Carl Tashian
I make things people love to use. I built much of Zipcar's technology, wrote Ruby on Rails apps for my clients, and co-founded OurGoods.
Now I'm starting a startup.
Timeline
Today
Starting a startup. Watch this space.
2009–today
Co-founded OurGoods — resource sharing for creatives
2006–today
Freelance. See Aloka Studio
2009–11
Director of Technology at Participatory
Politics Foundation; built OpenGovernment.org
Politics Foundation; built OpenGovernment.org
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 2003–2009 (archives →)
1994
Lead coder for HexOnyx, an early online multi-player game. Molded the player experience and created a virtual economy and in-game real estate market.