Brian’s been developing software since the heyday of MS-DOS and QBasic. Over the last decade, he’s developed applications on and off the Web, for projects ranging from the tiniest shell script to massive content-driven web sites such as CNN.com.
With experience spanning many languages and platforms, Brian brings a well-seasoned blend of expertise to the classroom. His infatuation with Ruby was ignited with the release of Ruby on Rails, and he has since come to cherish the language as a model implementation of many powerful object-oriented and functional programming design patterns. Of course, with the release of OS X, Brian changed his tune, adopting the Mac platform as his choice for both work and play. Speaking of play, if you asked Brian who he’d like to share a drink with - anyone, living or dead - he’d say Hunter S. Thompson. As long as they didn’t have to share the same glass, as well.