name
Aidan Feldman
description
Web developer by day, dancer by night.
url
http://api.afeld.me
email
[email protected]
location
city
Brooklyn
state
NY
country
US
education
  • school
    University of Michigan
    location
    city
    Ann Arbor
    state
    MI
    country
    US
    start_date
    2005-08
    end_date
    2010-08
    degrees
    • title
      BSE
      major
      Computer Science Engineering
    • title
      BFA
      major
      Dance
  • school
    Oak Park and River Forest High School
    location
    city
    Oak Park
    state
    IL
    country
    US
    start_date
    2001-08
    end_date
    2005-06
employment
coding
  • organization
    18F
    url
    https://18f.gsa.gov
    title
    Innovation Specialist
    description
    Building open source tools and apps for the federal government.
    start_date
    2014-10-20
    end_date
  • organization
    GitHub
    url
    https://github.com
    title
    Education Hacker
    description
    Built tools, taught workshops, wrote documentation, and provided support to make GitHub better for teachers and students.
    start_date
    2013-08
    end_date
    2014-06
  • organization
    Artsy
    url
    https://artsy.net
    title
    Software Engineer (Contract)
    description
    Front-end development in Backbone.js, as well as internal tools around metrics.
    start_date
    2013-05
    end_date
    2013-08
  • organization
    Jux
    url
    https://jux.com
    title
    Senior Web Developer
    description
    Full-stack Ruby and JavaScript development; primarily responsible for the navigation, gallery view, and social features.
    start_date
    2011-01
    end_date
    2013-05
  • organization
    American Express Publishing
    url
    http://www.amexpub.com
    title
    Web Developer (Contract)
    description
    Built CMS tools and microsites for FoodAndWine.com.
    start_date
    2010-08
    end_date
    2011-01
teaching
  • organization
    Cornell Tech
    url
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-hk6GzhV1yHU1T0E7uqcdNTtvv3fuq1_WECQOWOT2zw/edit
    title
    Adjunct Faculty
    description
    Teaching the Startup Systems course, a core class for the Master of Engineering in Computer Science program, which covers web development from HTML to APIs to servers.
    start_date
    2016-08
    end_date
  • organization
    New York University
    url
    http://scps.nyu.edu/content/scps/faculty/faculty-profile.html?id=14293
    title
    Adjunct Faculty
    description
    Teaching an Advanced JavaScript class as part of SCPS (continuing education), as well as a graduate class at ITP called Building for Learning.
    start_date
    2012-06
    end_date
  • organization
    City University of New York
    url
    https://github.com/cuny-nytech/syllabus
    title
    Instructor
    description
    Teaching a practical developer skills class to CS seniors, covering version control, web development, resume writing, etc.
    start_date
    2014-09
    end_date
    2015-05
  • organization
    General Assembly
    url
    https://generalassemb.ly
    title
    Instructor
    description
    Taught JavaScript as part of the Front-End + Rails curriculum.
    start_date
    2013-02
    end_date
    2013-03
dance
  • organization
    Barkin/Selissen Project
    director
    • Kyla Barkin
    • Aaron Selissen
    url
    http://www.barkinselissenproject.com
    start_date
    2014-03
    end_date
  • organization
    danceTactics Performance Group
    director
    Keith Thompson
    url
    http://dancetactics.org
    start_date
    2012-05
    end_date
  • organization
    Artichoke Dance Company
    director
    Lynn Neuman
    url
    http://artichokedance.org
    start_date
    2010-10
    end_date
  • organization
    Chavasse Dance & Performance
    director
    Amy Chavasse
    url
    http://chavassedanceandperformance.com
    start_date
    2010-06
    end_date
profiles
artsy
username
aidanfeldman
profile_url
http://artsy.net/aidanfeldman/favorites
facebook
username
aidan.feldman
profile_url
https://facebook.com/aidan.feldman
foursquare
username
aidanfeldman
profile_url
https://foursquare.com/aidanfeldman
github
username
afeld
profile_url
https://github.com/afeld
instagram
username
aidanfeldman
profile_url
http://instagram.com/aidanfeldman
jux
username
aidan
profile_url
http://afeld.me
medium
username
aidanfeldman
profile_url
https:[email protected]
meetup
username
8818215
profile_url
http://www.meetup.com/members/8818215/
speakerdeck
username
aidanfeldman
profile_url
https://speakerdeck.com/aidanfeldman
stack_overflow
username
358804
profile_url
http://stackoverflow.com/users/358804/aidan-feldman
twitter
username
aidanfeldman
profile_url
https://twitter.com/aidanfeldman
vimeo
username
aidanfeldman
profile_url
https://vimeo.com/aidanfeldman
youtube
username
alfgames
profile_url
http://www.youtube.com/user/alfgames
projects
  • title
    Empire Node 2015
    description
    Organizer for NYC's Node.js conference.
