I'm a programmer and a writer, a researcher and a community manager, and a lot of other things besides. I tend to work at the intersection of people and technology and I have a soft spot in my heart for anything open: open science, open government, open source software.

I run a technical consulting business, Relational Tech. I'm also co-maintainer of the Parsons Project, an open source Python ETL package which supports progressive tech and data professionals.

In my spare time I root for the Washington Spirit, fight for a Free DC, and combine the two via the Free Spirits.

I also like to bake cakes shaped like things which are not cakes.