About Me

Hey there, I’m Bryan Haddock (aka CyberFish for those who know me well). While publishing a blog like this sort of infers that I’m self-absorbed and whatnot, the primary reason for my having this resource available online is that I sometimes think of things to say that are noteworthy, and often, in my career, I put together pieces of code or solutions that may be useful to myself in the future, or someone else, for that matter.

I reside in Chattanooga, TN with my gorgeous, sci-fi junkie wife and insane toddlers. I also have two beautiful kids who live out of state, but are always on my mind. I’ve found that in life, the best place we can be is on our knees before the Father of all things, the Lover of our souls.

I was an English Major in college, went to Grad School for English, and somehow ended up becoming a pretty decent PHP developer. The transitions within my career have gone something like this: English Major->Technical Writer->(took a class in basic html and web graphics)->Web Designer->Graphic Designer->High School Teacher (English/Internet Tech)->Public Housing Counselor->Technical Writer/Marketing Specialist->Owner of Failed Web Design Firm->Graphic/Web/Multimedia Designer->Graphics Specialist->Web Designer/Internet Marketing Specialist->Lead Web Developer… I’ve learned very little about what I do on a daily basis inside a classroom… most of what I use daily, I have learned by doing… which pretty much means that I have spent the majority of my professional life failing. The upside, is that by trying and failing over and over again, we learn ‘why’ and not just ‘how.’ Robots know ‘how’… they don’t need to know ‘why’… Humans are a bit different.

Over the past few decades, I’ve done a lot of stupid stuff, made some dumb career moves, discovered about 1000 ways to incorrectly write code, and pretty much wrecked my personal life… but that’s another story for another day. On the up-side, I’ve learned a lot about the things I’ve failed at, and hopefully, this blog will be of some use to someone who may be looking to make some good out of my failures.