"Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act." - Eric Zorn
Me, 2019
About Me
Corporate consultant by day, amateur artist by night.
Interests
- Photography and Photo Editing
- Software Development
- Maps and Cartography
- Piano and Ukulele Performance
- Genealogy Research
- Languages (German, Spanish)
Employment LinkedIn Profile
- International Business Machines (IBM)
- Performance Test Engineer
- Test Project Manager
- Test Automation Engineer
Education
- University of California, Davis, 1996 Bachelor of Science
Computer Science and Psychology
"The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons, but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust
"Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." ~ Dwight Eisenhower
Programming
My projects tend to involve collecting, analyzing and vizualizing data sets. Github Profile
Enhanced Treemap Plugin
typescript
This plugin for Obsidian allows users to create nested treemaps in their notes. The source code is on GitHub.
Created in 2023
WatchSleuth Website
php javascript
WatchSleuth is a collection of searchable watch catalogs, most well known for its extensive Seiko 5 Finder and Seiko Date Finder.
Active development 2014-2020
Five Color Plugin for QGIS
python
This plugin for QGIS colors each polygon in a different color than its neighbors using five colors or fewer. The source code is on GitHub.
Created in 2018
Netflix Prize
lisp C++
I participated in the Netflix Prize for about half a year and managed to reach 67th place out of 1,702 teams with valid submissions.
Active development 2006-2007
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying." ~ Woody Allen
Media
I'm occasionally inspired to create a video or compose and record a piece of music. Youtube Channel
Checking the Mail
I bought a small drone, the DJI Mavic Mini, and used it to create this short film showing my trip to the mailbox in the snow.
I found some license-free music to add as the score and I'm really happy with how it all came together.
Dancing Lights
I managed to compose and record the music for this animated video in one evening. I then wrote some code to read the MIDI music file and generate scenes to be rendered by the POV-Ray ray tracing software. Each note in the music is depicted by a light rising up in the video.
Orchestral Demo
I composed and recorded this musical piece to test out the capabilities of my musical gear.
Dr. Peter Shelley
My brother, Peter Shelley, offers piano, music theory, and compositions lessons serving Dothan, Alabama and the greater Wiregrass.