Hello! My name is Alex. I’m a product of the prairies – from a very small town named Vegreville. In fact, both my wife and I grew up there and first met in grade 4. Vegreville has the distinction of having the world’s largest Ukrainian Easter egg. Take that, world!
After living on Vancouver Island for four years, I moved to Toronto in 2001 to complete a degree in Jazz Performance at UofT – Double Bass (the cello-like instrument that seems to force people to say “Don’t you wish you played the flute?”). I’m active in the Toronto jazz scene (you can often find my group at the Rex), and have toured the country four times as part of my own quintet. We have three CDs, were featured on CBC, and are on a small Toronto-based label. As it turns out, being a perpetually broke jazz musician was the reason I created my first website!
I’m a freelance developer – creating my own custom WordPress themes, diving into the WP REST API, and developing small plugins.
Other things in my life include brewing my own beer, throwing various meats into the smoker, and wheezing around on my bike. Oh, and I’m going to be a dad in November. I guess that’s a thing too.