I'm just a developer making my mark on this little area called web. This is where I like to share my interests, projects I'm working on, and other places to find me on the web.
Programming caveman?
The name stems from a particular junction in my Undergraduate career (2000 Spring Semester). A buddy and mine were getting ready to debug some code and I decided to fire up the ever trustworthy MS-DOS Editor. This prompted a rather incredulous look on my friends face and caused him to state, "what are you a programming caveman?".
Even though no one really calls me this I think its an appropriate title, especially as a full-time developer. Software development is a field that is always evolving, requiring one to make sure they are always learning. The moment you become overconfident and believe you know it all, you've become a programming dinosaur.
Are you serious? MS-DOS? No one is going to hire you.
Yeah, you're right. Thankfully I already have a great job, but just as insurance I've learned quite a number of editors since then. I've dabbled with Eclipse, Vim, Emacs, and now TextMate.
Where else are you on the web?
- Caveman Ramblings: A blog that I update about once a month (can be frequent as a couple times a week though). The topics range from programming to exercise/fitness. Pure randomness.
- BIOwhat: This is a blog I started in graduate school. I wanted to track how a comp sci major grew accustomed to a biology based field.
- twitter: I'm not a tweet a day twitter user but I do like to share a useful link here every once in a while.
- facebook: I use this site strictly to keep in touch with old and new friends so please no adds unless we really know one another.
- Linkedin: You can find my professional accomplishments here. Although its not a 100% complete description.
Interests/Activities
As with most people, I spend quite a bit of my work time sitting at a desk and typing on a computer. To help prevent muscle atrophy and cabin fever I like to do a lot of things that keep my body active.
- Surfing: My wife and I learned how to surf on our honeymoon in 2008.
- Distance running: In 2009 I trained for and participated in long distance running, peaking in the Richmond Marathon.
- Triathlons: For 2010, I plan to do several sprint and olympic distance triathlons.
