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Welcome to my personal lens.  I am a software developer in Northampton, Massachusetts.  I am active in local grassroots politics and community organizations.

I spend my free time programming, training for a 10k, and enjoying the Pioneer Valley.

Employers, Projects and Patents 

Projects I've worked on, companies that employed me and patents that have been issued for work I did.
My site
My not-so-often updated site.
Atalasoft, Inc.
Where I work now as Director of Engineering
Droplets
I built the technology behind this platform of rich-thin Internet applications.
Spheresoft - Add-in products for Microsoft Excel
I built or contributed to the products available for sale here.
United States Patent: 6,199,078
I contributed to this patent that is the basis for the Spheresoft Modeler.
United States Patent: 6,687,745
I was the lead inventor of this patent which is the basis of Droplets.
NASDAQ-100 Dynamic Heatmap
I wrote the first version of this stock heatmap applet for Nasdaq

Not me 

The Lou Franco Project
The site of the power rock trio: The Lou Franco Project -- Lou contacted me a while ago -- if I ever get to PA, I will make sure to see them play.

Favorite Fiction 

Cat's Cradle

Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 10/12/2008)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Amazon Price: $11.16 (as of 10/12/2008)

Frankenstein (Bantam Classics)

Amazon Price: $4.95 (as of 10/12/2008)

The Sun Also Rises

Amazon Price: (as of 10/12/2008)

Books I am reading 

(this is my recent reading list)

ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))

Amazon Price: $34.64 (as of 10/12/2008)

Python Web Development with Django (Developer's Library)

Amazon Price: $29.69 (as of 10/12/2008)

Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

Amazon Price: $26.39 (as of 10/12/2008)

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 10/12/2008)

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About loumf

Lou is a software developer from Northampton, MA. He is interested in
local grassroots politics, programming, and fitness (weight training,
running, and basketball).

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