About

My name is Jordon and I am a web developer from Texas. I have been working on the web for over nine years. This is my personal website. The purpose of this site is for me to track my endeavors into all manner of technical concepts as well as for others to get a perspective on my technical experience. Hopefully regular updates are to come.

You can find me around the web in other places too, here are some of them.

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Books on my read list...
I needed a place to write down the books I want to read in the near future, so I figured I would share it to the world.

Torvalds, L., & Diamond, D. (2001). Just for fun: the story of an accidental revolutionary. New York, NY: HarperBusiness.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45610395
[currently reading]

Hawkins, J., & Blakeslee, S. (2004). On intelligence. New York: Times Books.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55510125

DiBona, C., Cooper, D., & Stone, M. (2006). Open sources 2.0: the continuing evolution. Beijing: O'Reilly.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63135238

Mitnick, K. D. (2003). The art of deception: controlling the human element of security. New York: Wiley.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52830592

Norman, D. A. (1998). The design of everyday things. London: MIT.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60179024

Singh, S. (1999). The code book: the evolution of secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to quantum cryptography. New York: Doubleday.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41572673

Tapscott, D., & Williams, A. D. (2006). Wikinomics: how mass collaboration changes everything. New York: Portfolio.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71266654

Kahn, D. (1967). The codebreakers; the story of secret writing. New York: Macmillan.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/717303

Bessen, J., & Meurer, M. J. (2008). Patent failure: how judges, bureaucrats, and lawyers put innovators at risk. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182662723

Nielsen, J. (2000). Designing Web usability. Indianapolis, Ind: New Riders.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43116529

Nielsen, J., & Loranger, H. (2006). Prioritizing Web usability. Berkeley, Calif: New Riders.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68918301

Conferences I attend or have my eye on...

CodeMash (http://www.codemash.org/)
DoD Open Technology Conference (http://www.afei.org/brochure/9a03/index.cfm)
LISA (http://www.usenix.org/events/byname/lisa.html)
Ohio LinuxFest (http://www.ohiolinux.org/)