zackbloom · December 22, 2011 22:39
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 Hi Guys,

 My name is Zack Bloom, and I'm a software engineer with experience on both the front and backend and a solid eye for design.

 tl;dr I have tons of JavaScript / CoffeeScript, interned at Hulu and have deployed two production apps to EC2.  Read on for more:

 Right now I'm working on an application called SpeedySeat (speedyseat.us) which is built with jQuery Mobile / Coffeescript / Jade / Sass / Node.js.  A few fun things to try:
 Type 'DEMO' in the search field to get some guests.  Use the menu at the bottom of the page to play with sorting and grouping.
 Try the app on whatever smartphone / tablet you have lying around (try resizing the browser too).
 Use the menu on the Table Chart page to activate editing and play around.  Try adding some tables to sections and selecting multiple tables with control.

 The app is hosted on EC2 with server and server application level fault tolerance.  The data is stored locally on the machine and synced with CouchDB and Amazon SimpleDB.

 Before this I built a system for camps to collect medical information from campers which involved large amounts of the interface being templated at the data-level (to support the variety between camps), along with a drag-and-drop PDF templating application, heuristic data input and querying, and usability challenges surrounding making very long forms seem short.

 I interned at Hulu, where I built a distributed file system (in Python) which is being used today to manage their video library.

 I have quite a bit of Python experience.  Here is a StackOverflow question I answered (I'm in the top 3500 users): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7757626/compare-two-different-files-line-by-line-and-write-the-difference-in-third-file/7758213#7758213.
 Here's a node.js one as well: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7773826/how-to-find-out-the-cpu-usage-for-node-js-process/7774034#7774034
 And one about client-size js: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4684722/show-loading-image-while-ajax-is-performed/4684771#4684771

 I also worked on a distributed controller for a hybrid race car in C, built games in C# and used MySQL in numerous projects.

 I also have a good amount of experience with Linux (Ubuntu / vim / git).

 In terms of methodology, I favor iterative development with user-facing results at every step of the way.  I consider the user experience to be the ultimate judge and therefore take usability very seriously.  I'm also a huge fan of automation as a mechanism for improving productivity and reducing errors (and making everything more fun).

 Outside of software I like to do anything which I can get better at which right now is learning to be a pilot, cooking, photography, drums and writing.  You can see some writing examples here: http://zackbloom.posterous.com/.

 I look forward to hearing from you,

 Zack
	Hi Guys,

	My name is Zack Bloom, and I'm a software engineer with experience on both the front and backend and a solid eye for design.

	tl;dr I have tons of JavaScript / CoffeeScript, interned at Hulu and have deployed two production apps to EC2. Read on for more:

	Right now I'm working on an application called SpeedySeat (speedyseat.us) which is built with jQuery Mobile / Coffeescript / Jade / Sass / Node.js. A few fun things to try:
	Type 'DEMO' in the search field to get some guests. Use the menu at the bottom of the page to play with sorting and grouping.
	Try the app on whatever smartphone / tablet you have lying around (try resizing the browser too).
	Use the menu on the Table Chart page to activate editing and play around. Try adding some tables to sections and selecting multiple tables with control.

	The app is hosted on EC2 with server and server application level fault tolerance. The data is stored locally on the machine and synced with CouchDB and Amazon SimpleDB.

	Before this I built a system for camps to collect medical information from campers which involved large amounts of the interface being templated at the data-level (to support the variety between camps), along with a drag-and-drop PDF templating application, heuristic data input and querying, and usability challenges surrounding making very long forms seem short.

	I interned at Hulu, where I built a distributed file system (in Python) which is being used today to manage their video library.

	I have quite a bit of Python experience. Here is a StackOverflow question I answered (I'm in the top 3500 users): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7757626/compare-two-different-files-line-by-line-and-write-the-difference-in-third-file/7758213#7758213.
	Here's a node.js one as well: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7773826/how-to-find-out-the-cpu-usage-for-node-js-process/7774034#7774034
	And one about client-size js: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4684722/show-loading-image-while-ajax-is-performed/4684771#4684771

	I also worked on a distributed controller for a hybrid race car in C, built games in C# and used MySQL in numerous projects.

	I also have a good amount of experience with Linux (Ubuntu / vim / git).

	In terms of methodology, I favor iterative development with user-facing results at every step of the way. I consider the user experience to be the ultimate judge and therefore take usability very seriously. I'm also a huge fan of automation as a mechanism for improving productivity and reducing errors (and making everything more fun).

	Outside of software I like to do anything which I can get better at which right now is learning to be a pilot, cooking, photography, drums and writing. You can see some writing examples here: http://zackbloom.posterous.com/.

	I look forward to hearing from you,

	Zack
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