About
- The author
The Author
My name is Scott Martin. I am a Ph. D. student in linguistics at Ohio State University. Formerly, I was a software engineer and Web developer in Cambridge, MA where I founded coffeeblack. Except for a few things I have borrowed, I authored all of the code on this site, from front to back. More information about me is available in my profile. Feel free to contact me with any thoughts, comments, or suggestions.
Sections
A brief overview of each of the sections in this site.
- Home
- Hosts news and features. The main landing page of the site, it is the first thing that users encounter when they visit. Outdated versions of the home page are kept in the archives.
- Profile
- Information about my work experience, education, and other résumé material.
- Work
- My approach to software engineering and web application development. Also includes several featured projects and downloadable free software.
- Photos
- My photo collections. Screen shots of featured project work.
- About
- This page. Author and copyright information.
- Contact
- An email form for sending me a message. My GPG public key is kept in this section.
Affiliations
Coffeeblack is a proud member of the Central Square Business Association in Cambridge, MA.
Copyright
With a few exceptions, all of the code and content on this site is copyrighted material and cannot be reproduced or re-used without the author’s express permission.
The Name
The name coffeeblack comes from my father, who has always ordered a “coffee, black” as far back as I can remember.
Behind The Scenes
This site uses a combination of technologies to create dynamic web pages that are interconnected and rich in information. PHP is used to handle incoming requests. The site’s data is represented as XML, then rendered as XHTML using XSLT transformations. All style information is contained separately in a series of CSS files.
Standards Compliance
Every effort is made to have this site comply with accepted web standards. The markup is valid XHTML 1.0, and the style sheets are all valid CSS 2. To check this site’s code against W3C standards:
Syndication
This site offers an RSS 2.0 syndication feed that is constantly updated with summary of its content.
Acknowledgments
- Robin Franz
- Proofreading, criticism, and all-around support.
- Kitae Kim
- Graphic design, including the site’s logo, and photography.
- Sabih Mir
- Graphic design, layout, and information architecture.
- Borrowed Techniques And Code
- The navigation links on this site make use of the No-Preload CSS rollover technique. I use a modified version of Peter-Paul Koch’s style switcher script.
- Copyright
- © 2001-2008
- Scott Martin.
- All Rights Reserved.
- Valid
- XHTML and
- CSS.