Skill Highlights

HTTP – I wrote a transparent web proxy in Python that implements the full HTTP/1.1 protocol

JavaScript – I read and understand the source to Prototype and JQuery, and I've done Comet programming (it's like reverse Ajax, useful for in-browser chat)

CSS – I had one of the earlier entries in the CSSZenGarden and I contributed an example to this book on CSS

ASP.NET – 3 years pro experience building database- backed sites with Visual Studio and SQL Server

Other – Ruby on Rails, XSLT, SQL

Contact

John Simons
Seattle, WA 98144
+1 206 2272362

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Career History

6/2008 - Present
Amazon.com, Web Development Engineer II

8/2006 - 2/2008
Digital Railroad, Web Developer

2/2006 - 7/2006
Curious Office / ImageKind.com, Client-side Web Developer

7/2005 - 10/2005
POP Multimedia, Software Developer

4/2005 - 7/2005
X-BAR, Web Developer

3/2004 - 3/2005
Bear Creek Web, Web Developer

9/2003 - 4/2004
Shoreline Community College, The Ebbtide, Webmaster of the Student Newspaper

6/2003 - 9/2003
SoftwareMedia.com, Web Developer

5/1999 - 12/2002
Cat Daddy Games, Software Developer

12/2001
University of Washington, B.S. Computer Engineering

Sample Work

POP. Fully localized. Try it in French, German and Japanese.	The 18th official selection in Dave Shea's garden. See them all.
X-BAR. Content management system written in ASP.NET.	Bear Creek. XHTML, CSS, and (mostly) tableless layout.
Completely redesigned the student newspaper website, including this issue, this issue, up through this issue.	Cat Daddy. Lead game logic programmer on Skatepark Tycoon, Snowboard Park Tycoon and Schoolyard Sports.

Resume

resume.pdf [52kb]

My Projects

Web application for converting Word documents to HTML, this is a power tool for web developers to have precise control.

MangleBracket.com

Dark Porter is something different, something social and web-related, yet also something "off the grid."