Email: kira@lightsphere.com
I've been doing iOS development since 2008, and web development for 10+ years before that. I have six apps currently on the App Store, and another three that I wrote for SJ Games. I am available for some contract iPhone development.
Skills
iOS: Objective-C, Cocoa, Core Animation, Game Center, In-App Purchases, JSON, client-server apps
Web: Perl, HTML, CSS, XML, mod_perl, Mason, MySQL, JavaScript, and AJAX
My Apps:
Previous Work:
Steve Jackson Games - Web & iPhone Developer (contract, 4/03-present; full-time, 12/96-3/00). Apps:
Other tasks: Web programming (Perl, mod_perl, Mason, MySQL, JavaScript, Ajax).
- Developed UltraCorps (http://ultracorps.sjgames.com/), a turn-based space strategy game played in the browser.
- Set up mobile-friendly versions of key pages on the www.sjgames.com website.
- Created a new version of the SJ Games Royalty payment system using Perl and MySQL. Web-based interface allows SJG staff to input data and generate reports.
- Version control using SVN.
Monster.com (Monster Learning / Education.org) - Perl & JavaScript Programmer (contract), 3/07-7/08
Developed sites for schools listed on Education.org's school search engine. Development included page setup (HTML, PHP, Ajax and JavaScript), database setup (MySQL), and custom Perl modules to handle each school's specific lead-delivery requirements (REST & SOAP requests). Version control using Perforce.
Education.org - Perl & JavaScript Programmer (contract), 7/05-3/06.
Worked with a team of developers to create and maintain sites for Education.org's school search engine. Tasks included page creation (HTML and JavaScript), database setup, and custom Perl modules to handle each school's specific lead-delivery requirements. Version control using CVS.
Education
University of Houston at Clear Lake - BA in Computer Information Systems
Big Nerd Ranch - iPhone Bootcamp, September 2008.
Publications
iPhone Developer's Toolbox (web) - tips and tutorials for iOS developers.
CGI Programming 101, 2nd edition (ISBN 0-9669426-1-2). An introductory book that teaches non-programmers how to write their own CGI programs.
CGI Programming 201 (ISBN 0-9669426-2-0). This book shows the reader how to develop a Web message board system and Web log (blog) using modular, object-oriented programming techniques.