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
MUSIC. I am an avocational choral singer, lutenist, and aspirational composer, with over 12 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 in the St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church Choir
- tenor with Vicars of Christ Church Compline 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, both simple and interactive. Some of the sites I have developed include:
- this site: aarongiles.com (naturally)
- the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium site
- my own RehearsalTracks.net 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 logos for choirs and websites
- engraving and layout of a new Compline hymnal
- creating concert programs and flyers for my choirs
- designing promotional trifold brochures for the GSCC
ABOUT ME. Some things I have written that are just about myself and my experiences:
- a little bit of general background information
- years in review: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
- the story of “The Final Rip” of my huge CD collection
- list of rock concerts I’ve attended
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:
- my Messiah time calculator
- short collection of random computer observations