Adam Jensen

Adam Jensen (often appearing online as "jazzslider") is twenty-something years old, currently employed as a web developer and systems administrator at the University of North Texas. Here are some of the hats he sometimes wears, in no particular order:

Web guy.

Adam has a good bit of experience designing and developing database-driven websites in PHP 5 and HTML/CSS, and has a strong passion for supporting open, non-proprietary standards in all of his work. As of December 2007, he is a Zend Certified Engineer, which means, more or less, that he's really good with PHP. Some of his favorite open source toolsets are Zend Framework (which powers this blog) and Drupal. He's also not half bad at end-user documentation.

Thinker.

Adam holds a bachelor's degree from the UNT philosophy department, his primary interests being epistemology and the philosophy of religion. He is also a committed evangelical Christian, regularly attending services at Denton Bible Church.

Musician.

Adam is also an accomplished jazz trombonist, having spent several semesters in the acclaimed UNT One O'Clock Lab Band; he can be heard on the band's 2005 album, Lab 2005 (along with a couple of tracks on the Two O'Clock Lab Band's Best of the Big "O"). He is currently taking graduate courses in pursuit of a jazz performance master's degree from UNT. He also plays regularly with the Denton Bible orchestra, and serves with his wife as co-director of the church's kindergarten choir.

Husband.

In 2005 Adam married his beautiful wife Jamie, who shares his passion for books, music, Jesus, and all sorts of strange humor. They currently live in Little Elm, Texas, conveniently located between their places of employment.

Relative.

Adam grew up in North Dakota, the son of two loving, supportive parents who always encouraged him to learn well and dream big. He also has one brother, who currently lives in Minneapolis and flies elsewhere to climb mountains as often as possible.