“Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.”
–Mark Batterson

I remember when my dad brought home a shiny new Commodore 128 and a Koala Pad. It was amazing! I could use a stylus to make pictures on a screen,
and I could even program in BASIC to make sprites move around the
screen. It was, to crib a now infamous turn of phrase, magical.

Now, these twenty some-odd years later, my passion for
using technology to enrich people's lives has never been
stronger. I am privileged to have contributed my visual
design and programming skills to such a wide range of
projects: from diabetes education to native ethnic flute
communities worldwide, from promoting fine artists to
jumpstarting the efforts of fledgling entrepreneurs.

It’s been a fabulous journey, and I’m looking forward to the next stage of my path.

Currently, I am Creative Director at Siteshine, a digital design agency based in Santa Rosa, CA.

I am looking to work an additional 10-20 hours a week as a Rails or front-end developer on a large project. I believe I bring the drive, the care for quality and excellence, and the technical ability you need to add to your development team.

Things I Like

Pretty, valid HTML5 code
Cool CSS3 tricks
Evil Flash Dead (thank you Apple!)
Apple (have owned nearly every product line made since 2002)
Ruby on Rails (of course!)
MVC and related design patterns
Good documentation
Tangerine Dream

Things I Enjoy Doing

Writing code that is easy-to-read and functions well
Practicing new Photoshop tricks
Collaborating with interesting people
Remembering that teamwork is more important than egos
But realizing that passionate viewpoints are better than no viewpoint at all

Why Should You Hire Me?

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Before Zend Framework, I wrote an MVC web framework in PHP5 to compete with Rails. I called it Willowgarden. Then Zend Framework came out, and I decided to bite the bullt and join the Rails camp. I'm so glad I did.
I obsess about pixels.
Using best-practice techniques are important to me. I want to build things that are future-proof.
All the usual stuff that goes without saying: Git, RSpec, Firebug, W3C Validator, Multi-platform Browser & Mobile Testing, and a desire to learn!

Thank you for your time.