Looking for work

I am looking for work, from full-time to consulting. I can't do corp-to-corp.

Resume

My resume as a PDF.

My philosophy

I like to hand-code everything.

I like to have control over everything. This includes the operating system, data storage, backup systems, servers, programming languages, xhtml, css, javascript, etc.

I design websites to work well for lynx. These sites also work surprisingly well on mobile devices such as the iPhone and the Verizon Droid (flash site).

For things that need to look like paper, I use F,irefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari. If they happen to work with Microsoft Internet Explorer, nice, but I won't go out of my way.

I subscribe to the Unix philosophy.

I minimize the use of javascript. It's a great tool, but it's overused. I do use it to reduce page load times.

Experience

At health net, I built reporting systems for the medical management business unit. In classic ASP.

I used python some, on the solaris servers, for automating tasks.

At TLP funding, I used classic asp to build reporting systems, and python for task automation.

Tools

Tools I use.

I like jEdit on windows, but I am using nano more and more.

Windows 98, 2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista

Linux distro of choice: Debian stable. Both on VPS and on owned servers.

Facebook. Twitter. Gmail. Google Docs. Yes these are tools.

xhtml, css. hand-coded.

Python. My preferred webapp framework: fapws.

sqlite

gnu screen: oh what a relief!

Tools I do not use.

Apple products, strictly as a matter of personal preference. I am highly impressed of how Apple has turned near-death into wild success. I wish Sun had been able to do the same.

Java. I took a class at Pierce College in 2001 and aced it, but I don't like java so I don't go the extra mile to learn it. Besides it's a whole ecosystem and I suppose would take many years to master.

Microsoft .NET. Personal preference again. I personally don't like to invest time into learning technologies that are not going to last.

Oracle database. I know how, but I just don't like it at all.

Tools I use but wish I didn't.

Adobe products. Flash especially. Yes, this has to do with Dmitri Sklyarov.

HTML tables for non-tabular data.

PHP

MySQL, because Oracle.

Microsoft Access, because I like sqlite so much better.

Status

Updated November 3, 2009.