giltotherescue,
aka Gil Hildebrand Jr, has been a member since
October 17 2005,
has rated 544 lenses,
favorited 49, and has
created 8 lenses from scratch.
Gil Hildebrand Jr
donates their royalties to Squidoo Charity Fund.
This member's top-ranked page is "Gil's Tattoos".
My Bio
I'm a professional software engineer from New Orleans, LA. In October 2005 I moved to the Big Apple, where I'm employed as the Chief Engineer at Squidoo.
Before Hurricane Katrina I built a communications network for a fleet of tugboats, founded a software company that helps large organizations hire people faster, and consulted on a variety of technology projects.
When not building Squidoo I'm usuall...
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- Woodstock Music Festival 1969
The 60's were a turbulent decade. The assassination of JFK kept us fixated on the TV for days and gave us an insecurity that other decades had not felt before.Those of us growing into our own during the 60's were also very much affected by the war in... view lens -
- Gil's Tattoos
Tattooing is one of the ultimate forms of self-expression. My tattoos are not decorations, they are symbols of who I am as a person. I think of them as a uniform, and I bear them proudly as manifestations of my character. Some people make scrapbooks,... view lens -
- How We Engineered Squidoo
Founded in mid 2005, Squidoo launched in early 2006 and quickly gained traction as a platform for sharing ideas online. On Squidoo, everyday experts (yes, that means you) can handcraft individual web pages (just to be difficult, we call them lenses)... view lens -
- The Lost Guide: Scaling a Web App
At a party recently, I talked to a developer who was very interested in how we are scaling Squidoo. I stressed to him that the art of scaling is almost impossible to learn without having a real-life situation to utilize it. That being said, learning... view lens
