Current Status: Independent Consultant

As many of you know, my run at Wellington ended at the end of February. My contract wasn’t renewed for reasons beyond my control and that was that. No more suits, sadly.* One of the big problems with that contract ending was that the timing of it was a little abrupt. I found out just […]

I Made a Scatter Plot Data Visualization with AngularJS and SVG. Here’s How I Did It.

This post is a longer examination of the new scatter plot visualization I added to my upcoming data visualization presentation for jQuery Conference. As with the other Angular examples I’ve posted recently, this one is based on the data I keep about the world’s most valuable comics. This particular visualization lives on the page I […]

I’m Going to be Presenting at jQuery Conference. It’s in San Diego. You Should Go, Too.

It was announced last week, so I can now share the fact that I’m going to presenting on Data Visualization in the Browser at jQuery Conference in February. Because it’s a new year and because the presentation time is so tight (30 minutes!) I’m going to redo the existing dataviz presentation I’ve been giving entirely. […]

Late Notice: I’m Presenting on Canvas Tomorrow at HTML5 Boston

I tweeted about it but I never added it my public calendar and… never posted about it here. Anyway, I’m going to present on canvas tomorrow night at HTML5 Boston. It will be great. It’s also at the Arsenal complex (at Harvard Business Review), which means I’ll be having Isobar flashbacks. It also means I’ll […]

I’m Giving Away a Copy of My Book, Beginning HTML and CSS

Want a free copy of my book? Sure you do. This month, I’m giving away a copy of my book right here on the blog (on this very post.) The rules of this contest are simple, simply share an interesting/funny anecdote about your experience interviewing for a technology or agency position (no names or companies […]