Hi, I am Clint. I’m a technology enthusiast, software developer, father, husband, cajun, worrywart and sometimes grouch. I live in the suburbs of Seattle where I watch LSU football and enjoy our annual crawfish boil. I have 2 daughters which leaves me as the only man in the house. Even the dog is female.
work
I have worked in the technology consulting industry for roughly 15 years as a software engineer and architect. Much of my career has be devoted to Microsoft, building business applications that help to keep the wheels turning in Redmond.
I started out in the early days of the World Wide Web (remember that?!) when Mosaic and Gopher were all the rage. In college I discovered that I could write PERL scripts on my school account and have those run over the web. I was hooked! I quickly became addicted and that started the career that I have today. I got a web development job during college and that later turned into a software consulting career.
I worked for many years as a generalist doing Classic ASP, ColdFusion, ASP.net and SQL server. I later focused on platforms, spending a few years doing custom application development with SharePoint and most recently working with Dynamics CRM.
In my spare time, I’ve built a bunch of side projects. Most are toys that I have used to feed my coding addiction. Some are useful and others aren’t. I had fun building all of them.
If you are interested in more information about my work, take a look at my resume.
play
Outside of work I love guitar, golf, football and being a dad to my 2 daughters. Hiking is also a passion. I ran my first marathon on June 26, 2011 in a time of 4 hours and 55 minutes.
My most recent addiction is Crossfit. After about an 18 year hiatus from organized physical activity, I started Crossfit in July of 2011. For the first 3 months I proceeded to try my hardest but constantly felt like a used dish towel. I stuck with it and I have seen huge improvement in my physical fitness level. Although the path is difficult, I would not change a thing.
projects
Mole
Lightweight website generation utility. From a set of markdown files, Mole will generate a static HTML site suitable for any static hosting provider. Supports basic site functionality for a blog and a set of pages. Written in Powershell.
Cruiser
Lightweight continuous build integration server written in PowerShell.
TechHike Extensions
.Net extension methods and helpers that I have accumulated over the years. Available on Nuget.
DataHike
DataHike is a service that provides simple, flexible, lightweight data storage through a RESTful api. Developers can use DataHike as persistent storage when building any application that requires data storage but DataHike is particularly useful for applications that need flexible ad-hoc storage such as javascript and mobile applications. DataHike is built on google app engine.
Cajun Journeymen
Enough with the software projects already. These are certifiable adventures. Since 2001, our illustrious band of misfits have thrown caution into the wind and trekked through some of the most beautiful wilderness areas in the world. Check out our stories.
Rapid Tools for SharePoint
Rapid Tools for SharePoint 2007 is a set of developer tools that are dedicated to making SharePoint developers more productive. Rapid tools enables developers to build SharePoint custom applications using the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Traditionally using the SDL with the SharePoint platform has been a painful and awkward process, but with Rapid Tools for SharePoint, application developers are now in full control of SharePoint development and deployment in a way that was not possible before.