Biography
Joel is the husband of one (Katie), the father of four girls (Carolyn, Noelle, Sarah, and Madeline), a geek, a student, an electrical engineer (at Intel), and a seeker of truth.
Skillsets
- Power integrity analysis (think computer system design and electrical engineering)
- Programming
- Content management systems
- Building computers
- Computer networking
- Vocal performance
- Web design
Interests
- Soccer
- Basketball
- Hiking
- Programming
- Engineering
- Video games
- Computer games
- Puzzles
- Electronics
- Choral music
- Beer
- ...and many more
Favorite movies
- Twelve Angry Men
- Casablanca
- To Kill a Mockingbird
Recently read books
- The Hacker Crackdown (Bruce Sterling)
- Makers (Cory Doctorow)
- The Areas of My Expertise (John Hodgman)
- What Do You Care What Other People Think? (Richard Feynman)
- End the Fed (Ron Paul)
- Accelerando (Charlie Stross)
Most influential books
- The Myth of Certainty (Daniel Taylor)
- The Bible
- Breaking the Spell (Daniel Dennett)
- The Language of God (Francis Collins)
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
- Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Favorite Quotes
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
- Booker T. Washington
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.
- Attributed to Mark Twain
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
- Theodore Roosevelt