Web Development:

• LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
• MariaDB, SQLite, Postgres
• HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• jQuery
• Design: Crisp sense of aesthetics.
• Architecture: Deployment scripts, information silos, and firewalling off human error.
• Server Administration: Config, test scripts, and bulletproofing.

Linux Development:

• Coding: PHP, Ruby, Python, C++, and shell scripting. Easily able to pick up new languages.
• Video, Graphics, and Streaming: Imagemagick, ffmpeg, video4linux, melt, mencoder, etc.
• Technical writing: Polished documentation and skilled copy-editing.
• Deep appreciation for the modular nature of UNIX, and the ability to leverage that modularity towards elegant solutions.
• Current preferred distro is Arch. Also strongly familiar with Ubuntu and Debian, and happy to learn other distros upon client request.

Philosophy:

• Focus: Reach for familiar technologies first; absorb new ones as necessary. KISS.
• Efficiency: Work with what is already there unless there is good reason not to.
• Flexibility: Accept that life is messy. Avoid unnecessary arguments. Indulge the client's whims whenever practical.
• Autonomy: If the printer is out of paper, re-stock it. If you don't know where the paper is, find out.
• Teamwork: If the printer's out of paper, and you see the new guy digging through the cabinets, show him where the paper is.
• Playfulness: Just because you're programming a machine doesn't mean you have to become one. People do better work with a smile on their face.

Creative:

• My more creative & esoteric services are under the jurisdiction of Riced Out Industries.