A bit about me ...
- Apple ][(+/e)
- Data General CS/60
- System/36
- System/34
- Windows
- Linux (Ubuntu & Redhat)
- IBM i (AS/400 / iSeries / System i)
- Mac
- RPG (II, III, IV, free)
- CLP
- Java
- Kotlin (well, learning it at least)
- Shell scripting
- PHP
- JavaScript
- Applesoft Basic
- BAL (Basic Assembly Language) on IBM 360
- 6502 assembler (anyone who needs more than an accumulator and two offset registers is just plain lazy)
- Visual Basic
- dBase II
- COBOL
- Python (white space for control structures???)
- LotusScript
- Spring
- JavaFX
- Swing
- SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit ... the UI framework used in Eclipse)
- JT400 (Java Toolkit for IBM i)
- DB2 on IBM i
- MySQL
- PostgreSql
- Back In Time
- JTOpen
- Sendmail
- Postfix
- Mailman
- Spamassassin
- Linux system administration
- Amazon Lightsail VPS
I created, and continue to run, an online community for IBM i professionals called midrange.com. It hosts technical discussion mailing lists, list archives, and an IBM i dedicated wiki.
From 2010-2016 I was an IBM Power System Champion for my work supporting the IBM i professional community.
I was awarded the COMMON Distinguished Service Award in 2008.
I am an avid cyclist, sometime shutterbug, and an passionate advocate for the diabetic community.
Boring trivia about me ...
- The longest distance I've ridden on my bike, in one day, is 131 miles.
- I used to know how to program an IBM 029 keypunch.