Originally from North Carolina, Ross Andrus moved to Los Angeles during the summer of 2000 to study at UCLA. During his time as a student, Ross worked as a private academic tutor and piano teacher while taking courses in music composition and computational modeling. After graduation, he began working as a freelance web designer and music composer while continuing to teach.
Since graduating, Ross has designed and built numerous high-profile websites; taught courses on C++, Game Design, and Web Design; and written music scores for a variety of media platforms including concert music, theater, television shows, online media, video games, documentaries, and films. He has participated in such events as the Game Developers Conference, the Aspen Music Festival, and E3. Ross is affiliated with such organizations as the International Piano Teachers Guild, ASCAP, and the Los Angeles Chamber Symphony.
I strongly believe in free and open information. Anyone can view the source code used to generate this webpage and its contents, so why try to hide it? We are at the dawn of a new era of free and open information with strong leaders such as Google and Wikipedia. Open information means that the "logic" behind any webpage is not hidden and users can freely borrow any code they so desire.
Since no one really "owns" the internet, no one can really "own" a website or any code associated with it. If you don't believe me, try hiring me (or some other poor soul) to build your website. Then when it's done, try maintaining it yourself. As browsers change over time, code deprecates and all website will naturally "deteriorate". As your website starts to fall apart, you will be left with the task of patching it back together. "But I don't read XHTML," you will say. Well, then you better learn. "How can I learn?" you will say. And I will say to you, "There are tons of free and open sources of information on everything you need to know in order to maintain a website (HTML, XHTML, CSS, etc.)" Good thing!
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