Notable URLs on 2004-09-29

• The Moog Synthesizer Makes a Comeback: Mr. Moog, who turned 70 this year, is still inventing. The company, renamed Moog Music, offers a variety of new products: an anniversary-edition Minimoog Voyager; various types of analog sound-effect boxes, called Moogerfoogers. And he continues to build
  ( HiFi History Music people_Moog )
• MoCoLoco: Zip Rug: Parisian design duo has designed an 'expandable' rug for Vitra comprised of zippered felt panels. Creating a rug that allows the user to decide length, color and pattern.
  ( Design Furnishings Home Innovative )
• Schwarzenegger Signs California Anti-Spyware Bill: Schwarzenegger signed an anti-spyware bill on Tuesday banning unauthorized installation of deceptive software or SpyWare
  ( Ca. Law people_Schwarzenegger SpyWare )
• Finally on the roads: Venturi Fetish: Venturi Fetish is the first production electric sports car in automobile history. It offers 350 Km of autonomy and a rapid battery recharge of 1,6 Km a minute or 10 minutes recharge for every 16 Km, easily covering the needs of daily urban transport
  ( Autos Design Environment )
• Tropos Unveils Wi-Fi Mesh Node For Vehicles: Tropos 4210 Wi-Fi mesh cell can be placed in vehicles so they can connect to existing wireless mesh networks as the vehicles move. The new node also will enable municipalities to temporarily extend the net into uncovered areas
  ( NetTech WiFi )
• The Invisible Train: The Invisible Train is a mobile, collaborative multi-user Augmented Reality (AR) game. These virtual trains are only visible to players through their PDA's video see-through display. This type of user interface is commonly called the "magic lens metaphor"
  ( Design Games Hack Inventive PDA UI )
• TiVo - Hack DirecTV Series 2: Series2 DirecTiVo w/ HMO, Networking, Moving data off, etc.
  ( DVR Hack Television TiVo Tutorials )
• University Business: New Lessons in Course Management: Academic CIOs can expect to see even more emphasis on content management as CMS develops. The higher ed sector is now addressing what is known as the "afterlife" of a course
  ( CMS eLearning.Infrastructure LMS Sakai )
• I work, therefore, IM: With IM, employers would be “able to ping employees at any moment, with a very low threshold since no one has to pick up a phone or wander over to a desk,” he said. “Employees who would object immediately to a camera monitoring their desk feel IM is
  ( Business Communications IM mag_RedHerring )

Notable URLs on 2004-09-28

• User Experience Resource Collection: compiled by Dey Alexander
  ( Patterns Reference SwDev UI WebDev )
• Google Conforms To Chinese Censorship: If Google were to display results from sites the Chinese government blocks, computer users would end up clicking on links that lead nowhere -- something the search engine has always tried to avoid.
  ( Censorship China co_Google Search )
• Animaris Rhinoceros: The Animaris Rhinoceros Transport is a type of animal with a steel skeleton and a polyester skin. It looks as if there is a thick layer of sand coating the animal. It weighes 2. tons, but can be set into motion by one person. It stands 4.70 meters tall
  ( Art Design Hack Images Innovative )
• Move over NJB3, here's the Edirol R-1 Digital Recorder: Perfect for bootlegging a concert. Just add a powered mic and a big memory card.
  ( Bootleg Gadgets HiFi MP3 Music )
• 43 Folders: A bunch of tricks, hacks & other cool stuff.
  ( Amusing Feeds GTD Organization )
• A Wingless 727 Limo?: converted an old Boeing 727-100 and converted it into a 50-seat luxury limousine.
  ( Amusing Autos Hack )
• Survey Says: Cell Phones Left Out: pollsters like Gallup's Steve Hanway are worried because a growing number of adults' only phone has no cord.
  ( Politics Research Surveys Telephone )
• SonoPrep: The SonoPrep is a hand-held ultrasound device that painlessly opens microscopic pores in a small area of the skin, allowing medication to pass into the bloodstream.
  ( Inventive MedSci )
• Cyclops RC car: Overtaking all other remote control cars in its price bracket the Cyclops is jam packed with functionality. Remote video and audio, laser tag, and outputs on the remote.
  ( Autos Gadgets RC Toys )
• PalmSource Introduces Palm OS Cobalt 6.1 for Smartphones: Palm OS Cobalt 6.1 builds on the foundation of Palm OS Cobalt and provides integrated telephony features, support for WiFi and Bluetooth and enhancements to the user interface.
  ( co_PalmSource Image PDA Telephone )
• Node: Location aware computers and the content and services that run on these devices, will change the way that society experiences the real world.
  ( GPS Hardware Linux Outdoor PDA )
• FlexWiki (MS's wiki, now opensource)
  ( ms_FlexWiki Scripts Wiki )
• F4 Phantom Jet Hits Concrete Wall at 500 MPH: the strength of a concrete wall built to withstand a nuclear blast
  ( Aerospace Testing Video )
• Escher for Real: it may come as a surprise for some, but many of the so-called 'impossible' drawings of M. C. Escher can be realized as actual physical objects
  ( Amusing Design Innovative people_Escher )

