I am a husband to a beautiful wife named Whitney and Dad to a wonderful baby boy. Yay! :) Damien Augustus Shaffer has come into this world on March 15th 2010.
In my professional life, I have accumulated over 4 years utilizing a wide range of technologies to develop software solutions for my current employer. Most of this time was spent learning methodical approaches within different environments to broaden my programming knowledge and project planning abilities. These environments include both open source and Windows based development, mainly Web.
I also dabble in Social Media and it applications in today's culture and marketplace. I consider it a hobby but some may say its an obsession. ;) I enjoy it immensely.
It’s 3am and my wife hasn’t made it to bed yet. I worry she isn’t getting enough sleep but I know she is able to rest when needed. This deadline of March 15th is hanging over our head as we grow closer and closer to the birth of our first child. It is amazing the…
Here we are again. Only this time, I am no longer overwhelmed by my thick thumbs and have conquered the touchy-feely HTC touchscreen. I now utilize the haptic feedback for the keyboard and can navigate this device with my eyes closed. Well…..almost. In this demo I take 4 examples of ways to help yourself with the Nexus…
What? Really? A site dedicated to informing the public of your adventures? You can not just walk out of the house and take the same non-precautions your parents did. C’mon people, this is the 10’s….uh, ok. 😉 I fall into the range of kids that our parents rarely locked the door so this could…
It is rare we see the snow in the south and yet in less than 1 year we have seen an accumulation of the flaky stuff in our area. Seeing the south in the snow is a revealing glimpse of another world. A world in which the trees are different, the rooftops shine bright and…
I am glad to say I now own the nexus one. I saw an interesting piece of data come across the twitter feeds that said that only 80k have been sold. So, of course, this means that not many people have it. I must admit, I know of no other in my circle of tech geek friends.…
It”s beginning to feel a lot like…a baby! As we have been lavished by gifts and finding out entire life is being summarized by one event, I can get quite lost in the days to come. We finally have our furniture up and ready. We have our car seat. We have a ton of diapers…