About

I currently live in Portland and work at Simple. I have a background in software engineering and information security, which I have done professionally since 2004. Recently I developed applications commercially using Clojure, Java, Objective-C and Python. You can read more about my background on LinkedIn.

I am an advocate of automated testing, continuous integration and iterative development. I believe these practices are important for developing quality software. I prefer using open source software and open systems, but I am happy to make exceptions when the closed alternative is significantly better. Whenever possible I try to release most of my work under liberal open source licenses. You can browse some of my projects on github

In addition to writing software I enjoy shooting and editing video, particularly at technical user groups and conferences. I became involved with video after PyCon 2008 where I unknowingly signed up for digitizing 100+ hours of video. I spent the next 4 days shuffling video tapes around the clock, without any sleep. Since then I have been involved in recording PyCon 2009, IPhone Camp Atlanta and various user group meeting around Chicago.