Experience
- Employment Period: November 2007 - Present
- Employer: The New York Times Company
- Position Title: Software Developer
Lead Developer: New York Times iGoogle Widget, Times Widgets, Times People iPhone Web App, New York Times Palm Pre Application, New York Times Opinion Section Front (Front End), Prototype for New York Times iPad App
Creator, Designer, Developer: The New York Times Skimmer
Organized development of javascript code standards, authored code standards document, review outgoing javascript. Lead developer for many internal improvement projects. I spend a lot of time teaching developers how to be better at their job.
- Employment Period: August 2003 - November 2007
- Employer: Anteil (Web-based Business Applications)
- Position Title: Programmer
Designed all user interfaces. Designed and maintained AJAX generic save system. Designed supporting infrastructure and APIs for all user-facing tools in Java, PHP, and Ruby. Led adoption of library culture.
Skills
- Web Development
- Javascript, CoffeScript
- HTML 5 Technologies
- CSS
- Programming
- Ruby
- Java
- PHP
Education
- Institution: Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts
- Graduated: May 2002
Completed self-designed major combining computer science, education, and literature. Completed thesis project, "Evaluating and Enhancing the Efficacy of an Online Reading System". Built application, "BookExplorer"