FAQs
Why are you, a web developer, using Wordpress instead of your own software?
As my friend Sam would say, “Let’s not reinvent the wheel.” I could design my own content management system, but why go through all that trouble when Wordpress is free, powerful, and infinitely customizable? The less time I spend working on my own site, the more time I can spend developing yours.That said, I would like to develop my own Wordpress theme. I’m working on it, but it isn’t ready for prime-time yet. For now, Hemingway makes me very happy. I drew a lot of inspiration for this site from a modified version of Hemingway used by the very talented Merlin Mann.
Do you have a resume?
Why yes, yes I do. You can view my resume here or download a PDF of it here [112 kb]. I’m also listed on LinkedIn.
God of Biscuits?
You may have noticed that I use “God of Biscuits” or some variation as my screen name for Flickr and other services. If you’ve never heard of Eddie Izzard, then this joke makes no sense to you (unless you just happen to find pastry deities hi-larious). Here’s a snippet from his Dress to Kill performance that should clear things up:
And then the Romans came along with their gods that they had borrowed from the Greeks. They invaded Greece, conquered them and stole all their gods and renamed them with Roman names, ‘cause the Roman gods before that were kind of crap, you know - Jeff, the god of biscuits, and Simon, the god of hairdos. You know, they had the God of War, the God of Thunder, the God of Running Around and Jumping, and stuff. “Oh, let’s get some of those! Thank God they’ve got some gods, ‘cause we have these crap gods, you know?”
My iPod Shuffle, which was given to me as a Christmas present, even bears the engraving, “Jeff, God of Biscuits.” It’s a nickname that’s stuck.
