Hello, I’m Jayson Knight, a software developer currently residing in Charlotte, NC. While I have lived here long enough to be considered a native Charlottean, I was actually born in Pasadena CA and therefore try to stay true to my Cali roots. Unfortunately I have yet to make it back out west since I moved here.
The projects I’ve worked on have run the full gamut, though my specialty lies mainly in the .Net platform and web application design with the majority of work being done in corporate information technology (IT) departments for medium to large companies. More recently I’ve been working as an independant consultant while back in school working towards my undergraduate degree, and am also an MVP for Community Server (which is the software this site runs off of…if you like what you see and think it could benefit you, feel free to drop me a line using my contact form and we’ll start a dialog). Some of the most well known names in the .Net software biz are on the team as well, so it’s been a truly amazing experience.
I’m as passionate about music as I am about technology…so most of my spare time goes into either listening to music, playing drums, or (soon to be) getting into some production work of my own which is my ultimate dream. In what free time is left over after all of the above, I like playing with my dog (his name is Escher, and he’s a Whippet…here’s a photo of him if you’ve never heard of or seen a Whippet before; they are basically a medium sized Greyhound, but are indeed purebred dogs dating back to ancient times)…I adopted him about 5 years ago and he’s been a fantastic addition to my life. I’m also an avid skiier and tennis player when time permits, which unfortunately is never as much as I’d like.
As for why I’m running this site, it originally started out as a hobby project just to see if I could write my own decent blogging engine a little over 4 years ago. I actually never intended for this to still be going on so long, but once the traffic started coming in I decided I would keep up it up and try to post meaningful content on a somewhat regular basis (I try to do a new post daily). Writing is actually fantastic therapy; I highly recommend anyone who doesn’t have a blog to start one up.