This is probably my most difficult web site yet. A site by me and about me. A written resume is always one part, but there is always more than just words and this site reflects my career since attending Rhode Island School of Design starting in 1972.

My career has been diverse, but all with a common thread derived from my education at RISD studying Architecture. To me this means th

at all tasks have a logic to them, and when assembled the result is a well coordinated database, web application or a building. Starting with nothing, you extract ideas, how is it to be used? Wwhat is its purpose? What is the intended output? These are just some of the building blocks for a successful project.

Through all aspects of my career, I have always looked to find ways to share my talents and ideas.

My current position is the Webmaster for the City of Providence.

The Providence web site was launched in April 1996 to much fanfare and press coverage. It was a different era, but it was very exciting to be a cyberspace pioneer.

Comments from the early years		A Program that writes PHP and MySQL code from a table schema. The code is ready to use or customize. Click to try it! You can not break it.
Helping others has its rewards...	Try the MySQL PHP Code simulator that I built to test code snippets. It is designed to emulate server side scripting and display results instatntly. I built this as a teaching tool for my first PHP/MySQL class. I always find that it's easier to learn the abstract by example, and this made it very easy for all participants to get a feel for the languages and their power.
	The Aprill 1996 Launch
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