résumé: Socially-acceptable bragging.
posted 1999-Oct-21
— updated 2011-May-29
Education
Duke University
1992–1996
Durham, NC
B.S. Computer & Electrical Engineering
B.A. Computer Science
Experience
NVIDIA, Inc.
2008–present
Boulder, CO
Product Designer
Anark, Inc.
2004–2008
Boulder, CO
User Experience Architect
Refinery, Inc.
1996–2003
Bryn Athyn, PA
St. Louis, MO
Boulder, CO
Founder (1994). Various roles including Designer (’96-’98), Creative Director (’98-’00), Strategist (’00-’01), and User Experience Architect (’01-’03).
PC Expo
1997
New York, NY
Speaker on "HTML Standards and Emerging Technologies"
Wells-Fargo Wholesale Advisory Council
2000
Tuscon, AZ
Hosted seminar on "Setting and Achieving Web Targets"
Skills
Operating Systems
| OS | Skill | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MacOS X | Expert | Preferred/primary OS of choice. |
| MacOS |
Expert | |
| Windows 2k/XP | Advanced | I've tweaked the Registry manually several times. |
| Windows Server | Moderate | I administer my own Win2k box outside a firewall, and haven't been cracked yet. :) |
Programming Languages
| Language | Skill | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| JavaScript | Expert | Used on a daily/weekly basis, in-depth, since 1995. Help others daily online. Written tutorials and libraries to help others learn. |
| Java | Moderate | Haven't coded in Java since 1998. |
| Ruby | Moderate | Created the HTML version of Programming Ruby and have written several Ruby libraries. |
| VBScript | Moderate | ...but I loathe it. |
| C++ | Beginner-Equiv | Haven't coded in C++ since 1996. |
| C | Beginner-Equiv | Haven't coded in C since 1994. |
| Pascal | Beginner-Equiv | Haven't coded in Pascal since 1992. |
Web/Markup Languages
| Language | Skill | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| HTML/XHTML | Expert | Used on a daily/weekly basis, in-depth, since 1995. |
| CSS | Expert | Help online daily with advanced topics. Have written articles on the topic, such as How to Develop with CSS and How (Not) to Vertically Center Content. |
| DOM | Expert | Wrote ObjJob to help others explore it. |
| SVG | Advanced | Wrote the play editor and playback module for Ultimate Playbook using JS to create and manipulate the SVG DOM. Wrote server-side code that created db-driven XML and then used XSLT to generate SVG graphs with dynamic interaction. Not fluent in SMIL. Contributed several SVG JS Libraries to the community. |
| XML | Moderate | Comfortable with all concepts, but could not write a DTD without a reference. |
| SQL | Moderate | Can create complex nested joins using either a visual tool or in raw ASCII. Most familiar with MSSQL2k, also worked with PostgreSQL. |
| XSL/XSLT | Moderate | Used XSLT extensively in 1999–-2001; haven't used it since. |
| PHP | Beginner | It's just not a pretty language. |
Visual Applications
| Application | Skill | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Photoshop | Expert | With my eyes closed. Used extensively every version from 2.0 through CS4. Includes ability to write JavaScripts to control Photoshop's DOM. |
| Illustrator | Expert | Used extensively and frequently. |
| ImageReady | Advanced | Since I hand-code all scripting and layout, I don't use its HTML/scripting pieces. |
| Form•Z | Advanced | Know the program very well, with the exception of Meta Balls and some NURBs operations. Great at architectural modeling, not experienced at lighting scenes. |
| iMovie, iDVD | Advanced | Used both for several projects. |
| PageMaker | Moderate | I used PageMaker versions 4–6 extensively. Haven't used since 1998. |
| Premiere Final Cut Pro DVD Studio Pro |
Beginner | Dabbled in all, but not used extensively. |
Portfolio Sampler
DealCentral
Permission Admin
Ultimate Playbook
IssueMill
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Anonymous
04:07PM ET 2000-Mar-09 |
i've always said 'don't go thinking it's zebras when you find a hoofprint', but then i'm just a bumpkin. |