Your first question is probably how you say my name. Say “Zuh”, then say “vee”, but put it together and say it fast. Z’vi. S’vee. Zvi. Zvi. Svee.
There you go. The name is Israeli. I’m American though, born and raised. My last name is Band. I’ll let you figure that one out.
I’m a web developer who loves building applications from the ground up (mainly in PHP and Ruby on Rails) – with a focus on the front end development. I left the corporate world a little over a year ago, and since then have been CTO of a creative agency, started my own design/development firm, and am now CTO of a venture-backed startup. I’m still working on plans to start my own company (out of 1000s of ideas).
A bit about me:
I grew up on the west coast (saw my first snow at 16), but have lived in DC for the past six years. I attended the University of Maryland, College Park, and love my Terps and the many friends I see every day.
When I was in high school, I ran Skeevis Windows/Internet Newsletter, a weekly newsletter with Windows tips, tricks, and funny jokes. It grew to over 3,000 subscribers. I loved it.
Then I started blogging a number of years ago (long enough to use b2, the predecessor to Wordpress). I used to run one of those whine-about-everything blogs. Now I write about what interests me, as well as document to some extent what I’m going through.
What’s skeevis you ask? A girl gave me that nickname in 5th grade, and it stuck. Some of my friends don’t know my real name.
I believe strongly in the power of personal associations and connections, so send me an email. I respond to every one. Unless you’re the son of the deposed kind of Nigeria, or are trying to sell me home security systems or happy pills.
