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true Brian has been developing web sites and web applications since 1995 when he founded his consulting company, New Auburn Personal Computer Services, LLC. Brian specializes in small business web sites, web applications, Ruby on Rails training, and accessibility for the visually-impaired. His clients were one of the first to deploy Rails applications in a Microsoft Windows environment. When he's not busy on the computer, he enjoys watching The Simpsons, playing piano and guitar, and spending time with his wife and daughters. http://www.napcsweb.com/ Eau Claire United States 2008-05-19T03:31:35Z Brian Music, technology, accessibility, interface design, teaching, and learning. Hogan Patrick 54703 false WI

2010-10-22T00:18:43Z true bphogan 2008-05-19T05:16:18Z 5 HTML 1 5 2010-12-16T19:11:59Z 1995-01-01 2008-05-19T05:16:54Z 7 Photoshop 2 7 2010-12-16T19:11:59Z 1994-01-01 2008-05-19T17:28:54Z 28 Ruby on Rails 3 16 2010-12-16T19:12:05Z 2005-01-01 2008-05-19T05:14:59Z 1 Ruby 4 1 2010-12-16T19:12:05Z 2005-01-01 2009-09-08T04:48:08Z 64 Cucumber 5 49 2010-10-27T14:51:29Z 2009-05-01 2010-05-20T20:36:03Z 93 Training and Mentoring 6 63 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2002-05-01 2010-02-04T06:32:47Z 90 SASS 7 59 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2009-02-01 2010-04-27T15:28:51Z 92 jQuery 8 62 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2009-10-01 2010-02-04T06:33:11Z 91 Sinatra 9 61 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2009-09-01 2009-09-11T22:40:32Z 65 HAML 10 50 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2009-01-01 2008-07-02T02:45:52Z 48 RSpec 11 37 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2008-07-01 2008-05-23T04:43:19Z 32 Test-driven development 12 30 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2006-01-01 2008-05-19T05:19:05Z 13 Project management 13 13 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2002-01-01 2008-05-19T05:18:50Z 12 Public speaking 14 12 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2004-01-01 2008-05-19T05:18:27Z 11 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 15 11 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2000-01-01 2008-05-19T05:18:11Z 10 MySQL 16 10 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2004-01-01 2008-05-19T05:17:50Z 9 Docbook 17 9 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2008-02-01 2008-05-19T05:17:34Z 8 Illustrator 18 8 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 1999-09-01 2008-05-19T05:16:39Z 6 CSS 19 6 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2002-01-01 2008-05-19T05:16:01Z 4 ASP 20 4 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2000-01-01 2008-05-19T05:15:41Z 3 PHP 21 3 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z 2003-04-01 2010-12-16T19:11:00Z 104 Technical writing 22 66 2010-12-16T19:11:00Z 2006-08-01 2010-12-16T19:11:16Z 105 Development editing 23 67 2010-12-16T19:11:16Z 2010-08-01 image/jpeg 2008-10-13T06:03:44Z An early morning shot of the UW-Eau Claire Footbridge right after sunrise in mid July. The perfect stillness of the water makes for a great reflection. true DSC_0019.jpg 1071 11 UW-Eau Claire Footbridge 2 1 file 853002 2010-10-27T14:51:32Z 1600 2009-08-25T00:58:05Z Rails Mentors is a community of volunteer mentors waiting to help you learn the Rails framework. Sign up today to get mentoring in various Rails-related topics at no cost. true 30 Rails Mentors 6 2 url 2011-05-03T19:14:40Z http://railsmentors.org/ 2009-09-11T22:38:55Z Web site for the Eau Claire Ruby User's Group. Created with StaticMatic, HAML, and 960.gs true 37 ECRuby 6 7 url 2010-10-17T16:42:47Z http://www.ecruby.org 2010-02-04T06:17:39Z Rendera lets you test HTML5 and CSS3 right in your browser, with live rendering and lots of examples. It's implemented in Sinatra and uses jQuery to handle the front-end AJAX. true 40 Rendera 6 1 url 2011-05-03T19:14:40Z