About Me

Currently employed fulltime by: Northern Natural Gas Co.

Favorites:

• Programming language: Smalltalk
• Scripting language: Ruby
• Server environment: Linux (Gentoo, Redhat)
• Development Methodology: XP (promiscuous pairing)
• Development Practice: Test Driven Development
• Programming Activity: Writing Tests
• Design Activity: Spikes
• Influence: Kent Beck
• Application Type: SOA Web based
• Text Editor: TextPad
• Dream: Smalltalk will take it’s rightful place as the language of choice

Hobbies:

• Mens baseball during the Spring and Summer
• Pick-up basketball during the Fall and Winter
• Online gaming: mainly MMORPG or FPS (currently Age of Conan)
• Home repair
• Web frameworks

Professional Wish List

• Serve as Director or VP and revamp an organization’s software development practices
• Work on an open-source Smalltalk related project
• Work in some software development capacity within the space-science community
• Invent the next free, open-source, and professional Smalltalk or aid in it’s development

Current projects

• Smalltalk: The language of choice
  • New web-based community focused on improving Smalltalk in a professional capacity
  • Complete one-stop shop dedicated to making Smalltalk a self-improving language
  • Home for folks interested in and involved in the Smalltalk community