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.

Background

I am a freelance web developer, Internet Systems Architect and entreprenuer living in Woodstock, CT. I have been writing software for more than 20 years in languages such as Ruby, JavaScript, C/C++, BASIC, Visual Basic, ASP/ASP.NET and C#. I ran a software development and network integration company for 10 years and then sold the business in 2000 to pursue other interests.

Today I create and maintain web applications using Ruby on Rails and JavaScript.  My Ruby and Ruby on Rails work started in early 2007 when working with ASP.NET had become too much of a chore and the enjoyment ebbed away.  Working on Ruby and moving outside of the Microsoft walls really opened my eyes and my interest in many different computer languages has grown to include; Clojure, exploring Scala, Python and almost anything dynamic.

I maintain the open source project known as Instant Rails project over on RubyForge, but that project has been replaced by RailsInstaller, which you should check out if you are stuck on Windows and want to try out Ruby and Rails.

Writing

Well, I write for this blog when I have time and ramble about anything that interests me.

I also am a Ruby Community Editor for the great site, www.infoq.com,  since June 2007.  My InfoQ writings can be found on my authors page.

Work

My professional work includes running a web development consultancy, The Still River Software Company, LLC.  We are primarily provide Ruby and Ruby on Rails project consulting and development services which includes Rails project rescue.

As part of my consulting work I also work on several projects:

  • Expens’d – dead simple expense tracking and reporting.
  • SimpleMailr – dead simple email newsletters and email contact lists.
  • RenderMate – currently a free service that allows developers who need to render complete web pages really easily.

I am available for hire on freelance projects, contact me about your project at rbazinet@stillriversoftware.com.  The most recent copy of my resume…well, does anyone really use them any longer?  Read my blog, look at my web sites or take a look at my profile on LinkedIn and my GitHub account.  You can also see what I’m up to on Twitter and Facebook (pretty much ignored).

My other interests include backpacking in the White Mountains and flying High Power Rocketry in and around New England.

 

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