http://rendera.heroku.com 2008-07-21T23:24:45Z I've been working with the web since 1995 and have developed web sites and applications for many clients. These represent a small sample of the work I've done. 6 My Web Projects 1 2011-05-03T19:12:13Z 2010-02-04T06:17:39Z Rendera lets you test HTML5 and CSS3 right in your browser, with live rendering and lots of examples. It's implemented in Sinatra and uses jQuery to handle the front-end AJAX. true 40 Rendera 6 1 url 2011-05-03T19:14:40Z http://rendera.heroku.com 2009-08-25T00:58:05Z Rails Mentors is a community of volunteer mentors waiting to help you learn the Rails framework. Sign up today to get mentoring in various Rails-related topics at no cost. true 30 Rails Mentors 6 2 url 2011-05-03T19:14:40Z http://railsmentors.org/ 2008-07-21T23:26:28Z I designed and implemented FeelMySkills to provide people a clean, efficient way to market their skills and portfolios online. Users can upload files and other personal information, and the site generates a PDF resume as well as a public profile page that users can direct potential employers to. Users can choose to hide their profile page by protecting it with a password. 6 FeelMySkills 6 3 url 2010-10-17T16:42:47Z http://www.feelmyskills.com 2008-07-21T23:28:10Z SnippetStash is a simple site for programmers who want to keep track of their source code snippets they've developed over time. Snippets can be shared with the world or just shared with friends, and the site sports a simple REST API to allow remote management of snippets. false 7 SnippetStash 6 4 url 2010-10-17T16:42:47Z http://www.snippetstash.com/ 2008-07-22T01:38:02Z I designed and implemented this site for a local real-estate agent. The site uses Ruby on Rails to provide the site owner a content management system so they can manage the availability of their rental properties. 8 Scheppke Real Estate 6 5 url 2010-10-17T16:42:47Z http://www.scheppkerealestate.net/ 2008-08-26T23:55:29Z I helped develop this site with a distributed team of developers with varying skill levels. I trained, mentored, and developed solutions to implement the patent-pending decision engine that powers this site. I also served as the CTO for this company and provided development and deployment spport. 10 MyDecisionHelper 6 6 url 2010-10-17T16:42:47Z http://www.mydecisionhelper.com/ 2009-09-11T22:38:55Z Web site for the Eau Claire Ruby User's Group. Created with StaticMatic, HAML, and 960.gs true 37 ECRuby 6 7 url 2010-10-17T16:42:47Z http://www.ecruby.org 2008-05-19T06:17:31Z I've always had an interest in photography, and while I am not a professional photographer, I have taken pictures for use on web sites and in publications. Here are some images which I feel represent my best work. 2 My Photographs 2 2011-05-03T19:12:13Z image/jpeg 2008-10-13T06:03:44Z An early morning shot of the UW-Eau Claire Footbridge right after sunrise in mid July. The perfect stillness of the water makes for a great reflection. true DSC_0019.jpg 1071 11 UW-Eau Claire Footbridge 2 1 file 853002 2010-10-27T14:51:32Z 1600 image/jpeg 2008-05-19T06:21:04Z This close-up of some flowers on the way to work has become a favorite of mine. DSC_0011.jpg 1071 4 Red flowers 2 2 file 1310811 2010-10-27T14:51:34Z 1600 image/jpeg 2008-05-19T06:19:37Z This picture was taken at the end of sunset in October. I used a long exposure to get enough light into the camera. DSC_0016-2.jpg 1071 2 Sky at Dusk 2 3 file 1237183 2010-10-27T14:51:36Z 1600 2008-10-13T06:06:42Z Work from a college design course where I made a rendering of a Kodak digital camera using Photoshop and Illustrator. This portfolio shows the stages of development and the final outcomes of the project. 