Finally added an “About Me” page
July 8th, 2008In a fit of productivity and needing to produce a bio for someone else, I have finally added an “About Me” page. For redundancy sake, I’m posting it below:
Hi, my name is Jeremy Greenawalt, and I’m the head web guru at Generals International. I’m also a freelance programmer, occasional consultant, accidental web designer, and non-commital blogger. Once upon a time, I attended the United States Air Force Academy (until knee surgery), and I’ve been a professional programmer/web developer almost non-stop since then (sans a stint at Fry’s Electronics and one year at a box plant). I grew up programming since I was 13, but I learned the sheer joy of PHP and Linux while I was working at FishNet, Inc. for two-and-a-half years as a software engineer and I got paid to work on fun projects like the open source shopping cart FishCart. I later worked as the systems administrator and part-time java coder at Tek-Tools until I left in 2005 to pursue my current calling at a ministry, Generals International, where I traded in my Linux skills for a Powerbook (now a MacBook Pro) and I’ve been building with TextMate ever since.
I continue to do a lot of work with PHP, and I’ve learned just enough Flash and JavaScript to keep clients happy. My favorite website management system is TYPO3, and I like to use it on my clients’ websites because, as a solid framework, I can always extend and re-work their sites to do almost anything they will ever want (forums, video, blogs, newsfeeds, newsletters, etc). The biggest benefit to me and the clients, though, is that they can own and control the site once it’s built. As I’m writing this, I’m 28 and married to the most beautiful, talented photographer in the Dallas area and our sweet puppy, Aingeal, is now 5 years old. If you like the blog, feel free to let me know.
Sites I’ve worked on:
- http://www.generals.org (head web guru)
- http://www.lightthehighway.org (since it’s a Generals site, I was the head web guru)
- http://www.imagesbyrebekah.com (designer, developer, etc. of my wife’s site)
- http://www.whiterhinocoffee.com (designed, developed, and built a TYPO3 website for them)
- http://www.fulfillingdestiny.com (turned a couple Photoshop files into a full-blown, TYPO3 template, and now I build new features every couple weeks)
- http://www.newnamemissionsociety.com (still a work in progress, but I designed and built it)
How to contact me:
Email me at jeremy@pocketrevolutionary.com
Twitter me at twitter.com/pocketrevolver
Disclaimer:
The opinions and thoughts I express are just my own. Nothing on this blog, in my emails, in my twitter, or in my thoughts represents my employer, clients, wife, or dog.
