Web Development | Consultant | San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco based freelance
Web Developer, Artist, Maker.San Francisco based freelance
Web Developer, Artist, Maker.

When I'm not at my computer, I'm building other things, at the park with my dog, or hanging out with good people.When I'm not at my computer, I'm building other things, at the park with my dog, or hanging out with good people.

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  North Social – Ubisoft: Far Cry 3

  Contract web development for North Social. My role was to code the front end of a custom web app for the Far Cry 3 game launch. Fan-gated lead capture and promotional pages, internationalization, video, sharing, etc. Tech: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, AJAX  

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  Ruby Koans

  Interactive learning tools are great for immediate feedback and clear, measurable progress. You don’t have to wait for some comprehensive test to see how you’re doing, taking in too much at once and knowing most of it will be lost. I first got into the Koans through a Ruby for Programmers class at Blazing Cloud, [...]

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  JavaScript: The Good Parts – Review

  I used JavaScript mainly for browser detection, pop ups, slideshows, and form field validation for years, but I didn’t particularly like it. JQuery is a completely different story, partly because of the syntax, but every time I set out dig deeper into pure JavaScript at the programming level, I couldn’t help thinking, “Why would I [...]

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