{"id":2,"date":"2010-03-14T17:22:17","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T17:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jpilantrose.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:37:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jpilantrose.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Objective<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> To continue to expand my design and coding capabilities by challenging  myself with newer technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expert skill set includes: HTML, XHTML, XML, PHP, Javascript, MySQL,  Flash Actionscript, AJAX, ASP, SQL Server<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journalism background applies well to large-scale SEO-centric  marketing projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comfortable creating custom code as well as customizing WordPress,  Joomla, and Drupal installs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Copyediting, writing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Jan. 2006-current<\/em><br><br>Freelance web designer, programmer. On-going contract work for companies  including Kagan Creative, Font Snob Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>May 2006-March 2010<\/em><br><br>Lead web developer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Kagan Creative, LLC\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Austin,TX<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Sept. 2004-Apr. 2006<\/em><br><br>Contract web designer, programmer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Fontsnob Inc.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Austin, TX<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Sept. 2001-current<\/em><br><br>Contract copyeditor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Pearson Education\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Indianapolis, IN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1997-2000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Indiana University\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bloomington, IN<br><br>B.A., Journalism<br><br>Concentration, Information Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> Available upon request<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-eGLrSJCTcc?si=uZWRr3j6qjnxaQ8S\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Objective Skills Experience Education References<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"about-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpilantrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpilantrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpilantrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpilantrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jpilantrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/jpilantrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/jpilantrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jpilantrose.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}