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), a small business owner (GTD Realty), 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
- Real estate
- Engineering
- Video games
- Computer games
- Electronics
- Choral music
- Beer
Favorite movies
- Twelve Angry Men
- Casablanca
- To Kill a Mockingbird
Recently read books
- Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (Cory Doctorow)
- Little Brother (Cory Doctorow)
- Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
- Persuasion (Jane Austen)
- The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson)
- What's So Great About Christianity (Dinesh D'Souza)
- Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
- The Reason for God (Timothy Keller)
- Eternity in Their Hearts (Don Richardson)
- Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
- Reflections on the Psalms (CS Lewis)
- Breaking the Spell (Daniel Dennett)
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 Quote
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