Manoj Thomas
Education: B.A. in Sociology and Mathematics minor, University of Texas at Austin
Manoj has been interested in the Web development industry for many years.
He began as a freelance Web Designer while working in Software Quality
Assurance for a handful of companies in Austin including Symantec and Alterpoint,
Inc.
While at the University of Texas, Manoj worked with the Science, Technology and Society department to run extensive usability tests on their current site, which helped expand his interest in Web usability and accessible design. He later interned at Hire.com, where he worked with the User Experience team to create interface prototypes for their suite of online applications.
As the Design Technologist, Manoj codes design layouts into accessible XHTML and CSS.
Manoj lives in North Austin and enjoys listening to live music around town, watching Texas football and playing with his dog, Willie (originally rescued by TradeMark Media).
Manoj’s Favorite Things
- Disposable cameras
- Sebastian Krüger
- Law & Orders
- Camping in winter
- Sour Starbursts
Manoj’s pet peeves
- Table layouts
- Odd-hour traffic
- IE hacks