Lawrence, Kansas Area
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- Lead Developer at Lawrence Journal-World
- Co-BDFL at Django
- Past
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- Junior Developer at Lawrence Journal-World
- Lead CMS Developer at ID Society
- Lead Software Technician at Radar-Digital Systems
- Education
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- University of California, Santa Cruz
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Jacob Kaplan-Moss’s Summary
The history of information is also a history of control.
Thanks to the Internet, the barrier to self-publishing is lower than ever. I want to make tools that continue to lower that barrier.
My work as a core developer of Django focuses on giving anyone -- even (especially) non-programmers -- the tools to create dynamic, content-driven websites. I see my work at a newspaper company as an extension of this: I help to make sure that we truly serve our community by giving them a place to discuss the news and make their own opinions heard.
Jacob Kaplan-Moss’s Specialties:
Django, Python, SQL (especially PostgreSQL), JavaScript, CSS, X/HTML, Web application scalability, and web development of all shapes and sizes.
Jacob Kaplan-Moss’s Experience
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Lead Developer
Lawrence Journal-World
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2005 — Present (3 years 2 months)
I lead development of Ellington, the Journal-World's news publishing platform. Ellington was originally developed for internal use only, but is now a commercial product used by news organizations across the globe. My role is that of a technical lead: I'm responsible for the overall design and philosophy of our tools, and I manage a team of about half a dozen other developers.
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Co-BDFL
Django
(Non-Profit; Internet industry)
July 2005 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Adrian Holovaty and I are Co-Benevolent Dictators for Life of Django, an open-source web framework extracted from the publishing platform built at the Journal-World and open-sourced in 2005.
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Junior Developer
Lawrence Journal-World
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)
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Lead CMS Developer
ID Society
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2003 — August 2004 (10 months)
Besides being the (unofficial) standards evangelist, I developed an in-house CMS framework in PHP for our design clients. These clients included Grand Marnier USA, Johnnie Walker Black Label, and USA Networks.
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Lead Software Technician
Radar-Digital Systems
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Security and Investigations industry)
January 2001 — August 2003 (2 years 8 months)
I lead the design and development of a web-based wide-area video monitoring system marketed to harbors, airports and transportation companies. I was involved in every aspect of system development including developing specifications with the customer, overseeing product development, and managing quality assurance and installation. Clients I worked closely with included the Santa Cruz Harbor, the Port of Los Angeles, and CalTrans.
Jacob Kaplan-Moss’s Education
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University of California, Santa Cruz
BA, American Literature, 1999 — 2003
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Jacob Kaplan-Moss’s Honors:
Sites I've worked on at the Journal-World have won dozens awards. In my time here we've won an AP Managing Editors award for online convergange, nine Digital Edge awards, three Editor&Publisher (EPpy) awards, and numerous Kansas Press Association awards.
Sites powered by Ellington have also won numerous awards: the 2007 Digital Edge awards went to Ellington-powered sites in 7 out of the 9 categories.
