Good news! I'll soon be starting a software engineering gig at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in Seattle, a non-profit biomedical research organization. ISB is full of really great people and they're doing some exciting work in proteomics and computational biology. I'll be joining the Shmulevich Lab and I'll be starting [...] Read More…
I've been reading Michael Ignatieff's CBC Massey Lecture The Rights Revolution and I had to laugh a little when I came across this section regarding authenticity: The central idea I absorbed then---chiefly, if not exclusively, from feminism---was that each of us has a right to choose the life we lead and that we must fight [...] Read More…
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…
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…
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…
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…
MIX Online recently released a social timeline prototype that has a lot in common with my research. The MIX tool is essentially a visual FriendFeed: I thought it was extremely apt to see a FriendFeed timeline because I've been describing my tool to others as "a visual FriendFeed for your software development team." I [...] Read More…
Before I left Seattle last week, my Rob surprised me with an early graduation gift and got me a pair of the new Nixon Master Blaster headphones. Thanks, Rob! I've had my eye on them since Nixon released them last December. I love their retro styling with the shiny metal frame against [...] Read More…
Today was my last official day of graduate studies at the University of Toronto. My thesis readers approved my work, we filed all the paperwork required for me to graduate, and that makes me a Master of Science in Computer Science! Well, you know, save for the convocation ceremony. A lot of the research [...] Read More…
I've been mostly offline lately writing my thesis paper, but I couldn't let Christmas Eve pass without wishing everyone Happy Holidays. Have a wonderfully fun and safe Christmas! Myself, I'm hanging out at my family's place in British Columbia and I'm planning to hop down to Seattle next week. I've mostly been writing and [...] Read More…