About Tom Moertel
I am a software guy with a background in electrical engineering. I
have been writing software for about twenty years. Since 1998, I have
owned and operated Moertel Consulting, a
software and Internet consultancy, located in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
If you want to meet me at a conference or other event, my picture is to the left.
My favorite programming language is (presently) Haskell, but I also write software in most common programming languages, including C, C++, Perl, and Ruby. I am an advocate of functional programming, which is sadly overlooked by most of the programming world.
I am a proud member of the Pittsburgh Perl Mongers and a regular at our festive monthly meetings (second Thursday of each month).
I like coffee, in particular espresso, and often roast and blend my own coffees. I also enjoy loose-leaf teas.
Online
You can sent me email at tom@moertel.com.
You can read my blog (right here) at blog.moertel.com.
If you want to chat, I am usually logged into #haskell on freenode.net.
I am user tmoertel on slashdot.org and user tmoertel on Perl Monks. You can Google my name (and its variants) to find a bunch of things I have written.
A few links:
- LectroTest, an automatic, specification-based testing system for Perl
- PXSL, the Parsimonious XML Shorthand Language
- Refactoring XSLT one-offs with PXSL (article)
- My entry in the ICFP 2001 programming contest
- Seven Lessons from the ICFP Programming Contest (article)
- Robot Visualization and Analysis Toolkit for ICFP 2002 programming contest
- A Coder’s Guide to Coffee (article)
PGP/GPG key
You may download my public key (0766A455) from the usual key servers. Here is a link to key 0766A455 on pgp.mit.edu. My key’s fingerprint is as follows:
31E1 422C 88B4 9037 C659 D001 41CE B2AA 0766 A455
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