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snipeI’m your average web developer/scuba diver/blacksmith/sword-fighter/ENTP/warcrafter/activist, and I currently work as the Director of Information Architecture (and codemonkey) at a creative agency in New York City. I’ve been blogging for about 15 years, since before blogging had a name, and was just called “having this website that I update when I have something to say.”

If you want to hear more of what I have to say, follow me on Twitter. (You may want to check out my warning about following me on Twitter, and my caution on why I may not follow you back on Twitter  if you’re a wanker before following, though.)

I’ve been lucky enough to do some cool stuff in my thirty-something years. Some quick and interesting tidbits:

So I guess I’m doing something right, if offensive, angry geek rants are your thing. ;)

My Other Sites

If you decide to follow me on Twitter, you’ll realize I’m quite… prolific. I write a lot, and Snipe.Net isn’t my only web baby. These are a few more of my online projects – be warned that many use language that some may consider naughty.

Facebook Development Related

Newly-launched FBMHell.Com is my attempt at creating order out of the chaos that is Facebook application development. Intended as a tutorial site and repository of information about how to do things within the Facebook API and Facebook FBML framework, I’m hoping it saves users as much headache as it could potentially save me.

Twitter-Related

  • SocialMediaDoucheBag.Net - a satirical commentary on the direction social media has been heading in.
  • DoucheNuker.Com – a free Twitter blacklisting service spawned from the same frustration as that which inspired the above mentioned parody site. Also on Twitter @DoucheNuker.
  • TwitCommandments.Com - a kinder, gentler version of my thoughts on good Twitter behavior, aimed at people who act like dumbasses on Twitter but honestly don’t know any better.

Poetry-Related

A combination of Twitter and a grueling 4.5 hour commute spawned these two sites. More background and some choice picks here.

Activism-Related

Also tons of fun is TehAwesome.Net, which is where I highlight all of my favorite things on the internet.

So, that’s me. In a nutshell, which is probably an appropriate receptacle. But please, if an article you’ve found here has helped you in some way, take a moment to leave a comment. While I pay attention to my website stats (out of curiosity more than anything else), your comments are really what makes this site worth having, and they carry far more weight to me than site stats ever will.

If you’ve got a project for which you think I might be a good match, get more info on hiring me here. I tend to keep myself pretty busy though, so availability is limited.

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Hate Facebook Games? Turn Off the API

I spend a lot of time talking complaining about Facebook, and warning people about Facebook’s less-than-ethical privacy changes over the past year. While turning off the API altogether probably isn’t for everyone, it is possible. Every time Facebook does something else awful with their privacy settings, I get all fired up and want to write [...]


Introducing FBMHell.Com

Good news, everyone! My compulsive need to make websites and write content has struck again, this time resulting in my new site, FBMHell.Com, which I hope will evolve into a great resource for Facebook developers, whether you’re an app developer or fan page designer. It’s literally just been launched, so I’m looking for your help. [...]


Share Your NES Haiku, Enter to Win an NES Controller iPhone 3G/3GS Ski

Sad you don’t have an iPhone4 yet? Don’t feel bad – write an NES-themed haiku, and you might win a super-cool NES iPhone 3G/3GS skin. UPDATE: The winner is Kyle Mitchell for his haiku: Callouses on thumbs triangles pressed into palms 8 bits of heaven I’m a big fan of Infectious, a company that produces [...]


Backup Your Mac to AS3 with Arq

There are about 900 different options available to automatically back up your Mac, none of which I have been in love with until now. If you’ve been reading my blog for more than three minutes, you’ve probably come across a post where I strongly recommend (okay, balls-out lecture, harp, nag and preach) that you should [...]


Review of the 17-inch BookBook

I posted about the gorgeous BookBook laptop case for the 15″ Macbook Pro back in January on TehAwesome.Net, and have been impatiently waiting for a 17″ model. They’re finally available (first come, first serve!), and I received mine today. The BookBook is a hand-crafted leather laptop case that when closed, looks like an antique leatherbound [...]


Upgrading to WordPress 3.0 and Adding Multi-Site

WordPress 3.0, code name “Thelonious”, has been released, and it brings multi-site functionality as part of the core. As someone with far too many blogs of my own, I thought this would be a great time to start switching them all over, and let you know what you’re in for if you choose to do [...]


Want to Set a Default Landing Tab on Your Facebook Fan Page? It’ll Cost You

You’re gonna love this. And by love I mean be filled with rage. I started receiving emails from people today, frustrated that they could no longer set a specific tab as their default landing tab in Facebook. Everyone assumed it was a bug. It’s not. UPDATE May 20, 10:45AM: Facebook has actually apologized and done [...]


Taking Your Static FBML Microsite to the Next Level

In a previous tutorial, you learned how to Extend Facebook Static FBML Tabs with Dynamic Content, and now we’re back to show you how to take it even further by creating sub-nav tab navigation within your Static FBML microsite using only DynamicFBML. The previous tutorial, I walked you through how to use clicktohide and clicktoshow [...]


Symphony of Science

Also known as “The only good thing Auto-Tune has ever been used for. Ever. Except maybe this.” This project isn’t particularly new, and I have been basking in the geekiness of this music for a while, but I just realized I neglected to share it with you. What a horrible, selfish whore I am. (Incidentally, [...]