    url
    http://2015.empirenode.org/
  • title
    teachers_pet
    description
    Command line tool to help teachers use GitHub in their classrooms.
    url
    https://github.com/education/teachers_pet
  • title
    git-setup
    description
    Easy Git setup.
    url
    https://github.com/afeld/git-setup
  • title
    Tricle
    description
    Automated metrics reporting via email.
    url
    https://github.com/afeld/tricle
  • title
    Vittle
    description
    A Chrome extension that shows previews of items on food ordering sites.
    url
    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vittle/oijdfokmphhefjgnmjccmknllomobhdg
  • title
    Advanced JavaScript
    description
    Interactive slides, course outline and resources for teaching Advanced JS.
    url
    https://github.com/advanced-js/syllabus
  • title
    Backbone-Nested
    description
    A plugin to make Backbone.js keep track of nested attributes.
    url
    http://afeld.github.io/backbone-nested
  • title
    Coolest Thing All Week
    description
    Mailing list for people to share the coolest thing they've seen in the past seven days.
    url
    https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/coolest-thing-all-week
  • title
    JSONProxy
    description
    Simple proxy and client library for doing cross-domain requests.
    url
    http://jsonp.jit.su
  • title
    Hacker Hours
    description
    Free office hours for programming help, running weekly+ since 09/2011.
    url
    http://hackerhours.org
  • title
    Magickly
    description
    Image manipulation API as a service/gem.
    url
    http://magickly.afeld.me
  • title
    Mongoid-Locker
    description
    Gem for document-level locking in MongoDB.
    url
    https://github.com/afeld/mongoid-locker
  • title
    mustachify.me
    description
    Automatic mustachifying of any image.
    url
    http://mustachify.me
  • title
    Stringer
    description
    Virtual stringed instrument, played with a Kinect. Third place at NYC Music Hackday 2011.
    url
    http://afeld.github.io/stringer
talks
  • title
    Rewiring Government podcast: cloud.gov and the new marriage of policy and technology in government
    date
    2016-09-14
    url
    https://www.dobt.co/blog/interview-aidan-feldman/
  • title
    Search for Static Sites
    date
    2016-08-04
    url
    https://www.thenewdynamic.org/event/2016/08/04/search-for-static-sites-by-aidan-feldman/
  • title
    Learning Teaching
    date
    2016-08-02
    url
    https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1owZ4sfp_qpy2L_23BPBeM8YEmZxeddSJBFgLDJLponM/edit
  • title
    Everything I Think I Understand About IT Compliance
    date
    2016-07-25
    url
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nc4GXPxpQg&index=1&list=PLd9b-GuOJ3nG5zDAg7exOHusZKVVrkhjO
  • title
    Software Engineering Daily podcast: cloud.gov with Aidan Feldman
    date
    2016-06-26
    url
    http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2016/06/26/cloud-gov-with-aidan-feldman/
  • title
    DevOps at Large: Modernizing apps and infrastructure in the federal government
    date
    2016-05-18
    url
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Drua-AEBg
  • title
    18F on the Mozilla Science Lab Project Call
    date
    2016-02-25
    url
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBQrIDZKMK8
  • title
    Dabbling in Docker
    date
    2016-01-25
    url
    https://speakerdeck.com/aidanfeldman/dabbling-in-docker
  • title
    E Pluribus Unum: Building better software in the US government
    date
    2015-07-14
    url
    http://original.livestream.com/pivotallabs/video?clipId=pla_46c12eee-de95-410a-bcb5-54918f7edfae&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb
