Hi 👋, I'm Joe Sheen
My full first name is Joseph (but I prefer Joe), and my last name is Sheen. Back at university, a course mate started calling me "Shoe" - a mashup of my first and last names. I liked it, so it stuck.
Later on, I added "js" to the end. Those are my initials, but also the file extension for JavaScript source code, which felt pretty fitting for a software engineer.
When I was setting up this site, I wanted a domain that was short, unique, easy to share, and most importantly something I'd actually remember. After browsing around, I found that shoejs was not only available, but also cheaper than something like joesheen, so I went with it. Simple as that.