You know those parallax images? You see them on greeting cards, promotional pieces anything where they want to make a two dimension scene look three dimension. When you first see them it looks like a regular image. Then you turn your head and suddenly it's more than a flat image, it has depth and movement. It's almost magical. Being a developer is a parallax to me.

When I tell people I'm a web developer I am greeted with a glazed look in their eyes. They see me as a guy sitting in front of a computer banging on keys, maybe surrounded by empty energy drink cans and action figures. They are looking at the parallax head on.

Then I begin to explain what I do. How I take several pieces: design, art, programming, information, user experience, client needs and weave it all into something that can be experienced and interacted with. Suddenly it's like they turned their head a little bit and see the whole parallax image.

Then I go from being a Star Wars geek in my parent's basement to a Jedi Knight levitating rocks and robots with my mind while doing a one armed hand stand.

My background is Hospitality. Honest. I graduated class of '91 from the New Brunswick Community College Hospitality Program. It was because of my hospitality life that I was introduced to graphic design (I'll tell you the story if you ask). Those hospitality skills are still used, I call on them when talking with clients. Whether I was selling a bottle of fine wine or a website redesign the same skills are used.

I'm passionate about what I do. I'm passionate about creating and developing, learning new skills and ways to approach a challenge. I love a challenge. I love overcoming that challenge.

I want to surround myself with people who are passionate about development. I believe everyone is a resource, everyone knows things I don't. I know things they don't. I want to learn from others. I want to be inspired by other's passion.

More metaphors here, but when a project starts it's a freshly mined hunk of rock with a rough diamond in it. Then through the work on myself and my co-workers we chisel away the rock, use our tools to form that rough diamond into something that will look beautiful on someone's finger.

My name is Rob Evans, I'm a developer.