First there was nothing…

Then there was Ryan.

It took little over 16 years for leading scholars to provide adequate evidence in support of the notion that the universe does not revolve around me as previously thought. Being a gracious loser, I shifted my focus from ruling with an iron fist to the more lofty goal of banishing awkwardness from my already calcified geek persona. Opinions on the outcome of said quest are many and varied, yet I remain confident in my success.

I spent the next few years searching for myself… on the internet. What I found was unacceptable (and occasionally not safe for work). I opted to learn all there was to know about these so-called tubes in order to destroy them one day and bring forth a new beast from the ashes. And so, enrolling in a high school program called CREATE (see irony), I was Cisco Certified my senior year.

All seemed well. I worked as a small company’s resident nerd, then dial-up tech support for an internet giant. What I did not expect was to be drawn into the swirling vortex of nerdage like a fly to the zapper. The resulting paradigm shift was cataclysmic.

Focus changed and ideas formed even as Mtn Dew intake increased. The quiet mouse of small network administration became the green eyed monster of web development. When the dust settled and the transformation was complete, I had a job, a vision and a PHP tattoo.

Over the next several years I would expand my development arsenal with small start-ups and large corporations alike. Somewhere in the midst of all this I was able to trick my wonderful then-girlfriend, Aly, into signing a marriage license. We have a son, Connor, who learned to use the tv remote and xbox controller before he could walk, despite our best efforts to hide them. We currently live in Rexburg, ID, which we hope will someday outgrow the prevalent distrust of the Internet and make craigslist more useful to its inhabitants.

The final thing you need to know about me is that occasionally, for little to no reason, I burst into song. See the music page for examples.