Possiblybob is a name I made up for myself, and it's an example of my nerdiness. My progression of names began with my introductory C++ class back in college. When my professor would write sample code for problems from the textbook, he would always use variable names like "foo" and "bar," as they're fairly standard variable names in the industry. Whenever I'd work on problems for homework, I'd always end up using "bob" instead, since I found it easier to type.

After a few weeks of class, I learned about the principle of negation. In C++, you can negate a value or variable by placing an exclamation point (!) in front of it. Since I used "bob" quite often, I decided that I would take "!bob" (Not Bob) as my handle when playing video games in the monthly LAN parties hosted at college.

More often than not, people would misread my name, and they'd call me iBob (like the iPod). I guess it does look rather similar. I decided to spell out the name, and I became "not bob" or simply "notbob" when playing. I decided "notbob" would be my handle, and as such, I attempted to register screen names and accounts on several sites using the name. Since "bob" is used so much on the internet, I found that this screen name was more often than not already claimed by someone else.

I wanted to keep a name that was somehow related to "bob," and the first name that came to mind after "notbob" was "possiblybob," since it seems about half-way between "bob" and "notbob." It was available on every site I tried, so I decided to keep it.

To this day, if you search for "possiblybob" on Google or most other search engines, you'll find references to me or to my activities. Go ahead. Give it a try. I'll wait.

I've only been a web developer professionally since graduating college in 2006, but I've been in the process of making a site that I'm happy with since I took my first web development class back in 2003. I want a place where I can post about what I've been reading, what I've been taking pictures of lately, or what I've learned while coding. I like teaching and showing people stuff. Hopefully some of it will be helpful to you or at least make you think about things a little bit differently.

If you think I've succeeded, let me know. You can contact me on several social networking sites. If not, let me know what you think I should do differently. I'm trying to learn as much as I'm trying to teach.