My name is Rafa D. Latorre López Villalta and I'm a graduated Computer Sciencist working in Web Development and very pasionate about:
User Experience is a discipline that tries to make webpages easier and more pleasant to use
Learnability tries to make content easier to understand and learn, in my case I use the web as the medium to improve it.
In the last 5 years I have been developing my webapps using Ruby on Rails, an Object Oriented MVC framework that promotes heavily DRY practices.
Along my expirience I've used RoR mostly with Linux platforms and MySQL or SQLite Databases. Gained knowledge is easily aplicable to other frameworks
The links included in my working experience show only bits of my whole work since the bigger parts are in restricted areas or Intranets. Anyway I can offer source code o screen captures
Experience: 5 years
Since my childhood I have been very interested in art and design, and due to the circumstances almost every time I had to take care of the design of the webs I've developed and sometimes I have even designed the corporate image of a few companies and projects.
In the last 4 years I have been studing the principles of graphic design using the bibliography of the best careers putting especial interest in the Swiss (also International) style and the resources from Smashing Magazine.
When I'm designing my favorite tools are The Gimp and Inkscape, I can also use Photoshop without too much hassle.
Experience: 4 years
While I was studiying web design principles, two concepts appeared again and again, Usability and User Experience, slowly I began to understand the importance of both of them and their impact in my webapps
Most of what I've learned in Usability cames from Jacob Nielsen bibliography, while my knowledge in User Experience have been gained thanks to Apple case studies and UxBooth posts
Experience: 3.5 years
I have a "Certificación de Aptitud Pedagógica" (Certificated Pedagogy Aptitude) title and during the last few years I've studied as a hobby some areas of psychology and pedagogy both to improve my work as for being curious about it.
In my 2 years as Guadalinfo dinamizator I've given many informatics courses in every level.
Now with a fellow psycologist we are making a research to offer an education more natural and efective by using Graphic Design, Web Tecnologies, Marketing and Pedagogy
Experience: 3 years
I have been writing HTML lines with Gedit since the same moment I started to develop webapps. I have used most of the necessary hacks to make things work in Internet Explorer and I try to apply as much W3C standards as I can
Now with HTML5 I'm investing again time to this language to discover the new capabilities, I'm specially interested in client databases and canvas
Experience: 5 years
CSS hasn't too many secrets for me, and along this years I've been able to master most important techniques to develop both eficient and elegant webpages.
CSS3 brings whit it a good load of new posibilities for making nicer websites and obviously I'm very into learning those new features.
Experience: 5 years
I have experience with libraries such as Prototype, Jquery and Scriptaculous and I have coded some simple functions to manipulate the DOM or making calculations without the need of the server. I have also hacked some plugins to adapt them to my needs.
Since JS is my weakest point nowadays is the language in wich I'm focusing improving the most.
Experience: 1.5 years
I've coded and mantained many databases since I started programming apps, I've always been the responsable of the creation new complex queries and their manteinance
Most of my experience is related to MySQL but I have also dealt with SQLite and a few Oracle Databases.
Experience: 4 years
I've been using Linux since 2005 and aproximately since 2007 it's my main SO, being Ubuntu the system in wich I'm more confortable.
Although hacking the System is not one of my bests hobbies, I have use Linux to every kind od task from Intranets Servers to restoration of old computers, but mainly I've used it to develop software and for my free time
I'm pretty much into Free Software both for ethical and profesional purpouses, in fact I usually liberate my code under a GPL v3 license.
Experience: 6 years
During the last years I've worked as an employee in two companies, Objetivo Vida and Servisur while the others have been my most relevant clients. I have also worked with other companies both developing and designing, some of them abroad but for periods between 2 months and 2 days, that due to their relevance I've decided not including
Objetivo Vida it's not only first company in wich I have worked but also a NGO in wich I'm a volunteer with tech-related work, Jaén de Medios is the little company from which I have been making my secondary jobs for other companies.
2007-2009
Guadalinfo
"Dinamizador"
Teaching, Networking
2010-Now
CVO Junta de Andalucía
Sysadmin
System Administration, Networking, Web Development & Design
2010-Now
Servisur
Designer & Developer
Web Development & Design