Notable URLs on 2004-09-27

• BMW H2R: BMW unveiled the world's fastest hydrogen-powered car at the Paris auto show on Wednesday, dubbed the H2R, capable of exceeding 300 kilometers (185 miles) per hour.
  ( Autos co_BMW Environment )
• Long Trip for Psychedelic Drugs: "The government was funding a lot of research about abuse of psychedelic drugs," Greer said, "but no one was funding research to use them to understand how the brain works or to treat people with psychological or medical problems."
  ( Drugs Innovative MedSci Research )
• Girlfriend calls police over drunk driving: "She bought him two pints of beer. They didn't argue but Mr Kerry indicated he didn't wish to get back together with her. "He was later stopped by the police. Subsequently he learned his ex girlfriend had phoned the police.
  ( Amusing Autos Drugs Relationships UK )
• Sony's New PSP Debut on Video: close-up video of the PSP during its first public unveiling
  ( co_Sony Games PSP Video )
• Xbox 2 to use Virtual PC 7 for backwards compatibility: Xbox 2 is slated to run on the PowerPC 970 chip, and current Xbox 2 developer kits are PowerMac G5s.
  ( Gadget Games ms_Xbox )
• VOOM "whole house DVR" Demo: The VOOM Satellite Whole House DVR is expected to be released in 2005
  ( co_Voom HDTV HiFi Music Television Video )
• Technology Review: Sir Tim Berners-Lee: The Semantic Web, coupled with other specifications and tools being developed at W3C, is part of Berners-Lee’s grand vision of “a single Web of meaning, about everything and for everyone.”
  ( *ToRead org_W3C people_BernersLess SemWeb )
• 1 Terabyte Optical Storage Disks the Size of a DVD: The 1TB disk would be double sided and dual layer. They estimate that MODS disks would cost approx. the same to manufacture as a DVD, that systems would be backwards compatible and on the shelves by 2010 or 2015.
  ( Research Storage )
• Adobe proposes new format for images: new Digital Negative Specification, or DNG, becomes a universal standard for the raw format. Adobe is also launching a free software tool that will allow users to convert the raw formats from more than 65 cameras into the DNG format.
  ( co_Adobe Photography Specifications )
• The Holy Warrior: “I think most people would have this image of a Delta commando has a tough, macho guy, and you clearly are but your emotions are just right there beneath the surface.” “Right,” says Boykin. “You want to arm wrestle?”
  ( Hero Military people_WilliamBoykin Religion tv_60Minutes )
• For The Record: Bush Documents: Knox says the information in the four memos that CBS obtained is very familiar, but she doesn't believe the memos are authentic. She does, however, remember Killian being upset over Mr. Bush's failure to take a physical.
  ( Military people_Bush tv_60Minutes )

