About
Travis Swicegood is a
professional programmer and owner of Domain51, a web development company
with a focus on non-profits, NGOs, and online activists. He doesn't change the
world, he supports those who do.
He has personal a focus on web applications, performance, and stability; is
author of Pragmatic
Version Control using Git; and working on his second book. He has been
using PHP; since '99 and still remembers
how revolutionary PHP
4 was, but can't remember why. He's a TDD, open-source, and open
government advocate—sometimes called a zealot—and lurker on
many an open-source project mailing list when not learning other programming; languages; for fun, exploring his surroundings
on bike,
or tasting his latest kitchen and home-brew creations.