Articles by: Justin Barker

Minutes from boarding a 16 hour flight in Istanbul to San Francisco I got a text from my friend Ann Rea. Shivers went down my spine, goosebumps covered my body, my eyes filled with tears that wouldn’t stop -- I immediately texted my Mom, Dad and Brother telling them I love them.

[caption id="attachment_13831" align="alignnone" width="620"] CreativeLive behind the camera; Photo by Eric Krebs[/caption] I just spent the last year and a half at the one of the most modern and entertaining education institutions on the web — CreativeLive. In September 2013, my freelance work had slowed to a snail's pace.