Notable URLs on 2004-09-26

• Hackers use Google to access photocopiers: Photocopiers are the latest networked devices to fall prey to hackers armed with nothing more than Google's search engine
  ( Amusing co_Google Hack Search Security )
• L.T.: Over The Edge: Did he demand special treatment? “That's a big word. What do you mean - special treatment?” asks Taylor, laughing. “I, flexibility, I like to call it. ...Flexible. You get to be flexible with me.”
  ( Addiction Books Drugs Interviews people_LaurenceTaylor sport_AmericanFootball TV_60Minutes )
• DNA Dragnet: In most cases, where people refused, Kuykendall got the courts to force them to give DNA. But Juli's parents, Mary Jean and Bud Busken, wonder why any innocent person would hesitate.
  ( CivilLiberties Crime Privacy TV_60Minutes )
• mozdev.org - delicious: index
  ( Extensions FireFox Mozilla )
• Digital Web Magazine - Mena Trott
  ( Blogs Business co_SixApart Interviews people_Trott )
• Creating a .htpasswd entry: create the passwords that you need for restricting access via .htaccess
  ( NetOps Scripts WebDev )

Notable URLs on 2004-09-25

• UNIX History: This is a simplified diagram of unix history. There are numerous derivative systems not listed in this chart
  ( History Reference Unix )
• Character Codes: Latin 1 Characters; This chart shows the effects of numeric ampersand entities on your browser.
  ( Reference Typography WebDev )
• Underground History of American Education: he shocking possibility that dumb people don’t exist in sufficient numbers to warrant the millions of careers devoted to tending them will seem incredible
  ( Books Kids Schools )
• TiddlyWiki: It's written in HTML and JavaScript to run on any browser without needing any ServerSide logic. It allows anyone to create SelfContained hypertext documents
  ( JS Scripts Wiki )
• An Illustrated Guide to Cryptographic Hashes: We've done our best to assemble (digest?) the best available information into this Guide
  ( Cryptography Security Tutorials )
• Jane Kim: for San Francisco School Board
  ( Design Politics WebDev )
• how to make a violin: The creation of a violin is illustrated in 45 pictures - IPIALL Stradivari
  ( Image Music Reference )
• Super-Modified Japanese Trucks. Mugen Powers!
  ( Amusing Autos Images )
• Flickr: Photos from guysonbikes2004: TransAmerica Cyclists -- Photo Gallery
  ( Cycling Hero Image Photography Travel )

Notable URLs on 2004-09-24

• Ins and Outs of Teledildonics: Yet remote interaction technology -- or, as I like to call it, teledildonics -- has as much potential to bring people together as it does to drive people apart.
  ( Amusing InformationAge Sex )
• First birth after ovarian tissue transplant: woman has given birth to the first baby born after an ovarian tissue transplant
  ( Cancer Innovative MedSci )
• CommuniGate Pro, email, calendaring, SIP based server: From email and calendaring, to instant messaging and application sharing, CommuniGate Pro supports it all from one proven, reliable platform.
  ( eMail GroupWare Software )
• T-Shirt Hell: t-shirts, shirts, funny t-shirts, funny shirts (nsfw?)
  ( Amusing Clothing )
• Running a macro automatically when a document is created, opened or closed: create a Module (Insert + Module), and write a macro called AutoOpen(). If stored in any template other than Normal.dot, it will behave in the same way as Document events
  ( *Work ms_VBA )
• China's Boom and the Environment: The environmental consequences of China's manufacturing boom are staggering.
  ( Business CH Environment radio_NPR )
• Cowboy Junkies, A Long Way from 'Trinity': "When I first started, that song (Misguided Angel) was more of a romantic story of bad boy meets good girl," she says. "Now I think... maybe it's not such a good idea," she adds with a laugh.
  ( *ToListen band_CowboyJunkies Interviews radio_NPR )
• LinksysInfo.org Support Site: primary support site for WiFi-Box and HyperWRT and HyperWAP Firmware.
  ( co_Linksys NetOps NetTech WRT54G )
• Conn. woman uses cell phone camera to help: Connecticut woman used her cameraphone to help catch a sexual predator without ever dialing a number.
  ( Gadgets Hero Interesting Telephone )
• Play the PlayStation Portable… in Japan: PSP Images from tradeshow
  ( Amusing co_Sony Games Image PSP )
• Pre-printed CD-r's for Greenday: Greenday/iTunes sell pre-labeled CD-r's for their music.
  ( Amusing band_Greenday co_Apple iTunes Music )
• Asterisk: The Open Source Linux PBX. Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It runs on Linux and provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX and more.
  ( Linux Software Telephone )
• Roth Rewrites History with a 'Plot Against America': In Philip Roth's new novel, things turn out very differently. The Plot Against America imagines what might have happened if flying ace and staunch isolationist Charles Lindbergh defeated Roosevelt in 1940.
  ( *ToRead Books WWII )
• 43 Folders
  ( *ToRead Feeds Ideas Organization )
• Getting Things Done: The practicalities
  ( *ToRead Ideas Organization )
• Eastgate Tinderbox: the tool for notes: Tinderbox is a personal content management assistant. It stores your notes, ideas, and plans.
  ( Ideas MacOSX Organization Software )
• *protoTyping: my Getting Things Done Tinderbox document.
  ( Ideas Organization Software Templates )
• the flying man: the logical “next step” was to accomplish the secret dream of being able to fly like Superman or the Rocketeer
  ( Aerospace Amusing Inventive )

