Current projects:
Professional work:
Interests:
Internet start-ups and entrepreneurialism; independent music; technology and the law.
I've always loved technology. I've always loved computers. I began designing websites when I was 13, using just a text editor and learning from the HTML source code of sites I admired. It was a perfect mix of creativity, design, computers, and problem solving, and it's been one of my favorite hobbies since then.
I'm interested in how technology impacts our lives — how we access information, how it expands and limits what we do, and how fast the law is changing because of it.
I love sports. I love baseball and going to Phillies games with my dad. Analyzing statistics and searching for trends have increased my passion for the game, opening up whole new schools of thought I can't wait to explore.
This website:
This website has taken many forms over the past 7 years — college weblog, design portfolio, resume. Today I hope to present a little bit about my professional and personal life while showcasing a smattering of what I love to do: design, application development, music production, and writing. LIVE presents a snapshot of my digital footprints, POSTS contains some longer thoughts on technology and other interests, and SANDBOX will one day provide a testing ground for thoughts and projects. Enjoy!
A note on cross-compatibility: As a web designer, I strive to build web sites that not only fully comply with the W3's standards for XHTML 1.0 strict doctypes, but remain completely and fully usable across all browsers, from IE6 on up. For this personal web site, however, I have chosen to only support modern browsers, including Firefox 3.0+, Chrome 4.0+, Safari 3.0+, and Internet Explorer 8.0. While this site also degrades gracefully when Javascript is unavailable, you may see some oddities if you've turned it off.
Abbreviated biography:
Born in Towson, Maryland (1985). Raised in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
This past May I graduated from the University of Michigan Law School out in beautiful Ann Arbor, Michigan. I studied political science at Cornell University, graduating in 2007 with a B.A. in Government and a minor in Information Science. West Chester, Pennsylvania has been my home base since 2002.
Though it's been difficult finding free time these past few years, I still try to play my guitar and banjo as much as possible. I listen to everything by Mike Kinsella (American Football, Owen), Sufjan Stevens, and most of the bands off Polyvinyl Records; read as much from Carver, Salinger, and Apokalips as I can; and will never turn down a whiffle ball game or fantasy baseball invite.
Today in my off time, I study Pitch f/x data and help my brother develop cool new web applications to make life a little easier. Most importantly, I spend as much time with Elisabeth as she lets me :)