25 Questions

1. I spent too much time thinking about writing this
2. I know I am a workaholic
3. I have a problem; I must be great at whatever I do
4. #3 includes being a provider for my family…Hence #2
5. I won a million dollars…but threw away the winning ticket
6. I worked in tattoo shops for 3 years as a body piercer, made and sold body jewelry and have had 10 non-ear piercings
7. Being a father is the scariest thing I have ever done
8. I lost my two best friends in the last 6 months that was very hard on me
9. Kate and I have not missed a MMA (ufc) in almost 4 years and it’s cost us about 2500$
10. I majored in culinary arts
11. I had the kanji symbols for “change” and “gathering” branded on the back of my legs with an electrocautery scalpel
12. I do not sweet the small stuff
13. I listen to podcasts about software development (TDD, OOO, DDD, ORM)
14. My body is way older then I am
15. I love learning
16. I can barely spell and smell
17. I really enjoy doing nothing
18. I was expelled from high school….twice
19. I spent a weekend working as a body piercer in a gay bar
20. I require 8 hours of sleep
21. I look forward to spending quality time with Kate
22. Small talk makes me Ill. I think I have aspergers
23. There are things I left off this list
24. Upon turning 30 my view of the world changed…I’m still trying to figure it out.
25. I need to hire a personal assistant

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Oakland County Launches Golf and Trails

Today Oakland County launched Golf and Trails, or GAT, their first ArcGIS Server Web Application based on the JavaScript API.

Over the past 2 years I, as a consultant via Technology Aces, have been part of a team of developers working on a very large GIS web application. So large and so complex that its first public appearance is as the underlying framework that powers GAT.

I am happy to say that one of my projects with Oakland County finally released to the public, even if it is a “light” version. 

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ADMi website launches with Technology Aces

This morning I put some of the final touches on a new site for Auto Diversity Management Inc (ADMi). Their new URL is http://autodiversity.com/

The Project

This project when from engagement to launch in a relatively short time, two weeks. In order to meet such a demanding timeline the staff at ADMi where incredibly helpful, reachable and productive. There is no way I could have completed this project without their help.

Thank you Marc, Matt and Dave.

The Code

This project had a very high emphasis on the quality of the content, the layout and the design. The site has very limited functionally, with the exception of the client login and area. Knowing how little service side development would be required I decided to still reply on the taMVC framework. Primary, I wanted access to the built in SEO. As the project progressed I ended up adding SimplePIE to the taMVC framework. I’ll update the codebase on github in the next few days.

Screens

The End

Thanks to everyone who helped me with this project, including Kate for her continued understanding.

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