Monthly Archives February 2009

i am for hire!

Now that I have my master's degree wrapped up, I am officially for hire! I am primarily looking at opportunities in the Seattle area. If you are on the hunt for a creative, smart, and hard working Software Engineer, have a look over my resume and feel free to get in touch. [...] Read More…

visualizing mozilla lizardfeeder

I recently came across LizardFeeder, a "compilation of data feeds representing activity within the Mozilla community." I think it's a pretty nice tool. It shares some ideas in common with my awareness tool for developers, especially in that both tools aggregate discrete events in a software project. Obviously, the scale of our [...] Read More…

my awareness tool for developers: Aufait

I've put together a demo version of the tool (code name: Aufait) that I developed for my research. Feel free to try it out! If you haven't been following my work, I developed Aufait as an awareness tool for software developers. Specifically, it is designed to support awareness of peer activities and [...] Read More…

my thesis paper: how developers use an awareness tool

I've made my thesis paper available online for those who might be interested. It's entitled How Developers Use an Awareness Tool: Patterns and Scenarios and I've included an abstract below: Software developers consult numerous sources of information in order to maintain awareness of what happens within their teams. They seek information about what their [...] Read More…