Notable URLs on 2004-09-23

• Firefox Help: most common keyboard shortcuts in Firefox,
  ( FireFox Reference )
• Doonesbury on "France-Bashing"
  ( Amusing FR Iraq Politics )
• HttpUnit: emulates browser behavior, including form submission, JS, basic http auth, cookies and page redirection, and allows Java test code to examine returned pages
  ( Java Scripts Testing WebDev )
• Bush Caught Again: ABC highlights Bush Lies about Kerry
  ( Campaign04 Liars people_Bush people_Kerry )
• At 205 MPH, Speed Thrills: motorcyclist Samuel Tilley, 20, was clocked Saturday afternoon going 205 mph on his Honda 1000. That was 140 mph over the limit on U.S. Highway 61.
  ( Amusing Autos Law Mn. )
• Odds & ends / Minn. trooper writes 205 mph ticket: The State Patrol officer arrested the faster rider, 20-year-old Stillwater resident Samuel Armstrong Tilley, for reckless driving, driving without a motorcycle license -- and driving 140 miles per hour over the posted speed limit of 65 mph
  ( Amusing Autos Law Mn. )
• The device that rocks the cradle: Acting as a virtual nanny, the device works on similar principles to baby monitors currently on the market, with a handheld device for parents linked up to a sensor attached to a cot
  ( Baby Furnishings Inventive Kids )
• Shoulder Dolly�: system allows moving heavy and bulky objects safely over adverse terrain, yet gives the sensitive control necessary to navigate
  ( Clothing House Inventive )
• Most lucrative college degrees: The Class of 2004 is faring well, with a special nod to the English majors.
  ( Economy Jobs )
• Electoral votes in proportion to popular vote: Amendment 36 would scrap the traditional "winner take all" system and award Colorado's electoral votes proportionally, based on popular vote. It would be the first such system in the nation
  ( Campaign04 eVoting Legal Politics )

Notable URLs on 2004-09-22

• Macprices.com
  ( co_Apple Shopping )
• Integrating CSS with Content Management Systems: Building CSS editing features into our content management systems allows us to make style changes as easily as we make content changes.
  ( Articles CMS CSS WebDev )
• swiftboat-veterans-remember.jpg: LOL: Swift Boat Veterans for Truth remember Christ's crucifixion, uh, differently.
  ( Amusing Campaign04 Image people_Kerry Politics )
• Student's Award-Winning MINI Concept: while they might indeed represent some interesting ideas that BMW/MINI could be looking at, it would seem that they are not official concepts from MINI.
  ( Autos co_BMW Design )
• Funfurde: gravity.: The Gravity from Front is a concept design (at least, I think it's just a concept) for an interactive lamp that reacts to your presence
  ( Amusing Funishings Interactive Inventive )
• Link Markers: CSS Generated Content: CSS alternative to qbullets, etc.
  ( CSS Icons Mozilla WebDev )
• Mechanical Pong: Completely mechnical pong game
  ( Amusing Games Inventive )
• Dick: The Man Who Is President by John Nichols: John Nichols' compact, scathing book on Richard Cheney takes as a given that the Vice President controls the Bush White House.
  ( Amusing Books people_Cheney Politics Reviews )
• FindOpenSourceSupport.com: If you or your organization needs support services for Open Source software, you've come to the right place.
  ( ITM Opensource Reference )
• AvantGo Survey Names Top PDA Features: survey reveals that when it comes to device functionality, early technology adopters want to have their cake and eat it too. When asked to imagine the must-have features of an all-in-one "dream device,"
  ( Gadgets Palm PDA Research )
• ChairTrips: The chair is taking a respite from a trip to the East Coast.
  ( Amusing Furnishings Travel )

