Software developer, photographer, musician, writer, and traveller. I welcome all offers for work, collaboration, or the licensing/utilization of my output from people not only in Northeast Florida region where I currently reside but the whole world beyond.
Programming is a discipline that can combine both the logical and reasoned approach of problem solving with creativity and artistic expression. The pride earned from creating a program that accomplishes a task or solves a problem is multiplied by the appreciation of the intelligent structure and framework established in the process. Code can be art from which utility and logic can be derived. Like an elegant mathematical equation put into action, we engineer the movement of binary data and translate it into something meaningful.
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Since acquiring my first digital camera I have been consumed with a passion for capturing visual records of the fascinating marvels of existence I encounter throughout the passage of my life.
My "specialities" are insects, spiders, death, decay, landscapes, textures, the ethereal, and the surreal but I am interested in applying my strange aesthetic and experimental ideals to the photography of any and all subjects.
I am open to both free and paid gigs and would be more than happy to license my images to interested parties with any potential monetary compensation being based on usage.
Please visit my flickr account for more samples of my work.
A constant struggle of the mind to utilize sets of agreed upon symbols and sounds to communicate abstract thoughts involving concrete objects perceived through sensory organs and translated into data by the brain. The task of deliberate communication is even more grueling and uncomfortable to exercise as the preceding sentence is to read. Effective verbal communication depends upon choosing the proper words to convey not only the intended ideas and information but those which will guide the unavoidable and uncontrollable emotional responses. This is an arduous task to say the least.
Language is not to be taken lightly.
| LANGUAGES | |
|---|---|
| Programming | Java, Scala, Objective C, C, C++, C# |
| Scripting | PHP, Javascript, SQL, Ruby, Bash, Squirrel |
| Markup | HTML 4, HTML 5, XHTML, XML, CSS |
| FRAMEWORKS/LIBRARIES/APIs | |
| Java | Spring, JPA/Hibernate, JDO, SWT/Swing/AWT, JSP, JSTL, Quartz, Apache Commons, Maven, JUnit, JMock, SiteMesh, JAWR, SOAP/Web Services |
| Objective C | Cocoa, Cocoa Touch, AppKit, QKit, UIKit, Foundation |
| Scripting | Prototype, jQuery, Wordpress, CakePHP, Ruby On Rails, Dashboard Widgets, Yahoo Widgets |
| SOFTWARE | |
| Operating Systems | Mac OS X, Windows, Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora) |
| Web Servers | Apache/Apache2, IIS |
| Databases/Search Engines | MySQL, Solr/Lucene, SQLite, Microsoft SQL |
| IDEs | Eclipse, XCode, TextMate, JEdit, Visual Studio |
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Source code for many of my projects is available at GitHub: http://github.com/oliverdodd
