Who I am

Tag/Tag is the technology consulting firm led by
Jacob Redding. I provide consulting services, training, software development and system administration. Utilizing a network of skilled partners I also provide site and graphic design as well as website copywriting, proofing and editing. I am currently working around Asia particularly focused on Beijing & Shanghai China.


What I do

I specialize in the technologies that make the web work in hardware, software and personal form. As a hardware geek I specialize in Apache, MySql/Postgres on Linux. As a developer I use PHP on the Drupal platform for custom site and module development. The web is made up of people and I never stop extending my network to match skilled people with the right companies or projects.

huangzhou_developer_conference.mp4

May 24, 2008 I attended the 2nd annual developers conference in Huangzhou. I have to say that I was quite impressed with the line up of speakers and with the quality of the presentations. I was always extremely interested to compare how I, a big white westerner, and the local Chinese students interacted within the sessions. Or maybe I should say that lack of interaction within the sessions. I was extremely excited to ask questions, to probe deeper and to really get at the "meat" of the matter(s). The Chinese students seemed bored and also as if they knew all the answers or maybe they just didn't care.

I was cool to attend and to see how the local developers interact and to watch this ecosystem grow. In 10 years (or less, according to the Chinese government) the world is going to see a lot more highly skilled, very talented developers hit the industry.


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