Mission
I consider myself a versatile citizen of the Digital Age. I have been a pianist, software engineer, composer, philosopher, web designer, conductor, singer, teacher, and technology advocate. I believe in being a well-rounded person with many interests. Hardly a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none, I have excelled in many areas, including software design and development, music theory, and choral conducting.
I have a passion for formal aesthetics—I am committed to beauty in design, music, and software.
The Real Stuff
I currently work as a Developer Advocate for Basho Technologies, creators of the esoterically-awesome Riak distributed database. As a Developer Advocate, I strive to deliver an excellent experience for Basho customers and open-source users through direct support, development, writing, speaking, and training. I develop primarily in Ruby, Erlang, and JavaScript but have been known to write the occasional C program or Bash script.
Bio
A native of Kansas City, I currently live away from my hometown in Lawrence, NJ, with my wife, Elizabeth, and two cats, Fiona and Isolde.