8 Adobe Illustrator Camera Modeling 3 2010-10-27T14:53:30Z image/jpeg 2008-10-13T06:07:55Z Isometric sketch of the camera done with Illustrator. camera-isometric.jpg 480 13 Isometric Sketch 8 1 file 21870 2010-10-17T16:42:48Z 640 image/jpeg 2008-10-13T06:08:56Z The orthographic sketch was made by warping and skewing the isometric sketch. The edges were redrawn with the pen tool to blend things together. camera-orthographic.jpg 446 15 Orthographic sketch 8 2 file 26557 2010-10-17T16:42:48Z 522 image/jpeg 2008-10-13T06:09:54Z The shaded camera, used in a sample black and white advertisement. camera-ad-focus.jpg 703 17 "In Focus" ad 8 3 file 24488 2010-10-17T16:42:49Z 521 image/jpeg 2008-10-13T06:11:00Z A full-color ad with the camera model, showcasing my Photoshop abilities. Clouds and lighting were done manually. camera-ad-digital.jpg 704 19 Color "Digital" ad 8 4 file 41534 2010-10-17T16:42:50Z 522 2008-07-22T01:43:29Z Giving back to the community is something I feel that every developer should try to do. These are my open source projects. 7 My Open-Source Projects 4 2010-10-27T14:51:38Z 2011-05-03T19:16:40Z QEDServer is a ully working standalone web application and database that you can use as a "breadboard" for doing JavaScript AJAX development. 64 QEDServer 7 1 url 2011-05-03T19:16:49Z http://qedserver.napcs.com 2008-07-22T01:46:04Z This package allows developers to begin writing books, articles, or documentation using the free and flexible Docbook XML format by providing all of the necessary files as well as easy-to-use scripts to speed up the creation and build process. 9 Short-Attention-Span Docbook 7 2 url 2010-10-17T16:42:47Z http://www.napcs.com/products/docbook/ 2009-05-16T03:40:01Z Develop and maintain a plugin for Ruby on Rails that allows for deployment of applications behind front-end proxy servers. This plugin provides simple URL rewriting capabilities and is featured in the book "Deploying Rails Applications" from Pragmatic Bookshelf. 29 Reverse Proxy Fix 7 3 url 2010-10-17T16:42:47Z http://github.com/napcs/reverse_proxy_fix/ 2010-05-20T20:33:21Z Rails Plugin that provides a set of tasks to make Rails development projects easier. 41 Lazy Developer 7 4 url 2010-10-17T16:42:47Z http://www.github.com/napcs/lazy_developer 2010-05-20T20:35:02Z A test harness for running acceptance tests with Cucumber and WATIR against actual in-browser applications. Works on Windows and Mac with Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox. 42 cucumber_watir 7 5 url 2010-10-17T16:42:47Z http://www.github.com/napcs/cucumber_watir Minneapolis 2010-04-27T15:33:54Z 2010-04-10 Twin Cities Code Camp 8 16 Brian Patrick Hogan MN 2010-04-27T15:33:54Z Menomonie 2010-05-20T20:43:35Z 2009-11-11 Chippewa Valley Code Camp 2009 17 Brian Patrick Hogan url WI 2010-05-20T20:47:10Z http://www.slideshare.net/napcs/testing-your-sites-in-english-with-cucumber Las Vegas 2009-05-16T03:36:15Z 2009-05-06 RailsConf 2009 12 Brian Hogan url NV 2009-09-14T20:29:52Z http://www.slideshare.net/napcs/rails-and-legacy-databases-railsconf-2009 St. Paul 2009-05-16T03:35:36Z 2009-04-04 Twin Cities Code Camp VI 11 Brian Hogan url MN 2009-09-14T20:30:17Z http://www.slideshare.net/napcs/learning-to-walk-in-shoes-1434505 Bloomington 2008-10-13T06:00:19Z 2008-10-11 Twin Cities Code Camp 5 5 Brian Hogan and Chris Johnson MN 2008-10-13T06:00:19Z Portland 2008-09-24T05:18:40Z 2008-05-29 RailsConf 2008 4 Brian Hogan Oregon 2008-09-24T05:18:40Z Eau Claire 2008-05-19T05:24:56Z 2007-10-25 Chippewa Valley .Net Users Group 3 Brian Hogan and Chris Johnson WI 2008-05-19T05:24:56Z Portland 2008-05-19T05:24:02Z 2007-05-19 RailsConf 2007 2 Brian Hogan OR 2008-05-19T05:24:02Z Rochester 2008-05-19T05:23:26Z 2006-10-25 HighEdWebDev 2006 1 Lillian Hillis and Brian Hogan NY 2008-05-19T05:23:26Z Ezra Zygmuntowicz, Bruce Tate, and Clinton Begin, with Geoffrey Grosenbach, and Brian Hogan 2008-05-19T05:21:08Z 1 978-0-9787392-0-1 book Pragmatic Programmers LLC 2008-05-19T05:21:08Z 2008 Curtis Hibbs and Brian Hogan 2008-05-19T05:22:13Z 2 0-596-52965-1 book O'Reilly and Associates 2008-05-19T05:22:13Z 2007 Brian P. Hogan 2009-05-16T03:37:26Z 3 978-1-93435-613-5 December book Pragmatic Bookshelf 