Doug is happily married to Kristi Cone and they have two cats, Monki and Alf. He’s been a web developer since 1997 and is passionate about programming and strategy. One of the advantages of his current working situation is the ability to work from anywhere, and has used that to become a frequent volunteer at disaster relief efforts across the United States. He’s spent time helping people recover from hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and wildfires. In addition to volunteering, he also tries to contribute to several open source software projects. He’s a passionate advocate for the open source model. Some of his favorite open source projects are: Ubuntu, PHP, WordPress, Drupal and many others. He also loves to make things (real and digital), both to make life easier, and to take on challenges.