question: who is ariadoss?
ariadoss is the alter ego of danilo stern-sapad.
Hi, I'm Ariadoss aka Danilo Stern-Sapad. I'm multiracial (1/2 Filipino, 1/4 Polish, 1/4 Russian) and proud of my heritage. I've traveled to a lot of cool places in my life including the Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Israel, and a ton of states. My mom and dad are from Jewish and Catholic religious backgrounds respectively so I'm pretty open about spirituality, though I love my religion. I'm also a mythology buff.
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ariadoss is known for his tangential musings.
TangentialMusings.com is my personal blog. The tagline is "Incoherent babble served on a platter." The description is "Featuring the general jabber and ostentatious prater of the self-proclaimed expert on all things analytical, critical, and technological" (be aware of the qualifier there). I always seem to be thinking of a million things at once, so while I'm talking people have difficultly following what I'm talking about because I always go off on these crazy tangents, hence my blog's title: Tangential Musings.
Of course the official description doesn't provide enough information about the site so here's what it's actually covers: web design, search engine optimization (SEO), application security, programming, Mac OS X, Linux, cool gadgets, video games, new technologies, web hosting, web browsers, advertising, time management, and more.
ariadoss is a speculative fiction aficionado.
I have a great affinity for all genres of speculative fiction (particularly science fiction and fantasy). I've even dedicated a good number of the websites I've worked on to this "umbrella term." The Wizards.pro Science Fiction & Fantasy Portal is my largest achievement in this regard. Please be sure to check it out for a somewhat complete listing of my websites related to the wonderful genres of speculative fiction.
Some other notable speculative fiction sites of mine are Author Wars, the Encyclopedia of Speculative Fiction, the Hogwarts Live RPG, the Harry Potter Friendship Network, and the Wizards Webcast Network.
ariadoss is an experienced web developer.
What I Do
I handle the front-end, I handle the back-end, I handle the middleware interpreter. I do anything and everything related to the process of constructing a website, whether it's a custom-built web-based application written in PHP, or a information intensive website needing a user-friendly CMS with a MySQL database back-end, or a basic site necessitating only semantic XHTML and valid CSS, I can do it, I've done it, and I'll do it again. I'm a major proponent of open source and have released some of my programming projects under compatible licenses.
My Experience
I've been employed by Justia.com as a web developer for the past 3 years; I've been dabbling in web design for over 6 years; and I've been programming for 4 years. My latest web application is Author Wars, which is currently in alpha, for more information about the project and the tools I used to develop it check out the AuthorWars.com About page. I have a listing of my personal websites and projects on Tangential Musings, as for my work at Justia.com some websites I worked on are: Franco Columbu, LLRX, JurisPro, and U.S. Laws.
My Skills
PHP, MySQL, CSS, (X)HTML, JavaScript/Ajax, SEO/SEM, Usability, BASH/Shell Scripting
Tools of the Trade
CodeIgniter, Drupal, WordPress, MoveableType, BBEdit, TextMate, Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux, RedHat/CentOS Linux, Apache, Lighttpd, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator
What I Read
I've also read a multitude of books and articles as well as taken formal classes (at the Art Institute of California - San Francisco) on usability, interface design, search engine optimization (SEO), regular expressions (RegEx), object oriented programming (OOP), marketing, design patterns, secure coding, refactoring, unit testing, database design, database optimization, information security, reverse engineering, cryptography, computer graphics (Photoshop & Illustrator), content development, content management, content aggregation (RSS/XML), screen-scraping, template engines, project management, time management, typography, e-commerce, e-learning, social networking, web 2.0, scalability, Google hacks, and interactive animation (though I'd rather not touch Flash).
Can You Hire Me?
Yes, but I'm only available to work part-time. :)
ariadoss is aspiring to become a novelist.
Aside from my devout love for internet technologies I enjoy reading, writing, and analyzing speculative fiction. Some of my poetry, short stories, editorials, and essays have been published in various anthologies and magazines though I have taken a break from writing as I don't feel I'm that good at it. I have put some samples of my poetry and a science fiction novella up online for your reading pleasure.
ariadoss is currently reading a book.
ariadoss is also watching anime.
Yup, I'm an otaku, and I mean that by most definitions of the word. I'm a technophile, I barely leave the house, I watch loads of anime, and I read the occasional manga. I'm helping some people out with an anime site, it's still in development at the moment but you can check out Anime Tatsu if you want.