My Life

August 23, 2005

I have been developing web sites since 1995 as both an independent consultant and as a developer at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

I provide high-quality small group or one-on-one training for developers on topics such as accessibility, Ruby on Rails, test-driven development, and graphic design concepts. These sessions can be in person or over the Internet.

I have written several popular articles related to the development and deployment of Rails applications on Windows. I am also writing a book for O’Reilly on this topic and have contributed a chapter on Windows deployment to the book Deploying Rails Applications

I am currently writing Web Design for Developers for Pragmatic Bookshelf.

I maintain several open-source projects and have spoken at RailsConf 2007 and 2008, and will speak again at RailsConf 2009.

I maintain the portfolio site FeelMySkills, code sharing site SnippetStash and have assisted the developers behind You and Charlie Wu.

I love to learn and I love to teach others. I personally believe it is every person’s obligation to do something positive for others, and I am motivated by the success of my clients and my users.