Although I have retired from hands-on software development, program and project management, and managing software professionals, I remain available for half-day and full-day consultations, including pair programming, code review, upfront project scoping, and consultations about turning around a project in trouble.
More details on my software work; see also my software-industry resume.
I lived and worked in Bucharest, Romania Nov 2001 - May 2002, with a brief return in May 2006 and a briefer one in December 2014. I wrote about it extensively, especially the first trip. While this site was still a work in progress in 2002, it was favorably reviewed by the Romanian newspaper Evenimentul Zilei!
Other travel writing includes a narrative of a trip to Europe in spring 1996 (Spain, Northern Italy, and Central Europe).
Other items here of possible general interest:
- Songs of the Century, a list of songs which mention each year of the Twentieth Century. This is no longer actively maintained. The last real pass through it was 16 April 2002, so a lot of the links to lyrics have "rotted"; please feel free to send me correct current links.
- "The Interview Brainteaser and its Discontents," a 2002 essay about the use and (more often) abuse of brain teasers in job interviews.
Self-portrait, December 2006