I'm listening to
All Nightmare Long by Metallica



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Abilities & Skills
These are the things that I love to do. It's in my blood. I once read that if I get a job I love, I'll never work a day in my life. Below I have listed my skills and abilities - all of which I love.

Graphic Design
This is my only talent in which I have been professionally trained. I attended college part-time during my junior and senior years of high school. I love being creative and I love hearing the positive reactions to art that I have created.
  • Logo Design
  • Business Cards
  • Brochures
  • Letterheads
  • Mailing Labels
  • Invitations
  • Postcards
  • Flyers
  • Brochures
  • Letterheads
  • Labels
  • Newsletters
  • Posters
  • Flash Animation (minimal exp.)
  • Other Stationary & Corporate Identity items
  • Custom Digital Art
Web Development & Design
This was actually the first computer-related skill I was involved in. My first website was created on Geocities in the late 1990's for the rock band, Tool. It grew to be one of the top 5 fan sites for Tool on the internet. The rest is history. More recently I have found a strong niche in creating web applications to serve very specific tasks.
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • AJAX
  • Javascript
Software Development
I actually had no intention in learning any type of software development outside of web applications. When some automation was needed at work, I decided to try any make my own application to handle it. After I succeeded, I couldn't stop. Since then, I have created several small utility apps and a couple commercial-grade applications you can find here on this website.
  • Xcode & Interface Builder 3
  • AppleScript
  • AppleScript Studio
  • AppleScriptObjC
  • Cocoa (minimal exp.)
  • Objective-C (minimal exp.)
IT Administration
After giving up on Microsoft as my personal OS of choice, I tried Linux. It was nice but didn't meet my needs. I bought a G3 iBook from a coworker and haven't looked back since. I still have plenty of knowledge of Windows XP and Vista, but my main area of expertise is focused on the real 'Big Apple'. I've had experience with everything from day-to-day work to monitoring and managing servers, workgroups with hundreds of users, and large scale software and hardware upgrades.
  • Macintosh. My specialty. Troubleshooting, software/hardware diagnostics and repair, networking, etc.
  • A long, dirty history with PC's (95, 98, XP, and Vista)
  • A brief collision with the Linux. I experimented with Slackware 9, Mandrake, and most recently Ubuntu 7.10