About Marc A. Garrett · 179 words posted 08/11/2004 05:16 PM
Marc A. Garrett was born in Japan and raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Georgia, he earned a Juris Doctor at the American University Washington College of Law. He has co-authored two computer books published by Macromedia Press and Apress; served as technical editor for several titles from O’Reilly and New Riders; authored the monograph Bleeding Kansas: The Shulers and the War on the Border; and written numerous articles for publications such as The National Jurist. He has also written for Digital Web Magazine.
Mr. Garrett specializes in web-based applications written in Ruby on Rails, ColdFusion, PHP, and ASP.NET. His recent clients include the state of Maine, Banfield pharmaceuticals, and a bond house with offices in New York and Hong Kong. He has worked in New York City, Singapore, and Washington, DC, where he currently lives with his wife.
You can contact him at marc@since1968.com. If you are spontaneously moved to buy him stuff, you can visit his Amazon wish list (hint: you can sort by priority).
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