Q & A
- Why should I hire you instead of the 50-year-old Unix guru?
- My beard is a lot smaller.
- What's the deal with the guitar?
- I'm a rockstar.
- Are you really a rockstar?
- Hell yeah I am!
- What did you study at UC Berkeley?
- Honestly, it doesn't matter what I studied. What I learned at UC Berkeley was how to learn, and how to do good in this world.
- Who inspires you?
- Designer: Margo Chase, Founder of the Chase Design Group.
- Marketer: Seth Godin
- Philosopher: Martin Heidegger.
- Chef: Hiroyuki Sakai
- Musician: Maynard James Keenan
- Will you come fix my Gateway laptop?
- No. However these guys will.
- Are you single?
- I am happily involved with a lovely lady by the name of Ashley. Sorry, anybody else!
- Why should I hire you?
- Anybody can make a website. I make websites that matter.
- What's the largest site you've worked on?
- Project REDSOKS is running on the Valhalla CMS—to which I'm a core contributor—and on a busy day it serves over 30,000 pageviews per day. That translates to nearly 1,000,000 pageviews per month. Neither the Valhalla CMS, the custom code I wrote, nor the server batted an eyelash.
- Why do you use Python/Django?
Python: I prefer using enterprise-grade tools. Not hack jobs like Ruby. C# is acceptable, but isn't my platform of choice.
Django: I'm a big fan of the pink pony. Django is a huge productivity booster, is well-maintained, is well-documented, and I've come to be very familiar with it. I'm a contributor to the Django codebase, and feel it suits my coding style well.
- What do you do for fun?
When I'm not working on jobs for clients I...
- Contribute to the Valhalla CMS.
- Perform in the California Revels.
- Hang out at Forbidden Island in Alameda, CA.
- Play bass, guitar, or sing for bands.
- Answer questions on StackOverflow.
- Go to Tourettes Without Regrets.
- What question do you wish someone would ask?
- "Will you be my muse?" or "Can I pay you a truckload of money to come and create cool new things for me all day long?"
- Why are all these questions rated PG?
- This is a professional site, open to the general public. If you've got something else you want to know, feel free to use the box on the right or ask me in person!