I am a professional software developer living in the Rochester, New York area. I am currently working for a large community site for artists doing lots of LAMP, JavaScript, and HTML5 work. Prior to that I was with an online advertising start-up (no, we don't make the seizure-inducing "punch the monkey" ads) doing LAPP and Flex work, an infamous entertainment site doing more LAMP work, and started my career with six years in the Windows world doing internal IT for a local government. My hobbies include gardening, playing the piano, and studying philosophy and religion. I also have a fondness for local wines and unnecessarily pretentious books.
I got into software in college, when I took my first programming class. Since then, I've written code for a living and done open-source work as a hobby on the side. In 2011 I completed my Master's degree in Computer Science, writing my thesis on the application of formal modeling methods to dynamic web apps. My interests include testing and quality assurance methods, organized software engineering, and stupid SQL tricks, among others.