About
I’m Benjamin Borowski, a product designer & developer based in BC, Canada. I’m known as @typeoneerror online.
My time is primarily divided between creating software products and volunteer firefighting, and I have designs to unify the two.
You can see what I’m up to this week on my now page.
Working
- I am the co-founder and CTO at Oki Doki where I lead technology and Notion consulting.
- Our training programs at Notion Mastery teach 1,000s of students and organizations foundational Notion skills via courses, live-trainings, office hours, and workshops.
- I am heavily involved in Notion including being a Notion Ambassador and Certified Notion Consultant.
- Lastly, I’m just getting started making digital products and SaaS for firefighters and other first responders at FireService.io.
Making
- 🎹 I'm currently learning how to make dance music. So far I've released a number of tunes in various genres on SoundCloud and am in the process of learning more about music theory.
- 🎧 I have been a DJ for many years. You can find my mixes on Mixcloud account where I focus on drum and bass, dubstep, and various other flavors of dance music.
- 🔭 I just got a telescope and have been playing around with astrophotography.
Living
- I am a lieutenant at the Halfmoon Bay Volunteer Fire Department, currently finishing up my Fire Officer I qualifications.
- My life and business partner is Marie Poulin of Notion Mastery fame. We’re both Notion Ambassadors and do a lot of work in the space.
- Some things I’m especially fond of include: Saucony shoes, custom keyboards and keycaps, neon, drum-and-bass, tattoos, skeletons, black clothes, vinyl, and metroidvanias.