Carl Tashian

I'm an engineer and designer working on the sharing economy.

I write code for my clients and am a co-founder of OurGoods.

I developed and designed much of Zipcar's technology.

Timeline

2011-2012
2009–today
Co-founded OurGoods — resource sharing for creatives
2006–today
Principal, Aloka Studio. Clients include American Museum of Natural History, Chefs Collaborative, Taza Chocolate, ITP@NYU.
2009–11
Director of Technology at Participatory
Politics Foundation
2001–06
Senior Engineer at Zipcar; responsible for much of the system architecture, experience design, and end-to-end development
2000
Graduated Case, BSE Computer Engineering
1998–2000
Built an online community at Case
1997
Played with networks at Hewlett-Packard
1995–99
Wrote How Do They Do That With HTML?, a web guide that taught HTML to millions
1995
Started this website; blogged from 2003–09
1993-95
Lead coder at HexOnyx, a popular early online multi-player game. Molded the player experience and created a virtual economy and in-game real estate market.