Hi, I’m Jon. Welcome to my little slice of heaven on the intertubes. I do hope you are here on your own accord, I hate to think that anyone has been forced to visit against their will. With that being said, you probably want to know more about me. Why else would you have clicked “About”, right?
I currently live in scenic southwestern Ohio with my wife, daughter, and dog. I work for a fantastic company called dunnhumby, where I am a senior software developer on the product development team. I have been a professional developer since the late 90′s after graduating from Miami University with a BS in Systems Analysis. Most of my professional career has been spent with the Microsoft stack – going from classic ASP / COM to .NET and SQL Server. I dabble with other languages and frameworks. but C# is my primary language.
One of my passions is photography. I have played around with digital photography since 1999, when I got my first point and shoot digital camera. In May, 2004, I made a huge upgrade and bought my first DSLR. The quality improvement is evident as you compare some of the older pictures with the newer pictures from 2004 and after. I won’t lie and say that I’m a good photographer, but at least with a quality DSLR and lenses I can take some halfway decent shots. You can see many of my pictures on my Flickr photostream. I also enjoy taking and creating videos, but it is rare I take a video of anything other than my little girl.
So, after all of that rigmarole about me, what’s this site all about? I have maintained a web presence since 1996, when I developed my first website as a student at Miami. Luckily my design skills have evolved greatly since then, my earlier websites looked like they were designed by drunken monkeys on crack. I have had a blog since early 2004 when I decided “what the hell” and started out by rambling about anything and everything. Over the last few years I’ve been more focused on photography, home technology, and sports, but I still leave time for pointless ramblings. You can reach me via the contact form, or of course you can connect with me on Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, or Facebook if you so desire.