Excuse my noob-blogger self

Kiliman — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:57:00 GMT

This is my first time blogging, so please excuse me if I make some dumb mistakes.

While I get used to the .Text blogging engine, I may have to edit my posts. I realise that some news aggregators will see that as a new post which I know is a pain.

Hopefully by the end of the week I'll have this thing figured out.

Who is Kiliman?

Kiliman — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:15:00 GMT

My name is Michael Carter. I’m a Sr. Software Engineer for Advanced Health Media, Inc. My day job basically consists of developing web applications for the pharmaceutical industry.

My online nickname, Kiliman is short for Kilimanjaro. It’s the codename for a project I was working on for my yet-to-be-started company, Volcanic Technologies. I’m sure most of us at one point in time dreamt of starting our own company. Hey, at least I got as far as coming up with a really cool codename.

I’ve been working with computers since 1982. The first time I saw a computer was when I went over to my friend’s house to check out his new Commodore VIC-20. Up until that point, I wanted to be an architect. But after that first encounter, I knew that I wanted to work with computers.

My first computer was a TI-99/4A, and the first real program I wrote was a bowling game. It was written in Extended Basic and used its awesome SPRITE capability. After that, I graduated to the Commodore Amiga 1000. That’s where I started writing in C.

I have worked with a lot of different technologies over the years, but .NET is one of the few that has gotten me really excited. I think it’s a great time to be a developer. I started this blog to share my thoughts and ideas about .NET development and the impact it will have on our lives.

When I’m not programming, I’m spending time with my wife, Lisa, and our two children: Sarah, who’ll be 10 next month and Matthew, who’s turning 7 in May. Gee, how time flies! I remember when they were both so little.

We live in the beautiful city of Chesapeake, Virginia, home of the Lee Boyd Malvo sniper trial. Hey, we’re finally on the map!

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Excuse my noob-blogger self

Who is Kiliman?