This is the official web presence of a particular Josh Patton. There are many humans with this name. Since you're already here, I'm going to assume you've found the one you were looking for. I am not a web designer, but I've done what I can to make the site look nice.
I am a Computer Scientist, but most people would probably just call me a programmer. I can program in many languages. If I'm missing one I need, I'll learn it quickly.
I have been interested "in computers" since I can remember. I liked to tinker around in the Control Panel of my family's first computer. When I was nine, I watched a friend's mom programming. She explained what she was working on. I wanted to know more and she directed me to my library (a place I loved), where I found introductory books on programming and html. It was a difficult start. I know I struggled hard and finally gave up on a Java in 21 days book (Grasping a do-while loop at age ten took time). I tried my luck at html books and moved from there, graduating to javascript, and later Java.
I continued to study reference books on a myriad of languages and technologies. Google became my friend. This entire computer science journey was self taught (Statement guaranteed fresh until August 2012).