· Blog · Code · Code(Cash App)
Meet Barber💈: the best way to manage your Mustache
· Blog · Hackathon · Pitch · University-of-Waterloo
How to Demo: The Hacker's ABC Framework
Follow this framework to help show how awesome your hack is in the short time you have.
· Blog · Hackathon · Pitch · University-of-Waterloo
How to Demo: 7 Tips Every Hacker Should Know
Follow these tips to help show how awesome your hack is in the short demo time you have.
· Projects · Skill(Shopify) · Skill(HTML) · Skill(CSS)
OAKWEAR & CO.
Five storied sock styles in a responsive web store experience
· Blog · Code · University-of-Waterloo
No More Gatekeepers: How the Internet Was Unleashed
The elimination of Internet's gatekeepers has upended the world, here's how it happened.
· Blog · Code · University-of-Waterloo
The End of Privacy and Conversation
The end of privacy has societal implications in how we converse and run a democracy.
· Projects · Skill(Bash, ZSH, Shell) · Skill(Docker) · Skill(Jekyll)
ADRW Jekyll Theme
Personal portfolio and blog website, Jekyll on GitHub Pages
· Blog · Code · University-of-Waterloo
10 Million Hotel Rooms Still Vulnerable
A 2012 vulnerability still can let anyone break in to millions of hotel rooms.
· Projects · Skill(HTML) · Skill(CSS) · Skill(Wordpress)
CorkscrewNet
CorkscrewNet.com has been online since 1999 but needed an easy to edit, new Wordpress website.
· Projects · Skill(Jekyll) · Skill(Bash, ZSH, Shell) · Skill(Ansible)
Get Started with Jekyll Guide
Faster than Wordpress, cheaper than Squarespace, and more professional than Wix.
· Projects · Skill(Bash, ZSH, Shell) · Skill(Docker) · University-of-Waterloo
Docker for CS350 OS161
Docker image and build/test script for easier os161 development for University of Waterloo CS350 Operating Systems class
· Experience · Experience(Work) · Projects · Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7)
Atomic
Built 5 web, 2 iOS beta apps for new VC funded ideas
· Projects · Skill(Ansible) · Skill(Bash, ZSH, Shell)
.files
Automated macOS and Linux provisioning with Ansible.
· Projects · Skill(Google-Maps-API) · Skill(Material-Design) · Skill(HTML)
Bungalow
Built custom listings page using Google Maps API and Material Design.
· Projects · Skill(HTML) · Skill(CSS)
TorDuckGo
Search .onion version of DuckDuckGo by default in Tor browser.
· Projects · Hackathon · Skill(Material-Design) · Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7)
Resume Scoreboard
A resume comparison tool built at Hack the North 2016 in AngularJS.
· Projects · Skill(HTML) · Skill(CSS) · Skill(Wordpress)
Christian Embassy
The Christian Embassy needed a new site to better engage with Diplomats and Members of Parliament. Their new Wordpress site is mobile friendly and easy to edit.
· Experience · Experience(Work) · Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7) · Skill(HTML)
Blitzen
In 4 months, Andrew boosted signups 74% with interactive website elements and steller split test beating sales copy.
· Projects · Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7) · Skill(HTML) · Skill(CSS)
Progress Pebble
Log workouts from dumb fitness trackers to the cloud!
· Projects · Hackathon · Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7) · Skill(HTML)
Losocco
Andrew built Losocco, a marketplace app for local stores. He coded the Google Maps integration in javascript, and signup forms & user profiles in HTML/CSS.
· Blog · Blog(Startups)
Up 32%: Videostream Growth Started with Great Support
Downloads and Videostream Premium signups were up over 30%. Here's how we did it.
· Experience · Experience(Work) · Projects · Skill(Javascript ES5/ES6/ES7)
Videostream
In 4 months, Andrew resolved 2,148 support tickets, boosted downloads 32% with a new website, and optimized checkout flow for revenue.
· Projects · Skill(HTML) · Skill(CSS) · Skill(Wordpress)
Frank's Jewellers
Frank's Jewellers has been a trusted store in Uptown Waterloo since 1919. When they needed a new website, Andrew delivered with a responsive, modern Wordpress website.
· Blog · Blog(Startups) · Blog(Teknically)
7 Personal Lessons from Founding a Startup
7 personal lessons I learned from founding a startup at 18, developing into a young adult, interviewing at Y Combinator, and why I decided to exit.
· Blog · Blog(Startups) · Blog(Teknically)
5 Tough Lessons for When Your Startup Fails
At our final Laurier Launchpad update presentation we summarized the five biggest lessons we had learned founding our startup, Teknically.
· Blog · Blog(Startups) · Blog(Student) · Blog(Teknically)
Teknically Part 2: The Dream Fades
To Y Combinator and back again, our biggest lessons at Teknically Inc. building Webplio: a Google Analytics dashboard that anybody could use.
· Experience · Experience(Work) · Projects · Skill(Google-Analytics)
Teknically & Webplio
Brandon Chow & Andrew Paradi interviewed at Y Combinator, were part of Google for Entrepreneurs, developed Webplio: machine learning for Google Analytics.
· Blog · Blog(Startups) · Blog(Student) · Blog(Teknically)
Teknically Part 1: The 389 Day Laurier BBA
My first year as a BBA student at Wilfrid Laurier University was unlike anything imaginable. I started a business, travelled the world, and now I'm free.
· Blog · Blog(Startups)
3 Hypotheses We Tested at Hack the North
Ever wondered how to apply the Lean Startup methodology to a hackathon? The Webplio team used Hack the North to test their top three hypotheses.
· Blog · Hackathon · Blog(Startups) · University-of-Waterloo
3 Ways Hack the North Improved our Startup
From September 19th to the 21st, University of Waterloo's Engineering 5 building was over run by a native species of the region: hackers...
· Projects · Hackathon · Skill(Bloomberg API) · Pitch
StockSlate
StockSlate let investors choose stocks from Bloomberg data and then see how their portfolios would be judged by successful investors like Warren Buffet.
· Projects · Skill(Video-Production) · Wilfrid-Laurier-University
Meet the Link
As marketing specialist for Laurier's The Link business club, I got diverse experience in digital marketing and was awarded Executive of the Year.
· Projects · Skill(Video-Production) · Wilfrid-Laurier-University
5 Days for the Homeless
Video helps 5 Days team raise $25k for Kitchener Waterloo homeless youth.
· Projects · Skill(HTML) · Skill(CSS) · Skill(Wordpress)
Sam Lambert for President
Sam Lambert won a tight race for President. Andrew helped develop the winning strategy, web, and video marketing.
· Projects · Hackathon · Pitch · Skill(Video-Production)
Baseway
Built in 54 hours Startup Weekend KW 2013, I pitched to judges, did customer interviews, and produced our demo video.
