About
I don't like it when people talk about themselves in the third person, so I won't do that. I will break apart the boring work related junk from the tattered sordid tale of my upbringing, downfall and eventual renaissance.
Profesionally
I've been online for 13 years, creating web pages for 10 years and getting paid to create web pages for 8 years. In that time I've seen, and done, a lot, met many great people and grown with an industry that has been fun and well, chaotic. I came to Los Angeles with a degree in animation seeking a job in special effects. I started side work as a web designer since I was one of the few who knew how to build pages at the time. Side work quickly became full-time work and I've never looked back (okay maybe I look back every once in a while). I did find that I enjoyed web work more than effects animation, and I have a passion for doing it. I started as most web designers do, in the world of non-standard table based design. Happily, half way through my career I discovered the world of web standards, CSS, XHTML, usability and accessibility. I never code without them by my side.
Personally
What do I do in my spare time? What are my hobbies? If I could only take 5 albums to a desert island what would they be? I know you're dieing to know these and other job interview style questions about me. Well if you must know those things ask away, but I've decided to use my space here to give out a weird assortment of random facts about me and just general words of wisdom first:
- I don't like spiders, but they like me, and they really like my car.
- Folding cake batter is harder than it looks.
- Italy, Iowa, and Illinois are some of the places I've been that start with the letter "I"
- Where most bike accidents are concerned, your tragedy is often someone else's comedy.
- The secret to driving on the "surface streets" in Los Angeles as a shortcut, is avoiding streets that access the freeway. Trust me, it works.
- The new Battlestar Galactica is my favorite TV show. You should really watch it; it's not campy or geeky like you might think. I'm serious.
- Most of my favorite cars are from the 1960's.
- The Black Keys do, in fact, rock.
- I own copies of Neverwinter Nights, Halflife 2, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I think they are good games.
- Some animals, despite popular myth, are NOT as afraid of you as you are of them.