Notable URLs on 2004-09-21

• Summer Vacation at Burning Man.: Our babysitter, Luna, is awesome. She said we don't need to eat our vegetables, because they represent agronomic tyranny. And she's taking us to a rave later.
  ( Amusing BurningMan Stories )
• Michael Moore Che Guevara T-Shirt: we're going to donate a portion of the profits from the sale of Che Moore shirts and buttons to MoveOn PAC!
  ( Amusing Campaign04 Clothing people_Che people_Moore Politics )
• Che Storm Trooper
  ( Amusing Clothing people_Che )
• Building the Playa Phone: Making the impossible phone was easier than it sounds because my friend, fellow EFFer and campmate John Gilmore has a 2-way satellite internet connection (from Tachyon), and brings the dish to Burning Man to share it.
  ( Amusing BurningMan Telephone )
• OVOLAB - Phlink: Caller ID Log, record messages, email vmail, remote control via dial-pad.
  ( MacOSX Software Telephone )
• XHTML Quicktime Object: The method currently used to embed Quicktime movies into pages relies on the embed tag which, while widely supported by browsers, has never been part of any W3C standard.
  ( WaSP WebDev XHTML )
• min-height: fixed;: There’s no reliable way to place elements inside a parent and then have it expand gracefully along with the elements, if the parent has a starting height value.
  ( CSS Tutorials WebDev )
• The BlogBox Project: Blogboxes provide exciting, instantly deployed functionality for your blog or Web site. They are free for non-commercial use.
  ( Interesting Scripts WebDev )
• StickyBrain: Stickies on Steroids
  ( MacOSX Organization PKB Search Software )
• NPR : Ali G: Fooling Serious Interviewees, All for a Laugh: Sasha Baron Cohen -- aka Ali G, host of Da Ali G Show on HBO. Cohen, in the character of a Cockney-accented, dim-witted wannabe "wiseguy," regularly fools government officials and other interview subjects
  ( Amusing Journalism people_AliG radio_NPR )
• Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide: An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting
  ( Bash Scripts Tutorials )

Education

University of California, Irvine

During my tenure at UC Irvine's Merage School of Business, I attended dozens of courses and lectures on Management, Business, Software Development, Technology, Information Systems, Process Engineering, and Project Management.

Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts

• Focused on lighting and set design.
• Experienced with production implementation, run crews, and theatre operations.
• Experienced in the DA, ME, ATD, and ASM roles.

Honors and Awards

• Certified Pragmatic Product Manager.
• Stage6 EMR Adoption, HIMSS Analytics -- Engineering project manager for Midland Memorial EMR implementation, one of only 12 HIMSS Analytics EMRAM Stage6 hospitals in the US.
• RH100 Award, Red Herring Magazine -- Member of Medsphere management team.
• Panelist, UC Irvine -- Panelist at UCI OCTANe, Open Source.
• Top 50 Intranet, CIO Magazine -- Primary architect and product manager for the Catalyst Intranet system at the Merage School of Business, UCI.

Knowledge

I have familiarity with the following technologies and products:

OS Experience: Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, BSDi OS, Digital Unix, Next/OpenStep Mach, DOS/Windows, WinNT/2k/XP/2k3, MacOS(7-9 & X), Netware 3.x.

Server Software: Email Services: qmail, sendmail, popper, imapd (WU & Cyrus), MS Exchange, Scalix. SCM: CVS, SVN, Bzr, HG. HTTP Services: Apache, IIS. Databases: Postgres, MySQL, MS SQL Server, BDB, Intersystems Cache, GT.M. Other Services & Tools: Samba, NFS, NIS, Bind.