  • title
    Interview on Thoughtbot's Giant Robots podcast: Open by Default
    date
    2015-06-15
    url
    http://giantrobots.fm/151
  • title
    Interview about Hacker Hours on the CodeNewbie Podcast
    date
    2015-06-01
    url
    http://www.codenewbie.org/podcast/hacker-hours
  • title
    Git, Graphically
    date
    2015-05-18
    url
    https://speakerdeck.com/aidanfeldman/git-graphically
  • title
    Introduction to Promises in JavaScript
    date
    2015-04-28
    url
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeQYjpckudA
  • title
    Magickly, Mustachio, & Stateless APIs
    date
    2015-02-26
    url
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3VdlBDCJSA
  • title
    Intro to Backbone Unit Testing
    date
    2014-10-30
    url
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37lBmGVRVsQ
  • title
    How GitHub Does Collaboration
    date
    2013-11-20
    url
    https://github.com/afeld/gh_collab
  • title
    Git & GitHub, Up & Running
    date
    2013-10-22
    url
    https://gist.github.com/afeld/7096908
  • title
    Education the GitHub Way
    date
    2013-10-12
    url
    https://github.com/afeld/edu_the_gh_way
  • title
    JavaScript: the little language everyone loves to hate
    date
    2013-09-30
    url
    https://github.com/afeld/js-overview
  • title
    Getting Serious (with Front-End JavaScript)
    date
    2013-07-08
    url
    http://afeld.github.io/getting_serious/slides/
  • title
    Test to Learn
    date
    2013-06-20
    url
    http://afeld.github.io/test_to_learn/
  • title
    Web Development Basics (Git, MAMP, Wordpress and FTP)
    date
    2013-05-13
    url
    https://github.com/afeld/web_dev_basics
  • title
    MongoDB + Ruby Workshop
    date
    2013-03-27
    url
    https://github.com/afeld/mongo_ruby_workshop
  • title
    Hackathon Workshop
    date
    2013-03-26
    url
    https://github.com/afeld/hackathon_workshop/wiki
  • title
    Introduction to Backbone.js
    date
    2013-03-11
    url
    https://github.com/afeld/intro_to_backbone
  • title
    Single-Page App Architecture
    date
    2013-03-07
    url
    https://github.com/afeld/spaa
  • title
    Seven Languages is Seven Months: Ruby
    date
    2012-10-24
    url
    https://gist.github.com/afeld/3944262
  • title
    What Developers Want
    description
    Talk and panelist on how to make APIs developer-friendly. I did a slow jam.
    event
    Business of APIs Conference 2012
    date
    2012-10-17
    url
    http://afeld.me/nerdery/816975
  • title
    Junior Developer panel
    description
    Organizer and moderator of panel on how to get your first job as a programmer.
    event
    NYC on Rails meetup
    date
    2012-09-19
    url
    http://afeld.me/nerdery/522101
  • title
    Learn2Code
    event
    Hacking for Hustlers meetup
    date
    2011-11-14
    url
    http://afeld.me/nerdery/38274
  • title
    Animation with HTML5: An Overview
    description
    A lightning talk about ways to do animation in HTML5 and CSS3.
    date
    2010-12-30
    url
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/46086316/Animation-with-HTML5-An-Overview
  • title
    Plano Real: How Fake Money Saved Brazil
    description
    A lightning talk about Plano Real, a plan which stabilized the Brazilian economy in the mid-1990's.
    date
    2010-12-30
    url
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/46086444/Plano-Real-How-Fake-Money-Saved-Brazil
  • title
    Ruby Fibers
    description
    A lightning talk about Ruby Fibers, a feature added in v1.9 that adds "green thread" support.
