Brief bio/resume
Welcome to my (slim) home page! I'm a computer programmer as well as a cellist, writer, teacher, and speaker. I'm from Connecticut originally, and now live in New Jersey.
- January 2012-present: Lead Developer, Cyrus Innovation, Inc.
- December 2009-April 2011: Senior Developer, Cyrus Innovation, Inc.
- Fall 2005-Fall 2009: Director and owner, Ruby Power and Light, LLC
- Fall 1992-Spring 2005, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Seton Hall University
- Ph.D. in Cinema Studies, New York University, 1989
- B.A. in German and History of Art, Yale University, 1982
Ruby programming language and related topics
I'm a computer programmer, trainer, and author, specializing in the Ruby programming language and the Ruby on Rails development framework.
- The Compleat Rubyist, a Ruby training collaboration with Gregory Brown and Jeremy McAnally
- Ruby Power and Light, LLC, my Ruby/Rails consultancy (still exists though I'm mainly working for Cyrus Innovation at the moment)
- My blog
- My 2006 book, Ruby for Rails: Ruby techniques for Rails developers
- My 2009 book,
The Well-Grounded Rubyist
- Ruby Central, Inc., the support and advocacy group, of which I am co-director, for the Ruby programming language
Music and other interests
- The baroque ensemble Col Legno, in which I play the cello. We are the ensemble-in-residence at the Princeton Early Keyboard Center.
- The demi-entendre homepage, for lovers of wordplay and language
- What does "wobblini" mean?