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 Japanes anime and super hero graphic novels with Superman and Batman.  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 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 analyst.

When not entertaining my employers with the security equivalent of TPS reports, I spend most of my free time researching new programming and security technologies, especially around authentication. In the past I have been a heavy Linux user but recently have found myself in love with OS X.  I was the UNIX nature of OS X that made me curious.  Now I have my UNIX and a beautiful and well designed user interface.

I am also an amateur photographer ( I like landscapes ), beer and coffee enthusiasts ( I love a good Belgian or Irish Ale and Ethiopian Harrar ), father of two (a boy and a girl)  and a husband.