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- Occupation:
- Consultant, Database Developer, Educator, Software Developer, Other
- Areas of Interest (Robotics, Software Architecture, Green Energy, Web 2.0, etc.):
- free and open source software (FOSS) development, FOSS philosophy, FOSS usage, secondary education, mathematics, literature. second language learning, linguistics, semantics, logic, politics, philosophy, statistics
- Software Language Proficiencies / Interests:
- C#, HTML, Perl, PHP, SQL, XML
- About Me:
- Quick Bio: I'm a linguist and a mathematician who became a computer programmer by accident and was urged by a non-academic institution to do some tasks just after a year of teaching Java at a private university. That was the beginning of my programming career.
I'm Sun Java certified and also earned the distinction of one of first 500 to earn a .NET certification in 2002.
I'm also active as an advocate of human rights, early childhood education, homelessness issues, anti-war movements, and universal health care.
Certifications:
Coldfusion (2000)
Sun Java (2001)
MCSD .Net (2002)
Background:Lived in the Philippines, United States (Midwest, California, Hawaii), Netherlands, Switzerland, Mexico, and Thailand.
- Website:
- http://globaltra.mp
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Technology and Internet Expo at Blaisdell
March 25, 2009 from 8:30am to 4:15pm
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12pm - 6pm
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Thanks for pointing me to that link. I will follow it. I'm still learning to navigate myself within techhui's site.
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Manoa Geeks - March 2009 at The Honolulu Advertiser
March 26, 2009 from 6:30pm to 9pm
Time flies when you're geeking out. It's time to think ahead to the next Manoa Geeks! I think we're all hungry for a chance to immerse ourselves in a room full of fun, brilliant people to share ideas, show off our latest projects, and catch up. Once…
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 9:14am on March 2, 2009,
Mika Leuck said… - Welcome Alf! We hope you had a nice weekend.
The FAQ is a good place to learn about the site. You may want to join some of the interest groups such as .NET Developers, Perl, PHP and User Experience Design.
We hope you find TechHui useful and invite others. See you in the groups and forums!
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