About me

I started out as a physicist, but more recently I’ve been working as a freelance programmer and data analyst. I’ve worked in programming-centred jobs for a little less than 30 years, in fields as diverse as climate model development, programming language tools, and sonar (naval and scientific). I’ve also spent a lot of time thinking about effective scientific data visualisation: there’s a portfolio of selected images here.

I have a sort of programming bio here, and here’s my CV.

I’m available for contracting work — take a look here if you have an interesting project you think I could help you with!

Things I’ve been paid money for

Using:

Python, JavaScript, Go, C, C++, Haskell, Fortran (77 & 95), R, Ruby, Java, Lisp (Scheme, AUTOLisp, proprietary dialects), APL, SQL, Mathematica, Matlab, ArcGIS, Perl, NCL, PHP, MPI, Trilinos, SNMP, X, Motif, Povray, Tcl/Tk

to do:

• Embedded software development (networking, signal processing)

• High-performance web infrastructure (“Caching as a Service”)

• Web applications (back-end and front-end)

• Climate & vegetation modelling

• Data visualisation

• Applied dynamical systems

• Parallel programming

• Machine learning & dimensionality reduction

• Statistical modelling

• Scientific data analysis

• Naval sonar performance analysis

• Scientific sonar data analysis and interfacing

• Distributed applications & low-level network programming

• GUI programming

• Programming language tools

• Atmospheric radiative transfer

Other things I know about

• Functional programming (especially Haskell)

• Other LISPs (Common Lisp, Clojure)

• Web programming (mostly in Haskell with Yesod; JavaScript)

• Metalworking & workshop engineering

• Mechanical design (AutoCAD)

• Forth, some DSP assembler