A brief intro to the Author

Jared Desrochers - I do software engineering work with a variety of technologies. It is often data display or analysis oriented, but I have worked on many parts of technology stacks for analysis software, web development and some embedded device work as well.

Mapping data when Possible

Some of my educational background was in Geography and GIS. I am a fan of interesting and effective maps, and I often work that into personal projects since I like to see and use the end result. The particular mapping library I used to build this site is one I wrote on top of D3, check it out if you have any interest in these sorts of interfaces: Geomap. I have also written some other general purpose React libraries that are aimed at interactive interfaces and charts My npm libraries.

Keeping active in a variety of ways

My website at Jareddesrochers.com shows some other projects I have worked on, and I have written tutorials for some technologies that can also be found on the Howto page. I stay familiar with and use a variety of tools and techniques so that I am able to build useful and interesting things. Some of my current on the job work involves machine learning natural language processing. You can often find me doing outdoor trips in the capital region of NY. I will do everything from nordic skiing, trail running, snowshoeing, hiking, mountaineering, and some road running too depending on the season. If it is active and outdoors, there is a good chance I am interested in.