About Me

In January 2010 my friend asked me to design a T-Shirt website for him, and since then I’ve spent most of my time coding and designing websites. Here’s a list of stuff I’ve been working on.

Last summer I worked for Atlassian, an enterprise software company. You can see some of the work I did for them on the “Projects” page. For the three summers before that, I worked at the Excel in Basketball Camp at De La Salle High School in Concord, CA.

I started this blog to give my friends and family an idea of what I’m reading and thinking about, to sharpen my thoughts, and to improve my own writing. I read plenty of books, papers, blogs and magazine articles, and this blog is an ideal place to share the things I am reading and thinking about.

I don’t play video games, and watch only the occasional TV show, but I spend about three hours a day reading. I funnel most communication into my email and RSS reader.

I have a fairly small political identity. If I could change one government policy, I would open America’s borders to more immigrants. I also favor higher taxes on energy and think most ‘green’ behavior is just signaling. A Facebook group I started was featured in the Economist. If there’s one phrase I could use to sum up my worldview, it would be that the world is getting better all the time.

My favorite charities are the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Institute for Justice, both of which have 4-star ratings at Charity Navigator.

If you would like to get an update when I write a new post, consider using an RSS reader, or sign up to receive an email when I write something new. Send me an email here. If you want to read the same things I’m reading, you can download the list of RSS feeds I read (OPML). I’m also on Twitter.