About me:

I'm majoring in Geographic Information Science (GIS) at the Ohio State University. While I still enjoy studying GIS, I’ve recently discovered my strong interest in becoming a front-end web developer. When I'm not studying for exams or writing papers for school I love learning about the technologies used to build web applications – there’s soo many! I was first introduced to web development by a cool newer online community called Free Code Camp, and as the name implies, it’s a free online self-paced code camp for anyone who might be interested. As soon as I started going through the challenges I was hooked. Being able to write HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and then instantly see results in a browser upon saving was so addicting and fun – I couldn’t stop playing with the code and experimenting.

Other things I find interest in:

Cooking

I love cooking. Not only can it be a healthy choice to cook your own food, it can also be a lot of fun. I like being able to experiment and see what flavors work best.

Meditation

Meditating is something new I've been trying out. From what I've read, it can be a great way to relax from any stresses you may have. I also might be secretly be trying to learn the ways of the force -- you never know!

My Health

I spend A LOT of my time in front of my computer, so I always make sure that I'm getting myself to the gym a few times a week.

Cats and Dogs

Cats and dogs are my favorite. Currently I don't have any companions because of my leasing terms, but for now my girlfriend's cat will suffice.

For Science!

I often find myself staying up late at night reading and watching documentaries about our universe. Anything from theoretical physicist Michio Kaku or astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is amazing.

Travel

I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to travel to a few countries in Eastern Europe and I had so much fun that I'm going back -- I don't know when, but it's happening.

My Current Battle Station:

Desktop setup:

Two ASUS Monitors on a VIVO dual mount
Full-size tower: NZXT
Das Keyboard: 4C Professional with blue switches
Crappy mouse and speakers
Ergonomic Chair

Configurations:

CPU: Intel(R) Core i5-4690K @ 3.5GHZ
GPU: GeForce 750Ti
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VII Hero
Memory: 8GB
Storage:1TB SSD and 1TB HDD as backup

And of course my trusty MacBook Pro and Iphone 6 are always within arm's reach :3

Experience

Everyday I'm learning new things and upgrading my skills, but here's what I've got so far:

I'm competent with the following technologies:

JavaScript
HTML5
CSS3
JQuery
Bootstrap
Git

I have some experience with the following technologies:

Sass
Stylus
Ajax
JSON
SQL
C++
Python
Java
Webpack

If you're a visual person like me, here's a color coded skill tree I created on coggle.it :

Green: skills I'm competent at
Orange: skills I'm currently studying
Red: Skills I plan on learning in the near future
Yellow: technologies I have little experience with
Purple: Just the tree

Projects

Please note that the following projects are neither perfect nor 100% complete. I felt that once I've learned what I could, it was time to move on to the next subject or technology to learn. At this point, I'm far too excited to learn more rather than wasting time on making a clone of something when eventually I will be able to use my skills to create something new. :)

Quote Machine

Built an interactive quote machine using HTML5, CSS3, JavaSctipt, Jquery and Bootstrap. Got a little experience with integrating a third party API. check it out on code pen or take a look at the source code on github

Codepen GitHub

Pomodoro Timer

Built an interactive Pomodoro Timer using HTML5, CSS3, JavaSctipt, Jquery and Bootstrap. Got familiar with the setInterval and clearInterval functions. check it out on code pen or take a look at the source code on github

Codepen GitHub

Local Weather

Built an interactive weather app using HTML5, CSS3, JavaSctipt, Jquery and Bootstrap. Got familiar with asynchronous updating with ajax by requesting data from the open weather map api. check it out on code pen or take a look at the source code on github

Codepen GitHub

Currently I'm going through the courses on frontendmasters.com. I have a github repo of the courses I've taken/currently in progress of taking. I'm quickly learning a lot of new technologies and plan to build more apps using those new skills -- which I will post here.