    date
    2010-12-30
    url
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/46086446/Ruby-Fibers
  • title
    Firesheep!
    description
    A lightning talk about Firesheep, a Firefox plugin for doing "sidejacking" (a.k.a. breaking into other people's accounts).
    date
    2010-12-30
    url
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/46086447/firesheep
writeups
  • title
    How To Build A Mustached Message Service With Twilio MMS And Python
    date
    2014-09-18
    url
    https://www.twilio.com/blog/2014/09/how-to-build-a-mustached-message-service-with-twilio-mms-and-python.html
  • title
    Here Are the Most and Least Popular Citi Bike Stations in New York City
    date
    2014-06-19
    url
    http://www.nerve.com/infographics/most-popular-least-popular-citibike-stations-new-york-city
  • title
    Campus Party: Hacker do GitHub explica crescimento da 'rede social' de desenvolvedores
    date
    2014-01-31
    url
    http://info.abril.com.br/noticias/internet/2014/01/campus-party-hacker-do-github-explica-crescimento-da-rede-social-de-desenvolvedores.shtml
  • title
    Já estamos no quarto e penúltimo dia de conteúdos da Campus Party Brasil 2014!
    date
    2014-01-31
    url
    http://blog.campus-party.com.br/post/75170721637/ja-estamos-no-quarto-e-penultimo-dia-de-conteudos
  • title
    The Man of the (Hacker) Hour
    date
    2013-08-22
    url
    http://tech.gilt.com/post/59016326319/the-man-of-the-hacker-hour
  • title
    Hacker Hours with Aidan Feldman
    date
    2013-08-10
    url
    http://desmondrawls.com/2013/08/10/hacker-hours-with-aidan-feldman/
  • title
    Hacker Hours: The awesome grassroots meetup that teaches New Yorkers to code
    date
    2012-05-14
    url
    http://thenextweb.com/dd/2012/05/14/hacker-hours-the-awesome-grassroots-meetup-that-teaches-new-yorkers-to-code/
writing
  • title
    Open Source for New York City
    date
    2016-02-24
    url
    https:[email protected]/open-source-for-new-york-city-3c23e75cb43#.vb5sgcn1x
  • title
    What is jQuery?
    type
    blog
    publisher
    One Month
    publish_date
    2015-09-17
    url
    http://learn.onemonth.com/what-is-jquery
  • title
    How To Welcome New Coders To A Civic Hackathon
    type
    blog
    publisher
    18F Blog
    publish_date
    2015-04-03
    url
    https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/04/03/how-to-welcome-new-coders-to-a-civic-hackathon/
  • title
    Learn Ruby on Rails as You Modify a Craigslist Clone
    type
    tutorial
    publisher
    Thinkful
    publish_date
    2014-10-24
    url
    http://www.thinkful.com/learn/ruby-on-rails-tutorial/
  • title
    Advanced JS class information for teachers
    type
    blog
    publisher
    self
    publish_date
    2014-06-26
    url
    https://github.com/advanced-js/syllabus/blob/master/meta.md
  • title
    GitHub Classroom Guide
    type
    tutorial
    publisher
    GitHub
    publish_date
    2014-02-10
    url
    https://education.github.com/guide
  • title
    Developing a Backbone.js Edge
    type
    book
    publisher
    Backstop Media
    publish_date
    2013-04-10
    url
    http://bleedingedgepress.com/our-books/backbone-js/
  • title
    Hacker Hours: The awesome grassroots meetup that teaches New Yorkers to code
    type
    interview
    publisher
    The Next Web
    publish_date
    2012-05-14
    url
    http://thenextweb.com/dd/2012/05/14/hacker-hours-the-awesome-grassroots-meetup-that-teaches-new-yorkers-to-code
  • title
    Hacker Olympics, the Un-Hackathon
    type
    blog
    publisher
    Twilio
    publish_date
    2012-03-15
    url
    http://www.twilio.com/blog/2012/03/hacker-olympics-the-un-hackathon-guest-post-by-aidan-feldman.html