Jakob Heuser
Besides working on felocity.org, I also work as a developer and administrator for Gaia Online, one of the fastest growing avatar based social communities on the web. When not programming, I'm programming other things. When not faced with a desire to code I take enjoyment in video games, photography, and music. The randomness on my iPod has been known to scare people. I'm coming up on year 6 of a web professional (year 8 if you consider a shopping cart in 1998), and am living comfortably in San Jose, CA. Since about pages have never been my thing, I'll leave this in the trusting hands of my friends.
From the Words of Jakob
Wait, what? This was supposed to be other people! It looks like you will regretfully have the "boring" version. Though once you're done with this, feel free to refresh and read what other people are saying.
Born in Concord, CA and raised in Roseville, I grew up as your typical suburbia kid. I look back on those years for amusement, and they make great reminders for how much I've learned. College was good to me, and I can actually say I learned a ton while at CSUMB. Outcome-Based Education has a special place in my heart, since it gave me practical skills to do things, and theory was a means to a practical implementation. I finished college with a B.S. in Telecommunications, Multimedia, and Applied Computing with an emphasis in Web Programming and Development. I took an 8 month contractor job with the Department of Homeland Security at the Dudley Knox Library, and eventually found my calling at Gaia Online.
Having left High School during the .com burst, I felt like I would never get to live the "internet startup" life. Fate was kind though, and "web 2.0" was just starting to mean something as I was leaving college. Gaia has a ping pong table, we order pizza occasionally, and I've spent my fair share of nights at the office meeting a deadline. I couldn't be happier. And one day, when it's all said and done, I'd like to return to education and give back to my students in the capacity my instructors gave unto me.