Thomas Aylott

Current

• Developer at MooTools Production Team
• Client Side Web Development Consultant at Clock Four
• Contributor / Maintainer at Open Source TextMate Bundles

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Past

• Web Developer at Sun Microsystems
• Interaction Designer / Client-Side "AJAX" Developer at Green Sherpa
• Contractor at Digerata Communications. Strategic design for web and print

• Contractor at Crazy Egg, Inc.
• Web Developer at RMS

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• subtleGradient
• GitHub
• MooTools

Thomas Aylott’s Summary

Thomas Aylott—Holistic Digital Fixer

Projects are more than just a job to me. I pour my heart and soul into every character I type and every pixel I push. When I get a project I own it from beginning to end. I do what it takes to make it happen. It Must Be Fixed.

I have my preferences when it comes to languages, frameworks and technology. But I'm not above using something I don't prefer if it works best for the project. The Project Must Be Fixed.

QA is very important to me. If the solution doesn't work, then the problem hasn't been fixed. It Must Be Fixed.

Most client-side developers tend to try and fix their sites in IE6 as an afterthought. I think it's very important to QA and test as you develop to make sure that you catch any potential issues before they become problems. It Must Be Fixed.

On the server-side I've worked with Ruby on Rails, Ruby Rack, Python Django, JSP, .NET, ASP, PHP, CGI and probably more. I prefer Ruby and Javascript.

Some of my recent projects:

GreenSherpa
http://greensherpa.com

MooTools
http://mootools.net

JavaFX.com
http://javafx.com

Java.com
http://java.com

SDN Channel
http://blogs.sun.com/sdnchannel

new Lynda.com
http://projects.subtlegradient.com/Lynda%20Home/

Serena
http://serena.com

CrazyEgg
http://crazyegg.com

Top 10 core TextMate Bundle contributors. CSS.tmBundle, Javascript.tmBundle, etc...

Core MooTools Developer http://mootools.net/developers

Open Source projects hosted on GitHub http://github.com/subtlegradient

I use Git, Subversion and Mercurial for version control. I prefer Git.

I've been married for 8 years, have 3 kids and a minivan.

Thomas Aylott’s Specialties:

Progressive Enhancement, Semantic SEO Friendly HTML / XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Unobtrusive Javascript, Javascript Frameworks, Extreme Cross Browser Compatibility, Front-end Client-side Performance, Client-side User Experience, Image Optimization, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Rack Webapps, TextMate Bundles, Subversion, Git, MooTools

Thomas Aylott’s Experience

• Developer

  MooTools Production Team

  (Internet industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  I'm the guy who's mainly responsible for pushing for the move to Git and Lighthouse. I've helped with some strategic planning, project organization and handled the migration to Git. I also haunt the IRC channel and randomly help people debug insane CSS issues. I'm also the maintainer of the new MooTools 1.2 TextMate Bundle (coming soon)

• Client Side Web Development Consultant

  Clock Four

  (Internet industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years )

• Contributor / Maintainer

  Open Source TextMate Bundles

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)

  I'm currently one of the top 10 TextMate bundle contributors. I've created a number of bundles. I've made major upgrades to a number of existing bundles. I created a codecompletion library that's in use in a number of bundles. And I make regular tweaks and updates here and there. And I'm currently the official maintainer of a number of bundles such as CSS and Javascript.
  
  http://www.ohloh.net/projects/9884/contributors/42451456765514

• Web Developer

  Sun Microsystems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2007 — 2009 (2 years )

• Interaction Designer / Client-Side "AJAX" Developer

  Green Sherpa

  (Internet industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• Contractor

  Digerata Communications. Strategic design for web and print

  (Internet industry)

  July 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 5 months)

  While working with Digerata, I have been able to on with a huge variety of fascinating and challenging projects. From HTML email campaigns that work in every major webmail and desktop email client to making the new Lynda.com (coming soon) and Java.com (which also works in IE5).

• Contractor

  Crazy Egg, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  November 2005 — September 2007 (1 year 11 months)

  I was one of the two developers behind CrazyEgg.com
  
  I was mainly responsible for client-side development and design implementation. I also built much of the reporting side of things. From Rails controllers and views to models and tests. I was also able to use pure Actionscript AS3 code to implement the design of the Confetti view. See http://crazyegg.com/demo for a demo

• Web Developer

  RMS

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2004 — February 2006 (2 years )

  Mostly internal / passworded Web Applications. Various tools for employees including a touch-screen webapp to use on the warehouse floor. Reporting apps for management. Apps for accounting. Extensive Web app for customers. Contact me for more info.

Additional Information

Thomas Aylott’s Websites:

• subtleGradient
• GitHub
• MooTools

Thomas Aylott’s Groups:

MooTools

•    MooTools
•    Blueprint CSS