About

About the Author

(current resume)

I have been building websites since the days of HTML frames and dial-up modems. My first website was hosted on Geocities in the late 90s. I continued hacking together webpages and Java/Visual Basic applications in highschool. A huge revelation came in college when I discovered the L.A.M.P. stack, dynamic content and AJAX.

After finishing my undergrad in 2010, I moved to the Washington, D.C. area, and have spent the last 3 years working as a technology consultant for Deloitte Consulting, LLP. During my time at Deloitte, I have gained technical experience as both a web developer, and a Business Intelligence/report developer. Outside of work, I have always enjoyed investing time in personal web projects, bicycling/mountain biking, hiking/camping, traveling and spending time with friends and family.


Website Background

This website was created as a hobby, with the goal of finding a way to keep my photo library in sync across multiple computers (and mobile devices). The idea of storing my photos/videos in the cloud was attractive, and I decided to give S3 a go. What started as a simple file upload form, powered by a L.A.M.P. backend, has grown to include several technologies, many of which are featured in the list/diagram below.


This website is a work in progress, and is not complete. I will continue to build it out, make bug fixes, and add new/fun-to-build features as fast as I can think them up. I hope you enjoy your time browsing, and please do not hesitate to contact me.


Tools and Technologies

(this section is under construction)

Below is a list of the tools and technologies used to create this photo gallery. Click on an item for more information.



Frontend / UI

  • jQuery and jQuery UI Components
  • Google Maps API v3
  • Web Service Interaction (often via JSON)
  • CSS3 Media Queries
  • HTML5 Video (with FLV fallback)
  • Photo Geotagging
  • Google Maps Marker Clustering
  • Flash Video (via JW Player)
  • Mobile Formatted Theme

Backend / Core

  • Object Orient Programming (including CRUD)
  • RESTful Web API
  • Photo Submission (via HTTP POST)
  • Photo Retrieval (from S3)
  • User Authenticated Sessions
  • AWS SDK for PHP
  • Photo manipulation (via GD Graphics Library)



Data Persistence

  • MySQL
    • Relational Data Model
    • Geospacial Queries
    • Correlated Subqueries
  • Amazon Web Services
    • Simple Storage Service (S3)


System / Support

  • L.A.M.P. Stack
  • Queue Processing
  • HTML5/Flash Video Conversion (via FFmpeg)
  • Email Interface for Photo Submission

Photo Gallery Statistics



Number of Pictures: 12633


Number of Albums: 395


Number of Tags / Associations: 70 / 6735


Total Gallery Filesize: 33.58 GB / 1.36 GB (base)


Development Hours: approx. 300 hours