About
I am not a technologist totally by accident but close enough to call my blog Accidental Technologist. I started my career as a Chemical Engineer but switched my major on what seemed like a whim. So, here I am a computer scientist.
I am a Systems Architect, Senior Developer and Independent Contractor living in Woodstock, CT. I have been writing software for the better part of 20 years in languages such as Ruby, BASIC, C/C++, Visual Basic, ASP/ASP.NET and C#. I ran my own company for 10 years but sold the business to move on to other interests.
Today I write various web applications using Ruby and Ruby on Rails as well as ASP.NET 2.0 and C#. I prefer Ruby on Rails because of the flexibility and rather short development time applications can be brought from idea to prototype to production. I have various applications I written using Ruby on Rails. One is over at www.toreadlist.com and is a little site to keep track of what you want to read next, like a book mark for the web but not like Del.icio.us or a bookmark in your browser. Check it out and see what I mean.
My Ruby and Ruby on Rails work started about a year and half ago. I have interest in all dynamic languages with Ruby being my favorite. I maintain the open source project known as Instant Rails project over on RubyForge as well.
I also am a Ruby editor for a great site, www.infoq.com. I have been doing work for them since June 2007.
The most recent copy of my resume can be found here.
My other interests include backpacking in the White Mountains and flying High Power Rocketry in and around New England.
I can be contacted at rbazinet at gmail dot com, follow me on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.
