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Professionally

I'm a Windows-based software developer, with my main focus being C#/.NET programming. Currently Editor-in-Chief of ASP Today, but have some other projects going. Author of various books on Windows development.

Link to: Books CV Projects

Personally

I'm based in the UK, though with some spells in Berkeley, California due to my work on ASP Today. Not married. Interests span – well, loads of reading, mostly academic-ish stuff. Science fiction/fantasy fan, especially Star Trek, Dr Who, and Buffy. Very health-conscious (which manifests itself mostly via cycling and attending contemporary/jazz/hiphop dance classes when I have time). Main vice is an inability to resist buying Lego despite never having time to play with it (hey, I'm a scientist-engineering-type. It's allowed!)

Politically

Ex-Labour supporter, not currently certain which political party I most support. Strong environmentalist tendencies, coupled with a belief that individual freedoms are best protected when people are part of a strong community. Pretty liberal, both socially and economically. My political views are very strongly influenced by my spiritual beliefs.

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Spiritually:

Attend St. Thomas' C/E Church, Lancaster, UK, though it tends to be intermittant rather than every week. Probably best characterized as on the extreme liberal fringe of Christianity: I have a strong belief in a Universal God of Love, that the purpose of life can be found in a relationship with that God, and I regard what Jesus appears to have taught as a pretty good model to follow. I do have other non-Christian influences, in particular I'm highly impressed by Neale Donald Walsh's Conversations with God series. And I do tend to see different religions as offering different paths to God, with no religion being perfect. I frankly get pretty embarrassed by the antics of many more conservative Christian groups, whose beliefs, and approach to God don't seem to have much in common with mine. And I well understand why so many people see what conservative religious groups say and do - and as a result end up getting put off God and spiritual things altogether.