About Me
I am a student at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada. I am enrolled in the Mechatronics Engineering program (Explanation of mechatronics
) It is a Co-Op program, so every four months I switch between a school term and working at companies related to my field of study.
I am interested in subjects such as photography, artificial intelligence, hacker (techie, not cracker) culture, machine learning, music, free/open source software, robotics, civil liberties, comedy, electronics design, and many, many other things. In the past, I have been an executive member of the Waterloo Space Society, and involved with the UW Robotics Team. In my free time I like to read, code, talk.
My Work
I'm always trying to explore new fields, so I have picked up a smattering of knowledge about many tech buzzwords. Some of my favourite tools to work with are Python, C, HTML & CSS, Atmel microcontrollers, LaTeX, the GNU/Linux ecosystem, and although I've traditionally been a staunch vim user, I've lately been dabbling in Emacs.
In terms of actual work, I have previously been employed by Google, Amazon.com, Research In Motion (RIM, the creators of the BlackBerry), and with CenterLine (Windsor), in their Supersonic Spray Technologies R&D facility.
Much more interesting than who I am, is what I've done. Some useful things can be found in the library, others can be read on the blog.