I started programming in C on UNIX on a PDP 11/45 as an undergraduate Astrophysics major (concentration) at Harvard back in the early 1970’s, little realizing that my use of, and interest in, software would lead to a career in this field.
You, my clients, have been good to me, supporting my business for more than thirty years as I left the corporate world and struck out on my own. However, the time has come for me to finally take down my shingle.
I am deeply appreciative of all my clients, from the large corporate clients, to the academic institutions, to the small “mom & pop” clients, and to the Internet startups I helped get off the ground; all of you have helped make my consulting practice a success.
As some of you know, I have made the transition from Engineer to Artist. And with this new year, my goal is to work exclusively on creating art.
I deeply appreciate the confidence that you, my clients, have entrusted in me, and my team, to build quality software systems for you. I now invite your continued support as I complete the transition from engineering to fine arts.
And to my friends and OCNS colleagues (https://www.cnsorg.org/) who share my interest in computational neuroscience, I maintain this interest and am continuing my studies and research in this field.
Although changing fields in my retirement doesn’t mean my lifelong interest have changed. I will continue to be active in the Association for Computing Machinery (www.acm.org, since 1990), the IEEE Computer Society (www.computer.org, since 1991), and the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (www.ieee.org, since 1995) so I guess I’m not completely retired from software engineering after all!
Kindest Regards and best wishes for the New Year(s) — 2024 and beyond!
Wm