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I'm Ingrid Alongi, a developer in Boulder, Colorado. I'm a co-founder at Quick Left, a Web Engineering company. I used to be a software engineer at Gnip where API integration and social media data were my world. Prior to that, at OneRiot, I wrote web applications using Java/Wicket/CSS. I've got experience with CodeIgniter for PHP, but mostly use Zend with Doctrine when it comes to PHP. Got some JQuery too.

I've been in the web development/interactive agency world for almost 10 years, with most of my experience in building database-driven web applications (PHP, ColdFusion) for consumer facing clients (e-commerce, email marketing, advertising, cms, etc.). Lots of strategy, lots of driving traffic back the web site types of stuff. Oh, and managing an amazing team of developers.

I'm an electronic music snob, ex national level cyclist, I play violin and cello, and have an MA in Women's Studies. You can contact me at ialongi at yahoo . com. Or, mosey on over to the Quick Left blog to see what I'm up to.

Taking the Leap

July 28, 2008, 9:48am by electromute

Today is officially the first day of my free fall into having my own startup. I got back from a wedding on Orcas Island late last night, with not a lot of time to ponder my next move. I’ve been spending the last few months trying to piece together a prototype on my nights and weekends. As any programmer knows, doing this kind of work in short bursts can be severely inefficient.

In order to carve out more space for myself, and yet still pay my bills, I’ll keep my current job 3 days a week and then have the other days to dedicate to my new startup. It’s somewhat bitter sweet because some really amazing stuff is happening now at current job, but I’ve gotten the bug to go out on my own and it’s been brewing steadily and slowly for a while, waiting for the right time/people/circumstances.

Now, I sit with a whole entire day dedicated to myself and while I certainly know what to do next from a “task list of to-dos” perspective, I’m feeling the shock of having this new space for myself. Space to concentrate, space to create, space to focus, space to try something new, space to challenge myself.

So, even if the landing is hard (remind me I said this, please, when I’m crying and wondering how I thought I could ever do this), now, I jump.

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Me.dium launches Social Search

July 14, 2008, 9:17am by electromute

Me.dium launched its social search alpha last week amongst some very positive and exciting press. I’ve had the privilege of working on this product for the past few months and it was great to see it launch so nicely.

It’s not hard to see why we’ve gotten so much positive feedback–the search results are both interesting, relevant and useful to me as a surfer. For instance, one of the biggest problems I have is when I am trying to find Javascript or CSS help on the web is that I get the feeling the solutions are dated. While these results still may be relevant, I really want to know what the new and latest tricks are. I don’t need an IE5 CSS hack, I’m looking to make sure IE7 is working properly.

Me.dium will continue to refine its search algorithm. Although the standard search results are combined with Yahoo! Search BOSS, I find the “I feel social” searches most interesting and relevant. Give it a try and enjoy!

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