Hello, my name is Aaron Godin. I’m a writer, web developer, and designer. I’m interested in language and user experience design. I’m going to school studying Technical Writing and Computer Science. I give presentations and enjoy teaching and sharing!
Writing
Here are my most recent development and tech writing articles.
- jQuery Mobile Presentation on November 12, 2011
- Feature Request 1: Rails Phonebook-style Navigation on September 28, 2011
- Smashing Magazine: Weblog vs. Books on June 30, 2011
- Reflections, Writing My First Ruby Gem on May 9, 2011
- How HAML Helped My Development Process on February 10, 2011
To keep up with more writing, see my tumblog for miscellaneous anecdotes and colloquialisms.
About Me
My goal is to make the complex simple, to improve the learning process, to spread good ideas, and to build the next generation of interfaces. To get there, I am studying English with an emphasis in technical writing. I spend my free time learning about the web and building new things.
I am a die-hard reader of books published by the Pragmatic Programmers. I work to contribute as much as I can to the developer community. I am a strong believer in test-driven development, clean code, and agile methods.
I'm 20 years old and living in the Midwest. I split my time halfway between design and programming. When I'm not on the computer, I like to skateboard, jam on the sax, or just kick it.
Projects
I co-authored Web Development Recipes with Brian Hogan, Chris Warren, Mike Weber, and Chris Johnson.
Today's web developer needs diverse skills for getting things done. The book has over 40 recipes that will improve your front-end development, workflow, and even backend skills. Also, learn new techniques to build powerful, manageable JavaScript applications with Knockout and Backbone It's currently available for beta through the Pragmatic Programmers.
thesetimes is a tiny application for sharing a set of times. It's designed to be easy to create and share a set of times when you're either available or unavailable. The intent is to replace having to type out your schedule in an email.
