Creative Problem Solver. Programmer. Bodysurfing. Sometime Comics.
Blogger since 2001.

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Writing Essays, presentations, poetry, media mentions

2023
Programming Graphics on the TI-99/4a
Combining graphic design, PHP programming, and generating antique TI-BASIC code
2022
Spielberg’s Films by “Year of Release” versus “Year Set”
Creating a timeline with Google Charts
2020
Californio: autobiographical comic
Crawford, J. (2020). Californio. Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, 5(1), 118-119. doi:10.2979/chiricu.5.1.10
2019
Sundays Quarterly: “Gemini” (August)
Sundays Quarterly: “Silence” (October)
Sundays Quarterly: “Myth” (December)
Burn All Books‘ Riso-printed anthology art zine, 1 page comics
2010
Migrating a Blogger Blog to WordPress
2008
Brief Introduction to the Yahoo User Interface Library
Presentation at BarCamp Los Angeles 5
2003
Blogosphere Part 1: From San Diego to Los Angeles
Blogosphere Part 2: Musings/Blogosphere
“The Flash Mind Reader” – How It Works
Explanation of an internet meme
2002
Misc: Ben Forta Speaks
Macromedia from the point of view of their Product Evangelist
Two ShipsPoetry
Never EnoughPoetry
Becoming: A Meditation On Your Divorce DayPoetry
Lindows, the Pitch.
Michael Robertson, Lindows, and the Future
2001
I am a Frank Zappa Fan
An appreciation
The State of Web Work, November 2001
Thoughts on web design and development
What’s the Internet For?
A meditation
2000
My Nostalgia For AOL 2.7
1999
Accessibility Presentation to CNET Builder Live!
Vision for WebSanDiego.org
A speech
Linux: Why here? Why now? Why at all?
Thoughts on Linux from 1999. With George Edw. Seymour
1998
WebStandards.org Alpha Baseline Proposal
Groundbreaking? Judge for yourself
What is a Web Integrator?
Defining myself from the height of the Internet Bubble
1997
TI-99, Amigas and PowerMacs, oh my!
Essay on platform agnosticism
1992-1993
Some Poems (Mostly for Molly)Poetry

Radio Show Appearances

02/26/2003
I appeared on the KPBS radio show “These Days” talking about “The Future of Web Design.”
07/16/2002
I appeared on the KPBS radio show “The Lounge” talking about blogging.

Media Mentions

01/2024
The Trouble with Trash Lamb I am quoted as to why I donated to Trash Lamb Gallery
08/2021
1994: How Perl Became the Foundation of Yahoo
I get a mention for some code sleuthing
04/18/2012
Time to de-Flash your site?
03/2010
My Twitter card on local television
when Twitter was young
02/2003
A penny for your blogs: Internet journaling puts your thoughts at anyone’s disposal – San Diego Union-Tribune
My San Diego Bloggers site was mentioned prominently.
03/18/2002
Lindows.com says ruling is first win in Microsoft battle – San Diego Daily Transcript
06/19/2001
Web page design a blue-ribbon category at fair – San Diego Union-Tribune
05/2001
Intern(al) Concerns – Doug Welch’s Column
11/2000
Life on the mailing list – Doug Welch’s Column

Interview

04/2002
pixelview interview: behind the screen with independent designers, developers and others: Joe Crawford

Book Mentions

07/2002
CSS in 24 Hours by Kynn Bartlett
Technical review; mention in the acknowledgements
01/2001
GoLive 5 Bible by Deborah Shadovitz
1997
Flash 2 Web Animation Book by Ken Milburn
Two-page color spread of my work

Weird Mentions

2005
That Time When My URL Appeared On The TV Show Bones