A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Brian is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University, where he also worked for several years as a network engineer. Since joining SCK in 2004, he has immersed himself in a number of software programs and scripting languages, and helps SCK stay at the cutting edge of web technologies. In his spare time, he does such things as creating new fonts and writing electronic games.
What is your favorite website and why?
Probably
MyFonts.com. There are new fonts posted every day, and I love seeing how everything that shows up there can be unique and expressive.
What book is currently on your night stand?
I’m currently reading Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. It’s a children’s fantasy story about a bored princess who decides that life would be much more interesting if she were captured by a dragon.
I’m not used to reading fiction, so my friends have been giving me light, young adult books to try out. They’re a good fit. Next up is Twilight.
What would you rather be doing?
Lately, I’ve been obsessing over a Facebook game I just started writing. I’d like to be working on a custom font I’m making for that.
While many of my current pet projects revolve around telling rich, interesting stories in a way that’s unique to computer games, the only purpose of this particular project is to make something unapologetically fun and silly. It’s a nice break.
What is on your to do list?
I don’t usually give much thought to the long term, but I’d like to keep learning about new web technologies, submit something to the 2011 Independent Games Festival, publish some more fonts (I’ve already done one), and travel more. Oh, and sample lots of different kinds of food while traveling.
I’m looking forward to doing my first-ever presentation at a conference next year.
If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you go?
Paris… mostly for the architecture. I love the Beaux-Arts style and it sounds like there’s plenty of it in Paris.
What was your weirdest job?
I spent a summer assembling fishing rods once. I got reasonably good at it, and was quite proud of how quickly I could dismantle and flatten the cardboard boxes that the fishing rod parts came in.