Aaron Giles
I am a Seattle-area programmer, musician, web developer, and graphic designer. Click through each section below to find out more about my work.
Looking for old stuff? You might start by looking over here. The really old stuff is now archived over here.
PROGRAMMING. I am a computer programmer with over 30 years of experience working primarily on low-level technologies. Over the course of my career I have contributed to a wide variety of software, including:
- utilities for the early Internet (JPEGView, CU-SeeMe)
- A-list video games (Dark Forces, Outlaws)
- video game emulators (Virtual Game Station, MAME)
- operating systems & virtualization (Windows, Hyper-V)
- plus a whole lot more
MUSIC. I am an avocational choral singer and aspirational composer of choral works, with over 10 years of experience participating in vocal performance, choir management, music engraving, composition, and music theory. Currently I am actively involved as:
- founding Artistic Director of the Summer Fling Singers
- tenor and board member for the Seattle Bach Choir
- tenor for the Vicars of Christ Church Compline Choir
- tenor in the St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church Choir
- Greater Seattle Choral Consortium board member
WEB DEVELOPMENT. I have maintained an active web presence for over 20 years, and in the process have become adept at creating hand-crafted sites for blogs, software projects, choir management, calendars, music learning, etc. Some of the sites I have developed include:
- this site: aarongiles.com (naturally)
- the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium site
- the original Sacred Music Chorale site
- my own Rehearsal Tracks site
- and several other simple sites
GRAPHIC DESIGN & LAYOUT. I am an occasional graphic designer, with nearly 10 years of experience designing and printing (mostly choir-related) logos, flyers, programs, brochures, and even hymnals. Some of the projects I have been involved include:
- designing new logos for two of my choirs
- engraving and layout of a new Compline hymnal
- designing promotional trifold brochures for the GSCC
- creating concert programs for all of my choirs
- designing concert flyers for Summer Fling Singers
MISCELLANY. I have written about various topics in the past that don’t readily fit into the areas above, so here is where I’ve collected them:
- a little bit about myself and how I got here
- my Messiah time calculator
- the story of “The Final Rip” of my massive CD collection
- list of rock concerts I’ve attended
- short collection of random computer observations