Parnell Alexander Springmeyer


San Diego, California 92116
(702) 445-3545


Table of Contents

1 Dēmiourgos

"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical
universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step
beyond logic." Irulan, Dune


I am a rogue intellectual and diverse range of interests from
psychology, sailing, and literature to systems engineering,
programming, and mathematics.

2 Summary of my Skill and Experience

  • 5+ years experience in the design, construction, and maintenance of websites and web applications
  • 4+ years experience in the administration, setup, and operation of Unix servers and networks
  • My skill and knowledge is self-cultivated through a mixture of personal and professional projects
  • I am focused, decisive, and critical of all my work
  • My work is an artistic modality as much as it is an engineering discipline

3 Industry Skills and Knowledge

3.1 Programming Languages

  • Python 2.x and 3.x
    • [Framework] Pylons
  • PHP 5.3.x
    • [Framework] KohanaPHP
  • Scheme (Racket)
  • Erlang
  • Objective-C
  • Javascript

3.2 Markup Languages

  • XHTML
  • RDF
    • RDFS
    • RDFa
  • Topic Maps
  • XML
  • XSLT

3.3 Software Stack

  • Emacs
  • Mercurial (hg)
  • Subversion (svn)
  • Chrome

3.4 Platforms

  • Mac OS X
  • FreeBSD
  • Linux

4 Education

I am an autodidact (self directed learner), a rogue intellectual, a
polymath - I use a self-compiled liberal arts and technical
curriculum in pursuit of personal expansion and evolution. My
interests are broad, deep, and sacrosanct.

5 Current Appreciators

5.1 BestBlogs.net

June 2010 - Present


Best Blogs


Erica Douglass ([http://erica.biz]) contacted me about an early
stage startup she was working on. Best Blogs provides a syndicated
and aggregated list of the best blogs on the internet; it also
provides tools for blog owners and is planned to provide a
recommendation engine for users and blogs that they may like.


Erica hired me to re-build the application from scratch using
Python.

6 Previous Appreciators

6.1 (open source) Kohana: A Swift PHP5 Framework

December 2008 - June 2010


Kohana


KohanaPHP is a thriving open-source web application framework
built on the PHP programming language.


I had core commit access and played a key role in a few of the
core features, much of the core documentation, bugfixing, and
authored many 3rd party developer approved modules.


My participation with this project has been put on hold as I am
currently working with the Python/Pylons web application stack.

6.2 Raster Media

April 2010 - June 2010


Raster Media


Raster Media approached me with a security sensitive project named
Life Cellar that was intending to be a "home away from home" for
your important documents in the event an emergency happened.


I designed, engineered, and built the first iteration of the web
application. The requirements called for:


  • dynamic form building using AJAX
  • secure encryption of data
  • share documents or document repositories with contacts
  • administrative impersonation of users for assistance
  • &c…


This project took six weeks for its first iteration.

6.3 Vivid Web Graphics

January 1010 - March 2010


Vivid Web Graphics


Sean Ansari (sole proprietor of Vivid Web Graphics) approached me
with a project for a client of his that needed a writer's
marketplace with a twist. That twist was to provide randomized
internet marketing copy-writing to buyers by dividing a buyer's
order into a randomized set of jobs that any writer signed up on
the site could pick from and work on. The project was named Sqrib.


The project used a crude URL page scraper to (try) and verify
content was posted by writers on the specified web address and a
copy protection service was also used to check for original work.


This project took a total of ten weeks for its first complete
iteration.

6.4 Raster Media

January 2009 - July 2009


Raster Media


I was employed at Raster Media (prior to my being contracted by
them, as noted above) for six months and was responsible for two
major projects, assistance and maintenance on a few small projects
and a big client project Western Veterinary Conference, as well
as the design and setup of their entire development infrastructure
and pipeline.


The projects I worked on (that are on the web):


6.5 BOOMj.com

May 2008 - December 2008


BOOMj.com, Beyond Commerce


I was employed at BOOMj.com (now BeyondCommerce.com) and was
responsible for these projects:


  • National geolocated adserver (PHP/Python) software and client widget
  • Custom order processing and confirmation system (PHP)
  • Subversion Synchronization System (Python/Subversion)
  • Feed and video scraping client (PHP)
  • Custom search page/engine (PHP)
  • Two million+ image resizing and archival tool (PHP)

6.6 Thomas & Mack Center

May 2007 - May 2008


UNLV Tickets


I was employed at the Thomas and Mack Center entertainment venue
and worked on a number of their small projects:


7 Availability

I am currently available for time commitments that do not exceed 20
hours of work per week.


Because my schedule changes rapidly, I do not always remember to
update this section of my resume as things change. Email me if you
have specifics and I can let you know if I am interested and if I
have the time.

Author: Parnell Springmeyer <ixmatus@gmail.com>

Date: 2010-07-19 12:02:17 PDT

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