Al Shaw is Designer/Developer at Talking Points Memo, where he is responsible for all web design and development across the TPM sites.

Previously he has been an editorial intern at USATODAY.com, webmaster for the University of Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning and a copy editor on the Chicago Maroon.

Al recently graduated from the University of Chicago where he concentrated in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.

Al can be reached at al at talkingpointsmemo.com or @a_l on Twitter. He blogs about design and code-related things here.