Some of my projects:

• http://glassocean.net
• http://therapidplatform.com
• http://choiceschances.com
• http://birthsource.info
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-oauth/
• https://github.com/perrybutler

Official specs and APIs I've deciphered / implemented over the years:

• DirectX 7,8,9 APIs >> The iosys Game Engine
• ID3v1 & ID3v2 >> Perry's ID3 Tag Library & Perry's ID3 Tag Viewer
• ISO/IEC 13818 - MPEG-2 Headers >> Perry's ID3 Tag Library
• RFC 2616 - HTTP >> Rapid Server
• RFC 6749 - OAuth2 >> WP-OAuth
• Last.FM Audioscrobbler API >> NEST
• YouTube API v2 >> Lakewood Mall Guest Services Kiosk
• Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Github, Reddit, Windows Live OAuth 2 APIs >> WP-OAuth

Tools I like / use:

• Notepad++, FileZilla FTP, DevTools/Firebug, Github for Windows, Paint.NET

Some interesting people you might not have heard of:

• Keith Clark - impressive CSS3D experiments
• Bret Victor - amazing portfolio website
• Ted Dziuba - insightful articles