Hi. I'm Weston Cann.

I'm smart, creative, and I like to solve problems, usually by figuring out how good software and human systems can help, and then bringing them to life. Sometimes I also like to build things just for the fun of it. I've been doing both on the web for over 15 years.

If you hire me, I'll help you create quality products and better processes. You can call me at (714) 224-6595 or email me at weston @ canncentral . org.

I Know:

  • Programming languages: It doesn't matter which one, I'll learn it, but I've already built things in C, Java, JavaScript, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Prolog, and Python.
  • Markup and styling: I've produced literally hundreds of CSS positioned layouts that displayed consistently across Gecko, Trident, and Webkit.
  • Good software development practices — separation of concerns, loose coupling, SCM, MVC, TDD, OOP, etc.
  • Relational database theory and practice: I can bring home the data, fry it up in a query plan.
  • How the web works on a protocol level: I could write my own web server in a pinch.
  • How the web works on a social level: attention, link-bait, memes, "why wasn't I consulted", online community (I'm "from the Internet").
  • What makes for good design and user experience (though I can't always create it all by myself).
  • How to learn new things

I've Studied:

Mathematics, Computer Science, Secondary Education, and Music.

I've Worked For:

  • Myself, doing freelance development on projects from mail management web apps to mobile markup for the last 10 years.
  • Logoworks (startup #3, sold to HP), doing account management on creative projects and covering the technical side of web projects from 2003-2006.
  • Career Step (startup #2, growing up just fine), building tutorial and education management systems in Perl from 2000-2001
  • Big Planet Internet (bought by Nu Skin), creating and managing ISP intranet services and teaching markup and javascript skills to my fellow employees from 1999-2000
  • BYU's Computer Science Deparment, managing logistics and creating curriculum for their high school summer program during most of my 1990s summers.
  • The Waterford Institute, building multimedia education activities in Java for part of 1998.
  • Shopsite (startup #1, sold to OpenMarket), building one of the first ever turnkey web-commerce packages in C from 1996-1998.
  • BYU's Interlibrary Loan Office, using Pascal to develop database software tracking their borrowing and lending from 1994 to 1995.
Ph#: (714) 224-6595     Email: weston @ canncentral . org