MechanicalCat.net - Personal web page of an Australian software designer
Title
Mechanical Cat
Contact
- Mechanical Cat
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- Altona Victoria
- Australia 3018
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- 613-9398-8000
Description
In a nutshell, I'm a software developer living in Melbourne, Australia. I'm married to Rachel, and we have a daughter Abigail (that's me with her on the right at a day old). We are also graced with the presence of Billy the cat. We live in a quiet, green and hilly suburb which is about 20 minutes' drive from the city.
I'm Common Ground's Senior Software Developer with 10 years' broad experience working with multiple languages and tools in web-based management systems, data archive, metadata systems, business systems, e-commerce and communications. Before joining Common Ground, I developed Web-based interfaces and support systems for eKit.com, a telecommunications service provider for travellers, and Bizar Software, developing online store software.
I was an early adopter of the World Wide Web, implementing the Bureau of Meteorology's website in the early 1990s. I'm also very active in Open Source communities, developing several software systems (eg Roundup Issue Tracker and others) that are widely used, and contributing to the core Python and Zope technologies that I use all the time. Every six months I run a game programming challenge.
