About

Hi. I’m Joe Casabona(that’s me on the left) and I make Awesome Web Things. This is my blog.

I graduated from the University of Scranton with my Masters in Software Engineering. I am now a full time developer and part time faculty member there, in the Department of Computing Sciences. I hail from Middletown, NY.

I am also a freelance web developer, DBA Manifest Development. I program primarily in XHTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL, and Javascript, and I’m up on all the cool new technologies like Responsive Web Design. I also know a whole lot about WordPress; so much so that I even wrote a book about it.

As for personal interests, I’m a huge Yankee fan and NY Giants fan, I enjoy playing video games and love Texas Hold’Em. I play whenever I can. If you so desire, you can follow me on Twitter at @jcasabona. Between my random (sometimes funny) tweets, I throw in a good thought or link to check out.

About the Blog

I guess the official start of this thing was in 2002, when I had some space on Yahoo! and was just starting out in the web dev world. I was in high school, so really it was more like a LiveJournal, filled with teen angst. I mean, you know how high school is. Or maybe you don’t. It’s cool.

Since then it’s evolved from a fake LJ to a place of substance. I usually talk tech, freelancing, sports, and politics and occasionally post something worth reading. I love reading your comments, so feel free to add in your two cents anytime you want.

Credits/Recommendations

This Blog is powered by WordPress.

My blog (and most of my sites) are hosted by Dreamhost. The rest of my sites are hosted by Media Temple.

My book is published by Rockable Press. They have lots of great books on web development, freelancing, and other topics. Check them out!