Who is Dana Coffey
I'm Dana and you may notice that no, I am not a blonde. I began www.aspforblondes.com quite some time ago when ASP was in its infancy and I was actually developing ASP sites on a Windows 98 machine. The site began as a place to share general web development resources and to market myself a bit. The site's current incarnation of crazeegeekchick.com is related to my handle on Twitter and other social networking sites. I figured I might as well own the domain.
I've been a web application developer for about 12 years. I'm a past recipient of the Microsoft MVP award for ASP.NET, and I'm one of the founding members of the ASPInsiders. Currently, my primary development platform is ASP.NET 2.0/3.5, SQL Server and Visual Studio 2008. My skillset however is quite a bit more broad. In my past roles at an ISP, an Engineering Firm, an Interactive Marketing Firm, and a Major Home Builder, I've had to utilize a myriad of technologies to develop solutions for my employers and clients. I still maintain several classic ASP websites, and I also develop desktop solutions when appropriate. I'm currently employed at McGuire Woods LLP as a Senior Application Developer and have been busy porting some old classic ASP sites over to ASP.NET.
My latest interests are social marketing/networking and open source development. Ubuntu's latest Hardy Heron and Mono are special interests of mine. I've also begun to learn some iPhone dev tricks and look foward to doing more development there.
My site's new incarnation is my desire to hop on the latest ways we get information from the web. I still develop more than fulltime, and a lot of my blogging will be ASP.NET related. Be prepared also however, for some general web related goodies that I've been discovering and logging!
And feel free to use one of the links to my networks in the side panel so we can stay connected!
8.22.2008 at 4:07 PM