About

I’m an entrepreneur, life experience crash test dummy, and crazed cat constantly chasing after curiosity.

This site and blog are my random … ramblings and discussions regarding technology, gaming, coding, and the drama of humanity. Everything here, unless otherwise stated, is my opinion alone.

Who?

Who am I? Dave works.

From a young age, console games fascinated me and, in turn, “when I grew up,” I wanted to design video games. Over the years, I’ve discovered that you can’t always grow up to be an astronaut (or video game designer), but computers could be used for other cool things.

In 1993, I started a technical consulting business and found two loves: web development and technology integration.

Web development is a dynamic, creative avenue, while technology integration is a measurable, and profitable benefit to businesses that combines expert service with products. It keeps the left and right side of my brain balanced–keeps me from tipping over.

I hold an Associates in International Business, Bachelors of Science in Management, Masters in Business Administration (MBA), and, someday, hope to find the time to finish my doctorates.

As you’ll notice from the blog’s contents, I tend to be interested in numerous topics, including: development, application architecture, product management, organizational leadership, education and self-learning, and process improvement–focusing on technology and its role within the enterprise.

Outside of my professional career, I spend my free time working on my house and in the yard, gaming, contributing to various open source projects, traveling when I can, and finding respite in music and books. I also spend a, likely unhealthy, amount of time gaming and doing game engine development (attempting to make that childhood dream come true).

Why?

I enjoy blogging and, to be clear, I write for myself about topics that interest me. Against the best practices, my blog doesn’t have a single theme. Due to this, there are marketing people throwing themselves off buildings at this moment. If nothing else, blogging helps ME remember what was interesting (or so I thought at the time) down the road and provides a reference (it’s like a public notebook). I’ve also found that, especially with technical issues, blogs are a great way to share information. I’m a true believer in the concepts of knowledge sharing and hope that someone finds something here that’s useful or meaningful to them in their life, job, or whatever.

Interests

• technology integration,
• using AI for human augmentation and process optimization,
• web architecture and right-size optimization,
• agile/SCRUM development practices,
• professional development and life-long learning,
• automation and process improvement,
• fitness, health, weightlifting, and swimming,
• and, of course, online gaming.

About This Site

This site is based off of whatever technology I’m interested in learning at the moment. Right now, it’s built using Go and the static site compiler Hugo.

About The Content and Images

Unless otherwise noted (and highly unlikely), all references to brands, technologies, and service providers is due to my interest in them and are not sponsored. All images are either care of Pexels, Pixabay, or generated using AI tools like ChatGPT, Canva, or Firefly.