{"authorId":null,"title":"About Me","slug":"about","postDate":1390017311,"expiryDate":null,"enabled":1,"fields":{"2":"<p>\r\n\tDesign and back-end development are essential for the web, but the exciting area where they meet is front-end development. As a front-end developer, I get to take a design \u2013 something that\u2019s beautiful but static \u2013 and turn it into an interface, where its components become tools for unique experiences on the web.<\/p><p>\r\n\tSo much is at stake in this stage! The best design can be mangled in the hands of someone uninterested or unwilling to juggle the complexities of cross-browser differences. The best deployment can cause problems down the road if someone didn\u2019t build it to be reusable and adaptable. But a great front-end developer brings designs to the fullness of their intention and sets up a webpage to be flexible and successful years into the future.<\/p><p>\r\n\tI use many tools to make websites, but these are my favorites:<\/p><ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>HTML<\/strong> &mdash; Semantic markup FTW!<\/li>\t<li><strong>CSS<\/strong> &mdash; Presentation Layer Perfection<\/li>\t<li><strong>JavaScript<\/strong> &mdash; The little scripting language that could<\/li>\t<li><strong>Craft<\/strong> &mdash; The fresh, new take on content management<\/li>\t<li><strong>ExpressionEngine<\/strong> &mdash; The explosively powerful CMS<\/li><\/ul><p>\r\n\tI work at <a href=\"http:\/\/viget.com\/\">Viget<\/a> in Falls Church, VA and also do <a href=\"\/work\/\">freelance projects<\/a>. I\u2019m a demon at basketball, I love movies, and I hope I may be so bold as to claim to be a pretty spectacular cook. I enjoy spending my free time with my adorable puppy.<\/p>","11":{"13":{"type":"fact","enabled":"1","fields":{"fact":"My Mario Kart character of choice is King Boo riding the Shooting Star.","image":["10"]}},"14":{"type":"fact","enabled":"1","fields":{"fact":"I have dunked a basketball in a pick-up game before.","image":["6"]}},"15":{"type":"fact","enabled":"1","fields":{"fact":"If I weren\u2019t a front-end developer, I\u2019d secretly want to be a chef.","image":["7"]}},"16":{"type":"fact","enabled":"1","fields":{"fact":"I haven\u2019t had soda since 8th grade.","image":["12"]}},"17":{"type":"fact","enabled":"1","fields":{"fact":"Unlike everyone else in the web world, I don\u2019t drink coffee.","image":["9"]}}},"1":"So you want to find out more about me?"}}