About

Islands in the Net is a novel written in 1988 by science fiction author, Bruce Sterling. It is a story of “data pirates, mercenaries, nanotechnology, weaponry, and post-millennial voodoo”.  I love science fiction especially cyberpunk and Japanese anime and super hero graphic novels.  I like that technology empowers human beings to do the most incredible things but hate it when it is used to enslave or limit.

From 2000 through 2003 I was the principal of a web development and information systems consulting practice called Williams Interactive, Inc..  I’ve done web development on Linux/UNIX using PHP and Perl with a little AJAX leveraging Sybase, Oracle, and MySQL database.  Jack of all trades ( and master of none ).

In 2003 I took a full time position with a former client  (a large pharmaceutical firm located in the Princeton, NJ area) in their information security department as an information security manager.  When not entertaining my employer (sometimes with the security equivalent of TPS reports), I spend most of my free time increasing my knowledge of photography with my Nikon D40 and learning about enterprise business strategies for cloud computing.

In the past I have been a heavy Linux user but recently have found myself in love with OS X.  It was the UNIX nature of OS X that made me curious. I have my UNIX and a beautiful and well designed user interface.

I love Belgian style hefe-weisse beer and Ethiopian coffees.

Find me as @khurtwilliams

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Author: Khürt Williams
I'm a husband, a father to two very smart kids, an information security manager and a web developer. I'm a Mac geek who loves photography, hefe-weisse ale and Ethiopian coffee. I'm @khurtwilliams on twitter.