Technologies: MS Terminal Services & Citrix ICA. XML. Server side web processing with PERL, mod_perl, PerlEX, ATG Dynamo, JSP, ASP, Velocigen, PHP, Ruby on Rails, and similar web-based scripting languages. Development: C# (Mono & .NET), Java, Delphi, MUMPS, Ruby, Python. Interfacing: HL7, SOAP, XML-RPC.

Contracting & Consulting

In 1996 a small group of like-minded information specialists came together to form a technology-consulting firm, The Singularity Group. Since that time, Singularity Group has teamed with a number of organizations both as contract developers and as technology consultants.

As a partner in the firm, I have worked with a mixture of business and non-profit organizations, from traditional small enterprise to pure Internet organizations. Some of the companies I have assisted with technology implementation and process engineering are: eBuilt, Focus Dance Center, GNet.com, iLeads.com, Superior Business Network, and the Western Association of College and University Business Officers. I have also volunteered my expertise and time at Irvine's public radio station, KUCI, and at the Newport Beach non-profit, Girl's Inc.

Primary Architect - Catalyst

Master Electrician, PCPA Theaterfest

1994 - 1995

As the Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts (PCPA) Theaterfest Master Electrician I was responsible for maintaining all aspects of the theaters' electrical and lighting equipment. It was my duty (with a staff of 8) to maintain 2 main and 1 minor stage (approx 1500 seats total) in two different cities. Additionally, I was responsible for overseeing inventory, transportation, rigging, setup, run crews, breakdown and maintenance of all lighting and electrics equipment during a production cycle while maintaining the budget parameters and strict timelines.

MBA Computing Manager, University of California at Irvine

1995 - 1998

As the MBA Computing Manager for the GSM, I was responsible for all aspects of full-time MBA student computing. Each incoming student is required to posses a laptop computer for use as an academic tool. With a staff of six, I managed MBA computing support, computer training, and networking resources.

In addition to the laptop programs, I managed the GSM labs (40 seats each), and assisted in maintenance of our Electronic/Networked Case Study rooms (70 networked seats per classroom.). I frequently interfaced with vendors, sales representatives, and technical support personnel; settling pricing, service, and support contracts.

Interim CIO, University of California at Irvine

2000

The unexpected departure of the Graduate School of Management's long-time CIO presented an opportunity to expand my experience base. I was recommended and selected as the interim CIO while a national search for a permanent CIO was conducted.

As CIO, I was tasked with overseeing the department's on-going projects, infrastructure and operations while serving on the search committee for our new CIO.

My duties included leading a full-time staff of 16 technical professionals and developers, controlling the 1.2 million dollar budget, completing the various administrative tasks and interfacing with the school's Dean as an acting member of his administrative council. I directed an organization responsible for over 1100 desktop and mobile workstations, 15+ Windows & *nix servers, and 7 world-class electronic classrooms.

Director of Technology, Medsphere Systems

2002 - 2003

Medsphere Systems a start-up enterprise, sought my assistance to plan and organize in two critical areas; technology and operational planning.

However, due to the fledgling nature of the business, I found myself working closely with C-level executives assisting in establishing technology roadmaps, operating processes, project planning, product strategy and marketing. My responsibilities included website development, vendor contract management, project oversight, planning Medsphere's marketing campaigns and establishing a presence at industry conferences.

Web Services / Development Manager, University of California at Irvine

1998 - 2005

As the Development Manager at the Graduate School of Management (GSM) at the University of California, Irvine, I manage the development team charged with the creation, extension, maintenance and operation of our award winning web-based course delivery and management system, Catalyst (see Primary Architect below). Catalyst has allowed me to both manage a long-term development project and act as the primary architect of a major system.

As the Manager of Web Services for GSM, I am responsible for all aspects of the Web support, administration and development. The web team manages three major and four minor websites. This includes administration of two production Win2k/2k3 servers running IIS, MS SQL Server and multiple (Win/*nix) development servers. The team uses ISAPI, ASP, Java and PERL technologies to complete development and process improvement projects for all units at GSM. Until recently, my team was tasked with all student training. Every Fall we prepared, scheduled and executed computer training for the ~350 incoming students.

