I'm a software developer & consultant living in North Carolina's
Research Triangle.
I've been programming since I was 8 years old,
and I've been helping businesses build software professionally for the
past 14 years. My focus is on building working software,
the right way.
For software development, I believe in the principles of the
Agile Manifesto,
which describe a common sense approach to working with teams and building
software systems.
I'm also a proponent of the practices encouraged by the
Lean Startup
method. It places an emphasis on rapid iterations, testing market
assumptions, and getting to a minimum viable product with as little
waste as possible.
A few interesting companies I've started and projects I've worked on
are listed below. If you've got a project that you'd like help with,
please
email me.
LMGTFY is a popular internet meme and website that helps people
answer questions that should've just been googled. Interesting
components include a
live feed
of searches going through the site,
and a Living Social affiliates ad server proxy to serve targeted
deals based on geo-ip lookup. Revenue comes from
ads,
iOS app sales,
and also
sticker sales.
- static haml, sass
- translated into ~60 languages using jquery.localize
- >100k unique visitors every day
BusyConf is a bootstrapped company that I started with a partner
in 2010. It's a SaaS that helps conference organizers put on
conferences. Conference organizers can run
ticket registration
and
call for proposals
through the platform, and
publish schedules
that are optimized for mobile, tablet, and desktop browsers.
- ruby, rails
- mongodb
- coffeescript
Thrive is social CRM software targeted for use by non-profit
organizations. It helps them nurture key relationships to get
members, donations and advocates through social media.
- ruby, rails
- mysql + mongodb
- heavy use of asyncronous & scheduled jobs
Profile Builder is a system that processes email lists and produces
detailed social profiles, enhancing CRM databases and improving
success rate in getting major gifts from key supporters.
- ruby, rails
- mongodb
- heavy API processing
Billed as "The
iPad App
for sending emergency alerts", it's a
commercial service that provides access to the various Federal
emergency alert systems.
- ruby, rails
- postgresql
- geospatial data
- XML-SOAP interoperation, including XML-SIG.
Custom Ink is the #1 online custom T-Shirt service. Visitors can
choose from hundreds of products, and create custom designs in an
online lab. The orders are fulfilled and shipped by Custom Ink. I
helped Custom Ink by automating, streamlining, and building visibility into the order
fulfillment process, overhauling their order queue system and UI, and
laying the groundwork for a transition from Big Ball of Mud to SOA.
- ruby, rails
- oracle, couchdb
- SOA
Mobile Discovery
Mobile Discovery was an early endeavor to link physical ads with the
mobile world through QR codes. It was billed to marketing agencies
as an ad campaign management and anaylitics platform, and to consumers
as a way to manage privacy and more easily connect to interesting
content.
- ruby, rails
- facebook app
- netbiscuits proxy (for mobile device content tailoring)
- MXTelecom integration (SMS gateway integration)
