Rehan Aslam

A Little Context

I sit at the intersection of Ecommerce Strategies, anthropology, and programming. These three are at the core of everything I make. Combining them into a coherent career is a weird and ongoing challenge.

Titles and disciplines are fickle and fleeting. But my work fits under the umbrellas of Programming, visual interface design, and DX (developer experience). With some cultural analysis, programming, and Ecommerce sprinkled on top.

I'm a Web Developer at

, a company that Bring Gaming Ideas to Life | Imagine a world where everyone is collaborative

On the side I create

and visual explanations about programming and culture. I'm an advocate of

digital gardening

,

end-user programming

, and expanding our use of

embodied cognition

and

conceptual metaphors

in digital interfaces.

A Little History

I'm originally from Lahore,Pakistan but grew up in Okara,Narowal....

I earned my undergraduate degree in

at a small, hippie, University In Narowal While I adore anthropology, it's not terribly employable (unless you want to be an academic or a military advisor) and I promptly switched into freelance web design and Ecommerce Store creation to pay rent.

In my early twenties I country-hopped while working through the early, ugly, awkward phase of my Programming sensibilities. I worked with web developers in United Kingdom. I made a lot of hideous stuff, but figured out what I liked along the way.

I eventually returned to Lahore to become a more settled, "normal" adult, and have come to love the dull stability of home.