Hello there.
For those new to this site, welcome. I am a software developer in the gaming industry from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This site gives some info about me and my journey as a software developer using client side technologies such as javascript, html and css.
I have been in the business of the internet for almost 20 years. I started my career as a multimedia developer creating CD-ROMs using a legacy syntax called Lingo. At the time, I was fascinated with it and it fueled my inspiration to create interactive experiences on the computer. Running parallel to that was my inspiration in the web equivalent, called Flash. With Flash and html, I was able to deliver interactive content to more and more people, and that inspired me even further.
I then stumbled upon ASP.NET in an indirect way, being a front-end developer using XSLT to parse the SOAP that my fellow co-workers at the time would provide to me. These guys were my inspiration for the next wave of fascination - server side development. Through XML and XSLT, I wanted to know more than just parsing data, I wanted to know where this data came from and how it came to be. So, armed with books, self-learning and bugging my fellow application developers for info and nagging, I managed to get rudimentary knowledge of how things were done.
The front-end held true in my heart, but the back-end provided and provides me with constant challenge.
So here I am today, on the client-side, but still dabbling in the server-side, mostly middle-tier, but hey, I need to have a working context to explore even further. I will get there someday, just as indirectly as I got here.
I was born in Quezon City, Philippines from a military family. My father was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force. My paternal grandfather was a Colonel in the Army. My maternal grandfather was also a Colonel in the Army, and then became Chief of Police after his military career.
I have been a flamenco musician, martial artist, powerlifter, yogi, and capoeirista. I tend to have chameleon like properties when it comes to my interests.
Who knows what will be next? I consider evolution of the self to be my greatest gift from the aliens... I'm not religious.