This page describes the philosophy that guides the design and development of this web site.
Every web site has a purpose.
There may be general guildelines to good web design, but most such guidelines can be ignored should the web site's purpose warrants. This web site's purpose is to share select information to targeted audiences such as my friends, family, prospective employers, colleagues, classmates, etc. Each section of this site follows a different style depending on its target audience and intended purpose. This site's intended audience have diverse hardware, software, and taste. Thus for the most part, this site strives to appear clean and tidy even if the users decide not to load graphics or use old browsers with limited formatting capability.