About

Programming is how I pay my bills, but a more realistic view would portray me as a cycling enthusiast who develops software when not cycling. Not to worry, I'm old enough to need a lot of rest between rides, so I can still work full time as a developer.

I get my butt kicked on a regular basis by younger riders on fast bikes. This happens at White Rock Lake in Dallas. That's where most of the cycling action is in my town.

My attraction to programming is based on pleasure as well. I've been a very happy Java developer for 10 years. Before that I was a DBA, sql jockey, FilePro developer, even a VB programmer! But I'm 55, so I've collected lots of different careers over the decades. That happens to lots of us by the time we get old. Hope that happens to you - it's fun to do different things.

I use this blog to keep myself focused on how to get better at what I do. I also maintain a couple of completely unrelated blogs at couldbe.net and betterologist.net. Or, I keep a more formal listing of related sites here.

For the past 10 years I've worked exclusively as a consultant. For the next few years I'm spacing my consulting gigs farther apart and specializing in more esoteric disciplines with the development process. Right now I'm on some kind of strange tear to figure out how to straighten out the cost elbow that happens on development projects.

The rest of my time I spend working on our little shop's product line, which we'd like to begin rolling out later this year. Wish us good luck!