Here is an archive of my first 5 websites. As you look through them, you will notice serious progress from one version to the next–I think so at least. My goals are always to build a fun and interesting website and I think that’s representative of what you see.

Version 1

This site was built for the CIS Computers and Applications course. It looks bad, but I got full credit for it. Check out the awesome rollover buttons–that was extra credit…

Version 2

This site was innovative in how the site navigation worked. On top of a few different pages, there were “tours” that users would walk through and be presented with information I wanted them to see–think of it as a glorified PowerPoint. Though, the design is bad, it has a pretty cool photo gallery in one of the tours.

Version 3

This was the first wordpress implementation that I attempted; it was kind of a disaster. I was trying to do some advanced things that I was not ready for; such as, using posts as news feeds, using a sidebar that picked a random post containing a quote, and using posts to operate the picture of the week. Most of these features actually worked, but I never worked out some of the details–how I wanted the different templates to work.

Version 4

This was a transitional site. Even before I started building it, I had Version 5 in mind–think of it as a “vista”. I had my heart set on building a wordpress theme, but I needed to put something presentable up on my URL. I was trying out some of those web 2.0 design concepts–I think I did it wrong…

Version 5

This is what you are looking at now. As mentioned before, I wanted to balance professionalism with personality. Ideally, this is a site can be used for two purposes: (1) I can share it with potential employers via business cards and my resume to add value to my application, and alternatively (2) I can share my knowledge and contribute to the internet.

Computer & Information Science – Temple University

I was Lab Assistant for Temple’s CIS department for the 2007 to 2008 academic year. As a lab assistant I sat in on lab sessions for a CIS Intro course: Computers and Applications–a BBA core requirement. The focus of the lab sessions was to give the class a hands-on experience with Dreamweaver and Excel–and other office applications including Word, Powerpoint, and Access. My role in the classroom was to float around and help people keep up with the lecture. Outside of the classroom I offered everyone office hours, tutoring by appointment, email support, and I was responsible for grading all of the assignments.

This was a great experience; I learned more about the applications we taught then what I could have even potentially learned when I took the course. Through the year I became very effective at teaching the applications and material taught in the course–which turns out to be fairly universal skill. I took interest in pushing the scope of the class and investigating topics on my own.