Looking for old fryolator? Or really old fryolator?
I enjoy working with smart, pleasant people to build interesting, useful software. I have ten years of experience building web applications and have architected high-volume systems in a variety of open-source languages.
Ruby, Rails, MySQL, Apache, SVN, PHP, Un*x/Linux, MVC, OOP, Java/J2EE, Struts, Hibernate, Ant, CVS, XML, Tcl, Oracle, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Prototype
I'm a software engineer with Interactive News Technology, a group of developers working in the newsroom to build tools and applications in conjunction with reporters and editors, frequently on deadline.
Developer for startup blog network, building content management systems in Rails.
Conceived and built Wordie (http://wordie.org), a collaborative social dictionary and the preeminent (and only!) social network for logophiles. Wordie runs on Rails, Apache, Mongrel, and MySQL, and is deployed using SVN and Capistrano. The site has been covered by the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, USA Today, and others.
Co-founded and built Squirl (http://squirl.info), a social cataloging site for collectors . Runs on Rails (2.0.2, originally built on 0.14) and MySQL.
Conceived and built TagsAhoy (http://www.tagsahoy.com), an experimental API-based tag search engine, in PHP.
For all three of these sites I did all front and back end coding, database design, and html/javascript/css implementation. I was the sole developer on Wordie and TagsAhoy; Squirl was done in collaboration with a graphic designer.
Developer for a social cataloging site for bibliophiles. LibraryThing.com serves tens of thousands of visitors and hundreds of thousands of page views every day. I did most of the sysadmin and DBA duties (Linux servers, MySQL replication) in addition to new development (in PHP).
I designed the backend architecture of, and did a significant amount of the coding for, www.whoi.edu. Leading a team of developers I created a bespoke content management system to meet the unique needs of this 1,100 person research institution. Our CMS initially powered a few internal sites; it now underlies the entire WHOI web presence, internal and external.
Tools used include Java/J2EE, Struts, Hibernate, Oracle, Ant, CVS and Tomcat.
Developer for an enterprise-wide content management system and web site used by over 40 Thermo Electron business units worldwide. Work done primarily in Tcl and JSP, using Vignette V/5 and Oracle.
Architect and developer for the professional services division of an enterprise CMS software vendor, leading teams of 2 to 8 developers from initial requirements gathering through post-launch and maintenance.
Engagements included the Wall Street Journal, JPMorganChase, Verizon, and BET.
Developer for a Spanish and Portuguese-language portal site.
Designed and built sites for the Columbia Journalism Review, the Pulitzer Prizes, and the duPont Awards.
Reporter for an English-language weekly in Santiago.
Planned and completed a 14,000 mile bicycling expedition through thirteen countries, raising money for a number of north-south development organizations.
MS, Graduate School of Journalism, concentration in New Media
BA, Latin American History, minor in Environmental Studies