Technology ⁽¹⁹⁾

You're fresh out of college or code school, and you want to market your tech skills. How exactly do you get those first gigs? Here are some tips based on my experience in the field. Be honest about your capabilities. Some people will say "fake it till you make it" but that doesn't work for me and I'm no good at it anyway. I'd rather work with someone who knows their limitations than someone who thinks they know everything, and…

A few years ago, I decided to add a little spice to a web demo that happened to fall on Halloween. Thanks to Eric Grange over at DelphiTools, it was super easy. I updated Eric’s script slightly, to allow control over when the bats appear (and how many there are). You can include my js file directly, or download here, or clone from the github repo. See it in action by clicking this: Show Some Bats! To make your own…

I've been involved with web-facing software development since 1998. I work primarily in the aviation industry with systems and software engineering, geospatial data, integration, prototyping, and analysis. My day-to-day work includes a variety of open source tools including NodeJS, Leaflet, jQuery, PostgreSQL, Geoserver. I spend a lot of time with languages such as java, javascript, and SQL. Problem spaces include integration of aviation new entrants (AAM, UAM, UAS), capacity & demand modeling, traffic flows, human factors, and communications. My full…