In these roles, I am responsible for budgets, personnel issues, business/process analysis, project proposals, project scheduling, overall systems design, performance, stability and occasionally instruction.

Interim CTO, Medsphere Systems

2006

During Q2 of 2006, Medsphere underwent some turbulent changes, including replacement of several key executive level staff members and founders. I was asked to assist by working in the office of the CTO until a replacement could be hired. All Development, QA and IT staff reported to the office of the CTO during this period. I was tasked with maintaining a steady development process and staff retention during the leadership change. Additionally, I participated in development of executive management strategies and corporate policies. Acted and continue to act as an adviser to Medsphere board members.

Director of Engineering & Development, Medsphere Systems

2005 - Present

During my second tenure at Medsphere Systems, my responsibilities included system implementations at customer sites, delivering new products, and managing corporate IT.

Implementation Engineering

• Participated in sales activities such as (technical) discussions, presentations, and contracting with prospects.
• During implementations, I managed the engineering efforts on system design and architecture (including hardware, software, and interfacing).
• Led engineering teams responsible for interface and enhancement development, including project planning and control, go-live support efforts, and on going (technical) account management.

Product Development

• Managed four distinct product development areas, each further divided into project specific teams. Invested significant time in developing and retaining staff, focused on coaching and mentoring team leads in people management and growing individual contributors to become technical leads and architects.
• Implemented the Scrum agile development methodology (for appropriate projects). This included Scrum managed planning and control practices, state-of-the-art source control management, automated continuous integration and build services, developer code review, automated testing and QA-controlled defect management.
• Managed a diverse technology portfolio (new and legacy development) including C#, Java, M, Delphi, and various scripting engines (Python, Ruby and PHP), as well as multiple database platforms, such as MySQL, BDB, Cache and GT.M.
• Per company strategy, I managed the open source releases of multiple core products, tools, and supporting libraries. I gained familiarity with parallel open and closed source development practices, licensing considerations and open source community building.

Information Technology Management

As with many companies of Medsphere's size and maturity, IT operations and support is owned by the technology group. I managed Medsphere's small team of IT helpdesk and server/network operational staff. This team was responsible for IT project planning, budgets, end-user support, equipment procurement, (intra and extra) networking, data center operations and telephony, at both Medsphere offices, multiple co-location centers, and for all remote employees.

Objective

My professional objective is to find employment with a progressive and innovative enterprise that emphasizes team goals. I am seeking a position that challenges my abilities to lead a team, assisting with product management, design, and development, ultimately delivering high-quality product.

