rioleo.org is the namesake domain of Rio Akasaka, a professional web designer and project leader of International Weblogger's Day, now working with Helvetia. With extensive experience in Photoshop, CSS and web standards, I have particular expertise in blogging platforms and content managing systems. As a senior at Swarthmore College double majoring in Engineering and Linguistics, my main focus is developing and maintaining a clutter-free web experience using strict adherence to web standards, cutting-edge technology and cross-browser compatibility. I have been working with websites since the fall of 2000.

In the real world, I am a firefighter/EMT in the state of PA, an avid cyclist, photographer, and audio engineer (using FL Studio and Native Instruments). I am also an avid seller at Amazon.com and eBay, a craigslist troll and a Ubuntu user.

About the site

Various designs of this site have been featured on CSS Mania and CSS Import. This site was coded entirely by hand, and is now running WordPress 2.3.2 on GoDaddy.com's Linux servers. Most pages are valid XHTML 1.1 and have accessibility tools integrated. You can navigate through this website without using your mouse, by pressing ALT and a number from 1 to 5. The tools used include CuteFTP 7.0 Professional, Adobe Photoshop CS2, and Notepad.

Plugins used include Akismet, Popularity Contest, my own Blogroll Time Since, WPBackup, FeedSmith, Add Meta Tags, WordPress Mobile Edition and WPhone.

If you would like to get in touch with me, please use the contact form.

My blog has existed since May of 2003. Feel free to browse through the monthly archives or through some of the more notable entries here.