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Programming & Consulting
Portfolio
My Observatory
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Drake's Simulator
GForge Group
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Portfolio
NOTE: Some
of these sites are mirrored here because they have changed
since they were originally built.
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GForge Collaborative Development Environment
An open-source continuation of the SourceForge project, which went closed in 2001. GForge
is a web-based software development and project management tool. (Present)
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SourceForge.net
With over 30,000,000 total page views per month, 190,000+ user accounts, and 22,000 open source projects,
SourceForge is the #1 open source project hosting ASP by a very wide margin. I am the System Architect and
one of the original founders of SourceForge and have had a leading role in scaling and building
the site from 0 page views to the current massive
architecture, which relies on over 60 machines and more than 100 megabits of total bandwidth.
(Sept 1999-Aug 2001)
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Geocrawler.com - The ultimate mailing list archive. With over 5,000,000 emails accumulated
in its database, geocrawler.com is quickly becoming a hot destination for those seeking information
on Linux and other technical subjects. Geocrawler has bloomed to more than 12 gigabytes of
information, with tens of thousands of emails being added to the archive daily.
I am the founder and original developer of Geocrawler (Jan, 1999).
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PHPBuilder.com - With over 19,000,000 hits per month, PHPBuilder has become the #1 resource
for web developers seeking information
about PHP, the open-source, server-side web development platform. PHPBuilder.com has a forum
where developers can ask questions, get answers or discuss whatever comes to mind.
I am the founder and original developer (Jan, 1999-March 2001).
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Sluggers.com - the trading card industry's first ever Fantasy Baseball game.
Major trading card companies are distributing Sluggers.com game cards with their Major League Baseball
cards. Using the game cards, visitors can create virtual baseball teams and win great prizes!
Built for a client (Sept, 1998-Jan 2001)
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The Principal Financial Group
Worked for The Principal Financial Group, helping to build their pension web site, which included a
complex and sizable Java application which could import spreadsheets into the corporate mainframe.
(May, 1997-June, 1999)
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The Des Moines City.net was a guide to the greater Des Moines Metro.
With content as diverse as apartments and shopping, the City.net
was built over the course of four months and received thousands
of hits per day.
(June, 1998-June, 2000)
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University Of Northern Iowa
This site was overhauled in 1996 for one of the three major state universities in Iowa.
(Feb, 1996-Feb, 1997)
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Apple Campus Reseller
In conjunction with Apple Computer and The University of Northern Iowa, this site was built
in 1995. Students, staff, and departments were able to retrieve
pricing and detailed product information at any time - day or night - before it was
fashionable.
(Oct, 1995-May, 1997)
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UNI VRTour
With equipment loaned from Apple Computer and The University of Northern Iowa, this
site was introduced in 1996. Using cutting-edge multimedia, prospective
students and site visitors were able to take a "virtual" tour of the campus
-- from anywhere in the world. The site includes 360-degree panoramas of various
points around campus - including the UNI Dome.
(Fall, 1996)
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Jbugs.com
Built a shopping cart and customer contact system for this online retailer in 1999 under
contract with NextPath.
(Spring, 1999)
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GoToCity.com
An online local web destination serving millions of hits per month.
(Fall, 1998)
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Contact Perdue, Inc.
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