Now
This is a /now page, inspired by Derek Sivers. It's a snapshot of what I'm focused on right now. Updated regularly to reflect my current work, projects, and life.
Life
“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted. ” —Sylvia Plath
I'm 30 years old. I'm currently living in Calgary, Alberta, on Treaty 7 territory.
More than anything, I'm trying to start and support communities and accessible spaces for writers, makers, and learners through my self-hosted servers and homelab.
I deleted my corporate social media accounts (Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, X, Reddit, and Discord). If you want to reach me, see /accounts or /contact.
Work
Regarding work, I have a few plates currently spinning. My biggest commitment is now this website, Brennan.Day! I've been writing full-time for about eight months now: over 600,000 words and 300+ posts. I syndicate my work on Medium to make a living with the Medium Partner Program. I try to write longform (1,500-3,000 word) essays on a weekly basis about tech criticism, culture, and identity and many other things.
You can help support my work here.
I now maintain a plain-text mirror of this site at brennan.w10.site, hosted for free on Web 1.0 Hosting so it stays readable on retro computers, old operating systems, palmtops, and cellphones. It's also available via Netlify at plaintext.brennan.day.
I founded 🍓 Berry House, the banner under which I do my web development projects. I do consultations and help out pro bono when asked. One of our projects is building a wayfinder for Calgary organizations, called Calgary Groups.
I'm also the sole operator of Folk Zone, a self-hosted attempt to build commons for the indie web. It hosts writing tools, a wiki, pastebin, URL shortener, and more.
I host and run fanfiction.lol, a fork of Archive of Our Own that is silly, fun, and low-takes. Fanfic.lol has more options for archive warnings and relationship dynamic types, no invite queue, and prioritizes the canonization of tags. We just hit over 1,200 members.
I'm an organiser for the Web Writers' Collective, an effort to help writers find each other and build community across the indie web.
I revived LearnWebDev.fyi, a restoration of Flatiron School's retired Learn.co curriculum with 1,600 free lessons on Git, HTML/CSS, Ruby, SQL, Sinatra, Rails, JavaScript, React/Redux, and more.
Writing
Beyond my essay writing, I write 750 words daily. I write technical articles on dev.to. I write in a public diary on DreamWidth. I also try to write a new poetry occasionally on my Tumblr, BK Poetry. I've been having a wonderful time microblogging on Bluesky and the Fediverse (@brennan@social.lol). I'm also on the wonderful 32-bit cafe and MelonLand forums.
I'm a happy member of the ~tildeverse and other pubnixes—small shared Unix servers with real shell accounts and a lovely sense of community. You can find me on tilde.town, tilde.club, tilde.pink (Gemini only), tilde.green, SDF, writing sci-fi on cosmic.voyage, and envs.net.
I am writing a book, a memoir focusing on the craft of writing and an imagist poetry chapbook. The working title for both is Poetics of Grace. I am also helping my Mom write her autobiography.
Education
I graduated in April 2025 with a Bachelor of Arts in English (Honours) from Mount Royal University with a 3.8 GPA. My honours thesis, How the English Degree Will Save the World, examined the transformative potential of literary studies and introduced "bloodwriting" as a bridge between Indigenous knowledge and digital practices.
I completed a semester of computer science at the University of the People, but stepped away, as I didn't have the funds or time to dedicate to it. Instead, I'm continuing with MOOCs and using my public library card for LinkedIn Learning free of charge.
Hobbies
I love coding open-source projects (like this site!) on GitHub but use Codeberg and GitLab more often now. I keep track of my daily coding with WakaTime. See my projects for more details.
I play chess regularly, usually a couple games of bullet chess a day and at least one rapid and puzzle a day.
I practice my French on Duolingo and Clozemaster once a day.
I read a little each day and keep track with StoryGraph. And I track my movie-watching on Letterboxd.
I meditate with my Apple Watch for a few minutes each day. I try to reach 10,000 steps per day and 7.5 hours of sleep, tracking with both my FitBit and Apple Watch.
I've gotten into the retro handheld scene, mostly playing my backlog of emulated classics on a Retroid Pocket 2S. I also have a guide on how to turn a device like that into a server.
I did a public audit of everything I'm running. I'm narrowing my scope to focus on fewer things better.
Want to work together? Check out Berry House services or get in touch directly.