Mike Perham

On Ruby, software and the Internet

About this Blog

I’m a software developer and startup enthusiast based in San Francisco, CA where I live with a beautiful wife, a furry cat and a fat dog.

I’ve been writing software since 1993 and open source since 1995.  I actually don’t know of any Win32 open source before my little menu bar, AppBar, was released with full source code.  At the time, all I had to go on was MSDN documentation!

I’m currently co-founder and Chief Architect at Onehood where I oversee all technical matters for the company. Previously I worked with Ruby at OneSpot and FiveRuns, after spending about a decade working in the J2EE/Java world, building all sorts of different websites, from health care to e-commerce.

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