User:Don Swartwout

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, in 1953. Educated at Kalamazoo College (BA, 1974) and the University of Michigan (PhD, mathematics, 1979). I am married, have three grown children, and live in Columbus, Ohio.

I don't have time to keep up with all the things I'm interested in, which include
 * technical subjects
 * computer science, especially
 * distributed systems
 * distributed programming
 * requirements
 * web services
 * knowledge management, including Wiki
 * programming languages
 * other languages, including HTML, XML, UML
 * database
 * scientific computing
 * mathematics
 * physics
 * chemistry
 * religion and philosophy
 * religion
 * theology
 * metaphysics
 * mysticism
 * building a better life for as many people as possible
 * social justice
 * peace
 * why people behave the way they do
 * psychology
 * sociology
 * political science
 * economics
 * history
 * patterns of destructive individual and institutional behavior that I resist as best I can
 * racism
 * sexism
 * classism
 * homophobia

Please note that the presence of a topic on this list means that I'm interested in it, not that I claim to know something about it. I do know a little bit about a few things.
 * I have worked in the software industry for about 30 years.
 * I have taught distributed systems and software architecture at Franklin University.