I live in Asheville, North Carolina. I started my career as a Flash developer but I've since branched out and now I build awesome websites with Flash, jQuery, Ruby on Rails and html.

I'm a fan of well-written television, unique video game experiences and internet culture.

I love to cook and eat.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Arts and Sciences

University of North Carolina Asheville | May 2005

Distinction in Multimedia Arts and Sciences

Related Work Experience

JBA Network, Inc. Asheville, North Carolina

Lead Flash Developer 2004-2007

Scullytown.com Asheville Web Design

Web/Interactive Developer 2007-present

Skillsets

Programming Languages

Flash: AS2/AS3, Object Oriented Programming, Game Development, Rich Media (read: Slideshows), Audio Players, Video Players, Interactive Maps

Ruby: Ruby on Rails, Radiant CMS, Sinatra, Rack

PHP: php4, php5, cakePHP, joomla (sadly)

Javascript: jQuery, some prototype, javascript (plain old)

HTML/CSS: XHTML, CSS2, reset.css

Development Process

Version Control: GIT, SVN

Deployment: Capistrano with multiple stages for client preview and painless site updates

Object Oriented Programming: Make the code clean, easy to read and easily updateable.

Software

Adobe Photoshop: design slicing, photo retouching

Adobe Illustrator: drawing, live tracing, see my illustrations

Contact

nabatson@gmail.com