My favourite thing in developing software is design; crafting something elegant. I think design patterns are great but they're sometimes overkill. I look out for anti-patterns and code smells, and it's kinda fun to do that. Coding is more fun now with cool new stuff in C#, Delphi like Generics and Lambdas. I'm getting interested in CUDA and F#.

Languages

• C#
• Delphi
• VBScript
• C
• XML+XSLT
• HTML+CSS

Platforms and libraries

• .NET
• Win32
• COM
• Lucene.Net
• UNIX

Technology interests

• Concurrent and parallel programming
• Indexing unstructured text
• I8N (internationalisation)
• Parsing and translation
• Imaging and image processing

Other interests and dabbles

• Narratives: literature and cinema
• Music: blues harp, piano
• Photography: old-school B&W, disposable digital
• Dance: contemporary dance, contact improvisation
• Cultural difference and synergy: diversity is a beautiful thing