About This Blog

On The Subject Of Me

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I am a Web Application Developer living with my girlfriend, Janey, in Palo Alto, California. I built my first website in 1996, but it wasn't until 2003 that I became a full-time web developer. I also started my first company in 2003, which consisted of a 12 computer server-farm automating the Final Fantasy 11 computer game, from which I accumulate in-game currency to sell to other players. While that was a lucrative and rewarding experience, it was not sustainable. And so, I have since devoted myself to web development, specializing in JavaScript as it has matured with the popularization of AJAX and cross-browser libraries, such as YUI. I have worked on many projects since 2003, and have matured as a developer and a designer; see my Projects for more information.

Aside from programming, my passions lie in video games, sports, traveling, and backpacking. I hope to one day start a video game production company and travel to space.

About This Site

This site is primarily a blog exploring JavaScript and other web technologies, such as CSS, HTML, AJAX, and some server-side technologies. Additionally, there are a few pages devoted to projects that I have worked on and other topics of interest to me. For the blog expect one to two posts a week, with the major article going out on Wednesday and sometimes a smaller article delivered sooner. Originally, in 2007, the blog focused on discussing the development of various JavaScript libraries as they were still young, and their implementations varied widely. As the libraries and this blog have matured, I have drifted away focusing on just the libraries and broaden the discourse to cover all web technologies.

This blog advocates the use of a JavaScript library for all front-end developers, no matter how small their JavaScript needs are, as libraries simply and improve JavaScript and DOM interactions. My favorite library is YUI, which I feel is the best documented and well-written library; and I frequently use it as the core of more complex examples.

I recently converted the site from using the WordPress CMS, to my personal PHP framework. I found WordPress limited my creativity and control over my own site, and I grew tired of doing things the WordPress way. Please contact me if something is broken.

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All code on this site is under the MIT License, and can be re-used and modified for your projects, as long as you reference this site as the source.

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Recent Projects

  • YUI Storage · An x-browser and backwards compatible implementation of HTML 5 local/session storage
  • YUI-EXT-MVC · A YUI framework extension, adding more features and an MVC framework.
  • Mint.com · The best free way to manage your finances online
  • Cameleon Project · Customization social network CMS
  • Geekster Project · A social network for students, faculty, and staff of Stanford University