Welcome to Digital Gemstones

Welcome to Digital Gemstones, a website development business located in the south Bay Area, California. Founded in October 2005 by Michael Diamond, the site has gone through several redesigns and rewrites, as it has grown from a simple artist's portfolio into a full scale programming business.

About This Website

DigitalGemstones.com was first created as a place for me to display my artwork, along with my father's, which can be found at DiamondPhotoArt.com. Managing these two sites, as well as the website for LGHS's Politics and Current Events club (now discontinued) inspired me to learn more about how to build and run a strong website. As I learned more and more, my website began to evolve. First as a place to display some simple scripts I'd built, and then later, to offer my services as a Webmaster and Programmer.

About Me

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I am a 19 year old student at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, having just completed my first semester there. I am undeclared at this point, however I am currently leaning towards a Computer Science major.

Programming

Outside of school and friends my primary interest is computing. I've spent years teaching myself everything I can about computers, the internet and web development. Over the last few years I have taught myself several langauges, most notably PHP, a server-side programming language, which along with my knowlege of HTML and CSS has given me the tools to build websites professionally. Beyond web-related languages, I am fairly fluent in Java, and have a basic undestanding of some more obscure langauges such as Scheme and oCaml.

Photography

I have been interested in photography for many, since I received a Canon Powershot S1 IS for my birthday. I used that camera for underwater photography until the 'waterproof' case sprung a leak and destroyed it. I now have a Powershot S3 IS which I haven't properly broken in yet, but I hope to do so soon. My father has been interested in photography since college, and he is the primary reason I first became interested in the subject.

Contact Me

Feel free to Contact Me, I always appreciate feedback, suggestions, or if you just want to say hello. I love talking to people, so don't be shy!