Richard Jones

If you're wondering who I am, here's a dry but up-to-date resume.

In a nutshell, I'm a software developer living in Melbourne, Australia. I'm married to Rachel, and we have a daughter Abigail (that's me with her on the right at a day old). We are also graced with the presence of Billy the cat. We live in a quiet, green and hilly suburb which is about 20 minutes' drive from the city.

I'm a software developer for eKit.com (a telecommunications service provider for travellers) with 12 years' broad experience working with multiple languages (though focusing on Python these days) and tools in 3d graphics, backend systems, web-based management systems, data archive, metadata systems, business systems, e-commerce and communications. I have previously been lead OpenGL developer for Bluebox Devices and have developed Web-based content management, user interfaces and support systems for Common Ground, a Publisher and Conference Manager, eKit.com, and Bizar Software.

I was an early adopter of the World Wide Web, implementing the Bureau of Meteorology's website in the early 1990s. I'm also very active in Open Source communities, developing several software systems (eg Roundup Issue Tracker and others) that are widely used, and contributing to the core Python and OpenGL-based technologies that I use at the day job.

I like playing video games a lot, board games (like those found at board game geek) and role-playing games.

I run the bi-annual PyWeek Game Programming Challenge (and occasional off-season mini challenges like pygame.draw). I used to also run and compete in LD48 challenges but I prefer the PyWeek format.

I've previously run the program committee for the Open Source Developers' Conference and am currently on the committee for the Open Source Developers' Club (the parent organisation for the conferences).

My GPG public key as pubkey.asc. You can find my latest key at x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu with the short keyid 41C6E930. I've taken to signing Roundup releases these days, so this key might actually be useful :)

Stuff I want to read one day. Stuff I have read in 2006, 2007, 2008.

My Amazon wishlist :)