# Designer, developer, hardware tinkerer, open source advocate, consumer of dark roast coffee, and writer of very long sentences.

As a designer/developer hybrid, I help software companies improve their user experience and ship more performant products. I also actively maintain several [open source projects](/projects).

I'm passionate about open source software, usability, performance, privacy, and minimal design. This small piece of the internet stores a growing collection of my personal [brain dumps](/posts/dump).

## Skills & Languages

Core tools are HTML, CSS, Ruby, JavaScript & WordPress. Currently improving my skills with Rails, MongoDB & PHP. I also enjoy tinkering with basic shell scripts and [Unix systems](/public/images/unix.gif).

## Design Thought Experiments

* [Stop Using Hamburger Menus (Sometimes)](/posts/hamburgers)
* [Better Search Results](https://search.btxx.org)
* [My Coffee Maker Just Makes Coffee](/posts/one-thing)
* [Blog Anonymously](https://anon.btxx.org)

## Articles & Tutorials