Notable URLs on 2004-09-20

• College backs off Wi-Fi ban: "We've seen substantial growth of hot spots in campus housing, which has led to interference between apartments," McGregor said. "Folks will have to figure it out individually."
  ( dept_FCC Law Policy Schools WiFi )
• Nixon Lives! - Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald beats the press: I know I'm coming off like some ACLU worrywart, but there's evidence that Fitzgerald has no compunctions about using the grand jury process to intimidate reporters from digging for other national security stories
  ( Journalism Law Op-Ed people_Nixon people_Plame_Wilson people_Woodward )
• Pennsylvania - Is Kerry going to blow it here, too?: the exact same corrosive stump speech he's been giving for two months: how he, like John Edwards, got his job for being "sexy" and having "great hair." His speech is not just tired; it's practically been embalmed. And yet the guy next to me is going nuts
  ( Amusing Campaign04 people_Cheney people_Kerry Politics )
• Respek! - How does Ali G keep conning famous guests?: The joke won't work when they know he's a fiction. The only way to save Ali may be to send him even further afield—to find yet another country as pompous and credulous as America. But that's a tall order.
  ( Amusing Journalism people_AliG Television )
• Print me! Stick me! Then drift away...: Response to the "International CXT" truck.
  ( Autos Environment )
• The Archos Gmini 400: think of the new Gmini 400 from Archos as a personal video player in the first place. Just completely push that thought out of your mind and try and think of it as a 20GB MP3 player
  ( co_Archos Gadgets MP3 Music Review Video )
• Funk Logic: Rack Filler Panels with a Bunch of Stuff All Over 'em
  ( Amusing Audio Gadgets )
• RadioShark: The RadioSHARK can record any AM or FM radio broadcast in real time. You can also program it to record a scheduled show, or to ‘pause’ live radio
  ( Gadgets Music PVR Radio )
• LEGO(c) Building Instructions and Catalogs: Scans of historic and new instruction manuals
  ( Legos Reference Specifications )
• Smart Tag Reading Washing Machine: Japanese Dai Nippon Printing Co. has developed a washing machine that can read smart tags and inform users of the best method of washing of clothes.
  ( Gadgets Home RFID )
• To Err Is Divine by Agota Bozai: satire here is directed at East European politicians who have made the transition from venal communism to exploitative capitalism with impressive ease. Desperate to increase the town's tourism industry, the mayor constructs an international healing center
  ( *ToRead Books Interesting MedSci Religion )
• Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19: Welcome to the one and only, official, accept-no-substitutes Talk Like A Pirate Day Web site.
  ( Amusing )
• Strip Maul: Now, with Israeli PM Sharon planning to withdraw from Gaza by the end of next year, the inexperienced young men who control Hamas--the top leadership has been wiped out by Israel--are bitterly divided over how to respond.
  ( Isreal org_Hamas people_Sharon place_Gaza Politics )
• Rather Flawed: CBS can clear its name in the Killian memo controversy by following these three tips: Find the original docs, acquire a typewriter from the same era, and track down some additional Killian memos.
  ( people_BenBarnes people_Bush people_Killian people_Rather Politics tv_60Minutes )

Notable URLs on 2004-09-18

• Recall Toolbar: creates a local (i.e., on your hard drive) index of pages when you visit them. No information about the pages you visit ever leaves your computer.
  ( KM Search Software Win32 )
• del.icio.us Internet Explorer Context Menu: JavaScript to let del.icio.us users add a bookmark using their right-click menus. He didn't include an installer, though, so I've built one.
  ( Del.icio.us Scripts )

Sprint PCS Customer Service

Last week my year old Treo 600 started acting funny. It was resetting itself and dying randomly -- the only way to bring it back was to put it back on its charger. I finally broke down and completely wiped my install and started re-installing all my software (and data!) from scratch.

It lasted about a day, then while (ironically) at the Verizon store buying Tedd his new phone (birthday gift), it just gave up. I, obviously, immediately suspected sabotage by the tricky Verizon sales people.

OK, so this must be a hardware problem. To be fair to the Treo, it's survived for a year living with me. I know I've introduced it to several cement floors in that time... so I can't really blame the phone.

The reasons I kept my Sprint account and insured my phone after leaving Medsphere were, 1) at the time they were the only company offering reasonable all you can data services and 2) their customer service was very good. I figured I'd encounter the same helpful folks.

I called into the support line expecting that they'd diagnose over the phone and ship a new Treo out. While the support person was able to diagnose that the phone needed to be replaced, he couldn't ship one out. I had to go to a store with a technician before they could approve the replacement. The closest store with a technician (I had to ask this!) is in Fountain Valley, 20 minutes away, and not the store less than a mile from my house. Grrr. Fine.

I drove to work last Wednesday, specifically so I could take the phone to Fountain Valley. I love walking into a store and standing around trying to figure out who is supposed to help me. After a few minutes someone noticed me. She wrote up the phone and told me to come back in 30 minutes. I walked the strip mall twice, and then stood around the store for the remaining 29 minutes. Finally someone asked me if I was waiting for something... gah.

I did get a new (reconditioned) phone on Saturday (which was nice -- it hadn't even really been a full 3 business days), and the customer service was handled by a girl that barely communicated what she was doing, acted like a teenager (messing with her own cell phone and chatting with the other reps while "helping me"), and when the Vision service wouldn't provision in the store said, "Oh. Just try that again later..." leaving me to wonder if I'd have to come back to this store when it didn't work "later".

Why is it that customer service EVERYWHERE is so bad these days?

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