2010-02-04T04:46:06Z 2009 Brian Hogan 2010-02-04T04:49:26Z 5 8 February Pragpub article Pragmatic Programmers LLC 2010-12-14T22:22:59Z 1 2010 Brian P. Hogan 2010-12-14T22:22:28Z 6 978-1-93435-668-5 December book Pragmatic Programmers LLC 2010-12-14T22:22:28Z 2010 Brian Patrick Hogan 2010-12-14T22:24:16Z 7 10 October Pragpub Magazine article Pragmatic Programmers LLC 2010-12-14T22:24:16Z 1 2010 Brian P. Hogan, Chris Warren, Mike Weber, Chris Johnson, and Aaron Godin 2011-09-20T19:07:50Z 8 978-1-93435-683-8 August book Pragmatic Bookshelf 2011-09-20T19:07:50Z 2011 Eau Claire 2008-07-23T07:16:57Z degree 1 BBA 2001-05-23 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire WI 2008-07-23T07:16:57Z New Auburn Personal Computer Services LLC 2010-05-20T20:42:10Z I operate a consulting business that develops web sites and web applications for small businesses. I also offer remote mentoring and on-site training services to developers looking to expand their knowledge of Ruby, HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery. 19 1 1995-05-01 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z http://www.napcs.com Pragmatic Programmers 2010-10-20T02:00:37Z I work with authors to guide their books through the development process, from concept to publication. I provide feedback and guidance on content, and ensure that books adhere to house style. I also keep the books on schedule by keeping the authors on track. 21 2 2010-08-01 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z http://www.pragpub.com/ Pragmatic Programmers 2010-10-20T02:38:46Z Author of two books for Pragmatic Programmers 2010-10-01 23 3 2008-08-01 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2008-05-26T16:09:48Z Developed, deployed and maintained web applications used by thousands of unique users * Managed and mentored student developers as they brought projects from conception to implementation * Developed a system to alert faculty, staff, and students of campus emergencies via SMS, RSS, Email, IP phones, and PC-based messaging. * Developed web-based interfaces to grade submission and grade checking. 1 4 2003-01-01 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z http://www.uwec.edu SkillBuilders 2010-05-20T20:39:26Z I developed and taught a training course on Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, jQuery, and Cucumber for a client of Skillbuilders, a Rhode Island-based technology training company. This four day course took students through buidling basic Ruby scripts to developing a Ruby on Rails web application with Cucumber and RSpec tests and a Sinatra app that used jQuery for AJAX features. Students learned accessibility concepts, BDD techniques, and the basics of developing with the Ruby programming language. 2010-05-01 18 5 2010-05-01 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z DecisionHelp, LLC 2008-07-21T23:23:48Z I lead the development of http://www.mydecisionhelper.com/, working closely with the company's founder to build a powerful decision engine that could be used by businesses and individuals. My duties included * Ruby on Rails mentoring, training, and coding * Deployment * Assistance with design implementation 2008-08-01 4 6 2006-08-01 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z http://www.mydecisionhelper.com/ SocialBrokerage.com 2010-04-27T15:40:03Z I assisted with the development of socialbrokerage.com, a web site to help user groups find venues for meetings. I built a testing harness with RSpec and Cucumber, set up development and production servers, and wrote backend code to create and manage events, organizers, organizations, and venues. 2010-12-01 15 7 2009-07-01 2010-10-27T14:51:30Z http://www.socialbrokerage.com/ 2008-07-23T07:16:13Z Best Presentation - Technical Track - "Getting On Board Ruby on Rails" 1 HighEdWebDev 2006 2008-07-23T07:16:13Z 2006 2009-09-17T03:45:35Z true 1 ECRuby 1 2009-02-01

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