About

Greg and son Jacob

This blog is my own personal soapbox, where I can harangue passers by with whatever I please. These days,  my attention is on the intersection of computers, the Internet and communications. As a web developer since 1995, I understand pretty well how the pieces fit together. Now it’s mostly about how to speak to people in ways that they understand.

I am available through webdancers to work on projects, including traditional web sites, WordPress-based sites, Google Apps installations and social media initiatives.

A little history: I was raised in Los Angeles but traveled to the Pacific Northwest to pursue a degree in media and communications at The Evergreen State College, in Olympia, Washington. After graduation, I returned to work in Hollywood, as a recording engineer (which is not as glamorous as it sounds) at A&M Records and independently.

Also around this time, I began messing around with first and second generation personal computers, forming a consulting service as my time in the music industry came to an end. In the mid-80s, I was Vice President of Operations and Lead Technical Writer for Barnett/Associates, an Aptos, California collateral production agency.

From 1988 through 1993, I took a leave of absence from the computer industry and became the first thing that I ever wanted to be when I grew up: a pilot.  I accumulated over 3,200 flight hours as a Certified Flight Instructor, charter and corporate pilot. I’m proud to hold the FAA rating of Airline Transport Pilot, having flown throughout the United States, Canada and Europe (which is as glamorous as it sounds), in everything from an open cockpit biplane to corporate jets and turboprops.

The only thing permanent is change and in 1994, I transitioned back into the computer business in the Central Sierra foothills of California. In 1995, I founded webdancers as a web development company, which has kept me occupied ever since.

Tuolumne, CA
September 2009