J. Cornelius

About J. Cornelius

	Location:	Atlanta, GA
	Occupation:	Web Maestro & general Get-It-Done guy.
	Employer:	CoffeeCup Software
	Age:	Old enough to know, young enough to learn
	Enjoyments:	My Family, Mountain Biking, Auto Racing (mostly Formula One), music played with conviction by talented people, good movies, solving problems, studying people, fixing things, and being around people that inspire me to do great things. I also have an addiction to chips and salsa.

Concerning Work

At the moment and for the last 10 years I have worked at CoffeeCup Software. It’s a good gig that I enjoy quite a bit. My time is usually spent working with the crew on strategy, planning/developing new products and services, and general day-to-day operations of the company. Then there is also a relentless dose of ‘Webmastering’ the CoffeeCup family of websites by writing tons of PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; dabbling around with Photoshop, and hacking Apache. It’s all fun, and I get to learn something new everyday.

My earlier years were full of playing around with music and working with bands as a drummer and sound guy. At one point I ‘ran sound’ for some pretty good rock-and-roll bands by way of a company I founded called 12tone Audio. During that time I was also involved with some studio and live recording projects. That was a very fun era of my life and sometimes I miss it dearly.

When I’m not working…

My off time is usually spent with my family in a modest house just a couple blocks from the Corpus Christi Bay. Occasionally I’ll hop on one of my mountain bikes and go play around with a few friends downtown or pry myself out of bed at 6am to go ride 30 to 40 miles with a group of roadies. Of course many revolutions of the hour hand pass while I sit at my desk transfixed by the glow of my laptop screen delving deeper and deeper into the web.

A few guiding thoughts

These are a few of the things that guide my daily work and life. I’m not sure of the original source of some of these gems, and certainly don’t take credit for coining them myself (in no particular order):

• Leap! The net will appear
• Form follows function.
• If you're not proud of it, don't serve it.
• Find the simplest way it can possibly work.
• Never ask anyone to do anything you are not willing to do yourself.
• There is an answer for everything if you ask the right questions.
• Handle it once.
• "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt." - Shakespeare

According to Strengths Finder everyone has 5 core personality themes which are their strengths. Here are mine:

• Restorative - People strong in the Restorative theme are adept at dealing with problems. They are good at figuring out what is wrong and resolving it.
• Deliberative - People strong in the Deliberative theme are best described by the serious care they take in making decisions or choices. They anticipate the obstacles.
• Command - People strong in the Command theme have presence. They can take control of a situation and make decisions.
• Input - People strong in the Input theme have a craving to know more. Often they like to collect and archive all kinds of information.
• Relator - People who are strong in the Relator theme enjoy close relationships with others. They find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal.

(NOTE: you need a copy of Now Discover Your Strengths to access Strengths Finder)

Personal DNA

Since most of you are on this page to learn more about me, here’s another peek. Personal DNA is a site that uses a variety of questions to map out your personality traits. Below are the results of my test. According to them I am an Independent Director. Mouse over each color below to learn more.

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