I am a software engineer and entrepreneur living near North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park where I dabble in all sorts of geekery. I am currently the Director of Technology for 
It’s been awhile since my last real update and a lot’s been going on. First, the good people of Popular Mechanics reached out to me earlier this year about the squirrel/sentry gun project and did a little write-up about it in their September 2012 issue. Having grown up on Popular Mechanics it was very cool and flattering. (I’m still tempted to send away for plans to build a flying ship out of ordinary household vacuum cleaners.) I …
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Surveying Mechanical Turk to Validate a Startup Idea
I was intrigued by Lindsey Harper’s post, “How I Used Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to Validate my Startup Idea.” If you’ve ever worked with market research firms, built your own panels, or have hit the pavement trying to collect your own market research you know it can be expensive and/or time consuming. The idea of having a broad and cheap sounding board available online was very appealing. I figured I would give it a shot and run a …
Python + Django vs. C# + ASP.NET: Productivity Showdown
People are often asking me how and why my department shifted from an ASP.NET environment to Django. I’ve finally gotten around to writing about the process leading up to our decision. I hope people out there find it useful in their own development groups and discussions. Almost two years ago I was in a rather unlikely situation in that I was running a software engineering department containing both a C# team and a Python team. …
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