User:Ralphw

Hi, I'm Ralph.

Things I do

• Software product management (figuring out which features are valuable for users, versus being easy to engineer)
• User Interface Design
• information security
• technology for political campaigns (LANS, printing, secure file sharing)

Things I'm building

• MIDIBox http://www.midibox.org/ (plus the SID add-on)
• SN-Voice analog synthesizer using the old-school SN76477 chip

I want to do more of

• Software defined radio (aka GNU Radio)
• Amateur Radio Astronomy

Things I've done

• Run a robotics club at a local high school
  • the kids were enthusiastic, and we did a sumobot competition at the end of the year

Things I use

• Arduino
• Linux
• Green laser pointer (for astronomy)

Things I collect

• Vintage computing devices, Apple //, C64, Atari 130xe (but with I had an 800), documentation for the ECD Micromind
• ICs I think I might need in the future

Things I miss

• Apple Computer, Inc. (as a consumer products company featuring DRM, Apple, Inc just isn't the same)

Music I like

All of it, but especially:

• Early Queen (A day at the races)
• Classic analog synth albums Wendy Carlos Switched on Bach
• Stevie Wonder
• Jazz Dudes
  • Maynard Ferguson
  • Chick Corea
  • Herbie Hancock
• Piano and Guitar
  • Liz Story
  • other Windham Hill artists

Skills

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Programming

• C/C++
• Linux
• Java
• User Interface
• Wiki

Electronics Design

• OpenSCAD

Math

• Laplace Transform

Hardware

• Soldering

Biology & Chemistry

• Sustainable Ecology