posted on Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:32 AM
by
thomasswilliams
About Me
One thing that's missing from my blog is an “About Me” page with some current information. Not anymore!
My name is Thomas Williams, and I live near Frankston, Victoria, Australia. I have a wife, Olivia, whom I married in 1999, and two children - 3-and-a-half year old TJ (his name is actually Thomas but he gets TJ, which stands for “Thomas Junior“) and Maya Marijke, who was born on New Year's Day 2004.
I studied at Monash University and have a degree in Computing (completed with a High Distinction average) and a degree in Education (completed with a Distinction average), which I think qualifies me to teach up to year 10, or higher if I teach in IT. I completed Uni at the end of 2000 and consulted for a year until I started working for a hospital on the Mornington Peninsula.
My work involves writing software to process large amounts of data for enterprise data sources, and I work primarily in Microsoft technologies including SQL Server 2000, Visual Studio 2003/Visual Basic.NET, Access and Excel. I usually take projects through from analysis gathering to design and deployment; in technology terms, from setting up the database to putting together a VB.NET UI, which allows me to learn about different elements of development
I am starting to get involved with the Melbourne SQL Server Special Interest Group which suits a business need but more so is a great chance to socialise with other IT people. Interests outside of work include playing basketball, teaching myself guitar, playing with my kids and reading. I am also part of a small Christian church near where I live.