Welcome

14 Mar


Thanks for taking the time to stop by my site in this busy world and busy web. My goal with my site was to give a relaxing feeling, a feeling I strive for that clears my life of stress.


Stress is something that can affect us all, if we let it. I believe technology is one form of a cure for the overabundance of stress in many ways. It simplifies our lives by making our daily tasks easier, thus eliminating some stress. It takes our minds off of pressing issues that may be lingering, thus eliminating more stress. And hey, if Technology may be what's causing stress, you can always turn it off.

What ways can you think of that eliminate stress?
Let me know and I'll post your ideas..


Now you know a little about me and why I do what I do, here's a little more: I went to school for web development in 2006 and found my niche in life, or so I believe. I finished school and moved to the wonderful city of Minneapolis in 2008 where I was given the opportunity to do what I enjoy for a web group, www.cazarin.com. In August 2009 I moved on to a fantastic company called Prime Advertising where I work as a web developer and learn something new everyday. My current goals are to become more familiar with industry Design Tools Photoshop and Illustrator and to become more proficient using PHP.




Travels.

This life has allowed me to see some amazing places in a world that has absolutely broadened my horizons and opened my eyes up to the wonders it presents. I've been North, South, East, and West and still have many places left to check out. My last trip brought me to the land of the rising sun where I was able to explore some really fun cities, Japan's culture always fascinates me.


Some of my favorite places I've been to are Thailand, Australia, Belgium, California, and Finland. I also really enjoyed time spent in Dubai, Bahrain, most of Europe, and Chile. Minnesota will always be home wherever I am.


see my travels

ranta world travels

red = lived blue = visited green = would like to visit


Some Photos.

Listed below you'll find some photos I like, I'll be uploading more later.


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Technologies. Tools.

I've worked with the following:
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PHP  is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Active Server Pages(ASP) is a program that runs inside IIS and has scripts that are executed on the server.

successor to ASP Dreamweaver.Web Authoring Tool.

Notepad++ Text Editor. a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development.

MS Visual Studio. Very Complex. Flash. Adds Animation and Interactivity to websites.

Fireworks. Graphics Editor. Easy. Photoshop. Industry leader in graphics editing.

Concrete5 - Content Management System I learned in a couple months

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