site turned out, this one just ended up being one of those ideas that doesn’t really have an audience.

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Get Out From Under Your Business

Get Out From Under Your Business

A book I wrote about the lessons I had learned, most the hard way, being in business for a decade. My aim with this book was to create a succinct, pragmatic guide to help people untangle the knots in their business, to be able to achieve the kind of freedom, success, and peace they wanted when they originally started. Along with the kindle book, I created a website with some relevant blog posts and the ability to read every book chapter for free.

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About

My name’s John and I build things.  I built my first website in 1999, and my first company in 2001.  I have been fortunate to work all around the web, and Internet business, in almost every capacity.  I’ve had the honor of completing tiny projects as well as working on some huge ones.

What gets me excited is finding novel ways to build utility, value, and delight for others.  Whether it is making someone’s job easier, or making their technology work better, or just making someone smile, building things that make life a little bit better is great fun.

My favorite part of my work comes down to idea expression.  That is, taking a great idea and working to express it in its ideal form.  I get excited about potential, especially potential for positive human impact, and nothing makes me happier than to take a great idea, an idea with tons of potential, and working to make both the idea and the potential real.

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In a nutshell, I create and build organizations, design delightful experiences, write from time to time, and generally care about creating things that make other peoples' lives better.

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