About the website...
This is, obviously, a personal website dedicated to an individual and any and all information contained within this website is provided free of charge and without any guarantee of accuracy or relevancy. There are probably hundreds of grammar mistakes littered throughout the pages of this site. If that bothers you, email me!
Because of legal obligations I have to inform you that this website does collect certain information that you may or may not consider personal or private. Examples of such information include, but are not limited to, your location (determined by IP address), your browser information (e.g. Mozilla FireFox ), where you came from/what website referred you, the time of your visit and how long you stayed, what pages you viewed, and other similar information. The only way for you to hide this information is to not visit this site which would be a tradgedy to all parties involved.
This website was coded by hand inside the Eclipse IDE. All measures were taken to ensure that this website conforms to the standards set forth by fellow designers, coders, and programmers throughout the world. Unfortunately some browsers do not share the desire to create a standardized view of the world-wide-web and there may be some quirks in certain browsers. It is my recommendation that you browse the web using FireFox in order to receive the best experience possible. That said, I made an effort to ensure that a comparable experience can be obtained in each of the browsers prevelant in the market.
About the person...
My name is Jeffrey D. Carouth and I am a 22-year-old student, brother, son, friend, boyfriend, and professional. I was born and raised in Houston, TX and currently reside in College Station, TX while attending Texas A&M University.
Growing up, most of my life centered around family, church, and athletics. I played various sports for as long as I can remember. I moved my focus to basketball during highschool and have since migrated to endurance sports (running and cycling). I also train in the weight room on a consistent basis. Fitness is a significant part of my life.
I am also musically inclined, but lately time has drawn my attention away from musical endeavors. I played the alto saxophone for three years and the drums for another four years. One of my favorite things to do was to play the drum part to Higher by Creed along with a friend of mine. I played for the church praise team during the early part of my high school years.
Lately I have had a desire to begin exploring new languages. I am currently deciding between German and Chinese as my first foreign language (other than the little Spanish I actually remember from the three years I took in high school).
About the professional...
I have been involved in website development since 1998 when my cousin showed me the work he was doing for his church's website. I decided that I too would learn how to build a website for my church and thus began my journey into the exciting world of HTML. Back then tables were the tools of trade and javascript was only eye candy. I picked up PHP as a web scripting language in 2003 and as they say, the rest is history.
When I developed my first database-backed website and subsequent web applications I fell in love with databases and you can find me frequenting technical help forums to share in my passion. I have worked as a freelance developer, a database architect, a web programmer, and a web project manager. I am currently employed at Texas A&M University as a Programmer developing web application for the Division of Research and Graduate Studies and also as a freelance developer and photographer under the brand Accelerate Studio.
I previously held positions at SugarCRM, Inc., Systek, Informaion Management Services at Texas A&M Physical Plant, and TTVN Operations.