tag: ruby on rails

28 Oct 2014
A Thing I Made: Vitae
For the bulk of 2013, I worked with a talented Viget team to develop Vitae for the Chronicle of Higher Education. Think of it as LinkedIn for people in higher ed. Here’s a screenshot of my favorite …
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02 Feb 2013
Another Thing I Made: WorldWildlife.org
Last year, I had the priviledge of working with a talented team at Viget to build and launch a new site for the North American branch of the World Wildlife Fund This was the first major project at …
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08 Jul 2011
A Thing I Made: PUMA.com
I’ve been working for PUMA (the shoe company) at Viget for about the last year and a half, developing a content management system (CMS) to drive several of their category marketing sites (including …
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17 Jan 2008
Moving On
IN MAY OF 2006, I purchased this domain with the intention of starting my very own blog. I experimented with several site designs, but nothing I came up with effectively captured the feel of the time …
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07 Dec 2007
Refresh the Triangle: Web Application Security
At last night’s Refresh the Triangle meeting, Clinton Nixon (who should totally get together with Harrison Ford and have a presidential name-off) gave a great talk on web application security. He …
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16 May 2007
Django First Impressions
I’ve spent a fair bit of time playing with the Django web framework over the last few weeks. It’s been interesting to compare and contrast it with my current favorite, Ruby on Rails. Both …
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27 Sep 2006
Rails Principles in PHP
I was recently contracted to develop a CRUD web application for a local non-profit. After spending the last few months developing with Ruby on Rails at work, imagine my dismay when the project specifications …
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21 Aug 2006
Getting Started with Ubuntu
This past weekend, I finally took the plunge and installed Ubuntu Linux on my PC. Installation couldn’t have been simpler — you honestly don’t need to have a tech background to get this …
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About Me

I’m the Development Director at Viget in Durham, North Carolina. I’m also an avid reader, traveler, cyclist, musician, coffee fiend, and friend of birds.