Jordan Knox

Hello! I am Jordan Knox (as you can probably tell from the URL of this website). I was born in Baltimore, Maryland and spent the beginning of my childhood there, then moved to Clemmons, North Carolina right before I started high school. I studied at the University of California at Berkeley, and graduated with a bachelors degree in Data Science. And now I am currently a software developer at Amazon. I love to go rock climbing, hiking, kayaking, and pretty much anything outdoors. In a stark contrast to that, I also stream on twitch at twitch.tv/crazyfish917live (but not that often though, hahaha). If you want to go climb a mountain with me or play some rainbow six seige together, message me with the contact me app.

Moving to Seattle!

Recapping my cross country trip, July 1, 2021

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Hello! It's been a long time since I edited this website, but hopefully I'll be able to finish up or at least get back to working on it. I took a large break to focus on schoolwork and job applications, and guess what? It paid off!! I finished college, with a degree in data science and got hired as a software developer at Amazon. I don't start work until July twelfth, so I have a bit until I get started, but I'm super excited to start this new chapter of my life. This new job is in Seattle, so I moved up to Washington. There was a big road trip for me to get all of my stuff and Ellie (my truck) all the way from North Carolina to Seattle. On the way I tried to only camp in National Parks, and spend as much time exploring nature as I could. I managed to get to the Smokey Mountains, Mammoth Cave, St Louis Arch, the Rockies, Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, Bryce Canyon, the Grand Canyon, and Crater Lake. I would have gone through Yellowstone, Gran Teton, and Glacier, but at the last minute I decided to go to LA and then up through California the rest of the way. It was still fun though and I had an amazing time living out of my truck and hicking 10+ miles every day. I think once I spend some time working, I might try and get a converted bus or camper and do it again for longer and just work remote to pay the bills. But that's a plan for a long time from now. Right now I'm just getting ready to start my first real job and I couldn't be more excited! Hopefully I'll have more positive updates for here soon!

I Made A Website?

First post after starting jordan-knox.org, July 8, 2020

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I started working on the website about, uuuuhhhh, two months ago?? I took a huge break though, so its only actually been about three weeks of work I'd guess. As I'm writing this blog post I have about half of the total work done. Hopefully I can finish soon and it'll work properly! This post is really dumb and disorganized, but I am choosing to leave it, unchanged, as a way to look back and see how I've progressed and changed.

QTime: My Time as an Aiqudo Intern

Closing of summer internship blog post, Sept 12, 2019

Original posting located at https://www.aiqudo.com/2019/09/12/qtime/

When I started my internship at Aiqudo, I had next to no experience doing any of the things I was here to do. I came in to Aiqudo very scared that I was completely unqualified and that I would immediately make a fool of myself and get fired. But it was so much better than I had expected. As soon as I got here, I immediately felt welcome and like I was one of the team. I loved every bit of time I got to work here, and I’m so sad for it to end. While I was here, I learned more than I have throughout all of college so far. I learned an entirely new programming language and now feel more comfortable using that language than any of the others that I had been using for years! While I was here, I created a suite of useful Slack actions that went into production. We’ll write in more detail about Voice in Slack, but here are some examples of what’s now possible to do super-easily in Slack with simple voice commands: “send a message to John” “send a poll to the General channel asking what’s for lunch today” “post a gif about bananas” I don’t think I know anybody else who had a summer internship that led to them writing programs that actually went into production. Unlike all of them, I now have something that I can pull up on anybody’s phone and say “Hey look, I made that!” I got a ton of experience working with both backend stuff like RESTful APIs and data manipulation, but then I also got to do a lot with the frontend working with HTML/CSS and user interaction with computing systems. I learned more than just technical skills, like how startups function and how to work with over 15 people on a single project. All in all, this internship has been invaluable to me and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else. This opportunity has not only made me a better software engineer, but also made me a million times more confident in myself and my abilities. The people here are some of the best people that I have ever met and I cannot wait to start working here again part-time during the school year.

linkedin.com/in/jordan---knox/

jordanknox917@gmail.com or jordanknox100@berkeley.edu

facebook.com/jordan.knox.3785

@jordanknox100

Are you crazy?!? Im not gonna put my real number here.

@jordank31405273

I was in 13 reasons why. season 4 episode 2.

Password Vault

Encrypted Vault of Passwords

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The purpose of this project was to create a way to store my passwords safely and securely on ones local machine. The vault is able to generate extremely secure passwords for websites/accounts and encrypt and store them safely. The complete method of implementation is layed out in the README file in the download, along with instructions for personal use.

Cloth Simulator

C++ Simulator and Image Renderer

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In this project I implemented a visual representation of cloth materials and how they interact with themselves and objects around them. Through the GUI in this project, the user is able to change many attributes of the cloth including the density of the material and the shading of the material. I incorporated numerical integration to simulate forces acting upon the cloth. I also integrated raytracing through the use of several shaders built into GLSL.

Text Editor

Java Based Text Editor

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For this project, I was tasked with creating a java based text editor. In addition to basic text editing functions, I also implemented word wrap and cursor selection. The editor utilized JavaFX in its implementation.

BearMaps

GoogleMaps-like Interface for the Berkeley Area

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BearMaps is a map application using images and data from the OpenStreetMap project. It created a Google Maps like interface for the Berkeley area. The implementation uses the A* search algorithm, similar to Dijkstra's in order to find the shortest route between two points on the map. BearMaps also can display any part of the region in various zoom levels.

Keylogger

Hidden Keylogging Software

Download Link Here (don't worry, it wont bite)

The purpose of this project was to practice offensive hacking in order to gain a better understanding of it. The logger is able to be hidden inside a naive looking pdf file. Then, once the pdf is opened, the logger will activate and run in the background. THIS CODE IS NOT INTENDED FOR MALICIOUS USE. USE ONLY FOR TESTING ON CONSENTING DEVICES. The complete method of implementation is layed out in the README file in the download, along with instructions for personal use.