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I am a user interface designer with a strong technical background. I have designed and helped develop products in various industries (most recently, network security, e-commerce, and healthcare) on various platforms (Web, Windows, and Macintosh).
I’m quite familiar with HTML/XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript, having worked with Dynamic HTML since the early days. The Web 2.0 rennaissance has been both exciting and empowering for front-end engineers like myself. On the server, I'm familiar with XSLT, ASP, PHP, SQL, and both IIS and Apache web servers.
On the desktop, I have worked as a C/C++ application developer on Macintosh and Windows, and I’m also familiar with Visual Basic and C#.
I started at Ohio State in computer engineering, but frankly, mathematics—the core of the curriculum— was not a particular interest of mine. I took a number of visual design courses (in architecture and industrial design), but eventually settled on psychology, because I was fascinated with perception, memory, thinking, and learning.
My focus later set on human factors, the profession that applies an understanding of human capabilities to the design of systems to make them more efficient, usable, and effective. And that brought me back to design and development.
My time at UIUC was mostly focused on aviation. I was in the PhD track, but during an internship at IBM, I decided to stop at the Masters degree and enter the computer industry.
I spend much of my time in front of one computer or another, but I like outdoor activities like gardening, camping, fishing, and hiking. And someday I will actually get that pilot’s license, but for now I’m content to settle for simulators.
I like a wide range of music, including classical, country, and metal (not in that order). It's an eclectic mix, I know, don't ask me why. I like variety I guess.
I enjoy drawing, and at one time considered illustration or architecture as a career. But I find that drawing loses its appeal when you have to do it all the time.
I am an INTJ, which is a Myers-Briggs personality type. (If you want to learn your own type, the Kiersey Temperament Sorter is free, but requires registration. Their reasoning—you need a password so they can protect your privacy—is pretty absurd. An unofficial version that used to be available didn’t bother to remember you at all, which seems like a far better way to value privacy.) My top 5 strengths on Gallup’s StrengthsFinder are Strategic, Intellection, Input, Deliberative, and Significance. And on the Austin Powers Personality Test, I’m Scott Evil.