User:Woozle/archive/rez/disused

Please note that links to htyp.org almost always point to content I have authored (to check this, check each page's "history" tab; my login name for all wikis is "Woozle") and sometimes point to documentation of my work specifically.

Work by Project

• Carrier Transicold (1999-2001, 2003):
  • Co-designed/wrote shipping calendar application (VB6) (written in 1999, still in use as of 2003)
  • Co-designed/co-wrote Windows (client) end (VB6) of system for exchanging data between mainframe (DEC PDP-11) business system and MS Access and SQL Server - a critical business system; written in 2000-1 and still in use as of 2003
  • Co-designed/wrote application (VB6) for tracking product assembly as components travel down the various assembly lines
  • Provided user support for all written applications as well as other MS Access applications supported by the IT department
  • Re-hired in 2003 to improve existing applications (VB6, MS SQL Server 2000) and assist with design of some new ones; also stood in for technical supervisor for most of a week
• vbz.net (1995-present):
  • Designed/wrote order and stocking management system in MS Access 97 / VBA (1999-present), and began porting it to PHP/MySQL (2007)
  • Installed MediaWiki for use as a customer relations tool (2005)
  • Made custom modifications to allow use of MediaWiki for managing parts of displayed catalog content (2007)
• freelance consulting (2003-present):
  • Resolved network issues on home WinXP Pro system, multiple incidents
  • Installed wireless networking on WinXP
  • "Cleaned up" XP systems by uninstalling malware
  • Assisted multiple technophobic users with various basic computer tasks

Notes

• I tend to learn new technologies best by using them; I learned the following on the job having had little or no prior exposure:
  • MySQL, PHP, Perl (vbz.net; no prior experience)
  • Linux (home use, for vbz.net and other projects; no prior experience)
  • Visual Basic 6 (Carrier; no prior experience)
  • MS Access 97 (Carrier; no prior experience)
  • Transact SQL (Carrier; no prior experience)
  • C++ (Duke U.; no prior experience)
  • Borland Pascal (Brown U.: I did take a course in Pascal in 1977, but it used punch cards and was not really applicable to Turbo/Borland Pascal)
  • Fortran IV/77 (Brown U.; one class in the late 1970s, using punch-cards, otherwise no experience)
• I have been learning MySQL (similar to MS SQL Server) for use with some of my own projects.
• I learned HTML entirely on my own, and have used it heavily since 1996.
• I learned CSS entirely on my own, and use it frequently.

References

• Ed Johns (formerly at Carrier): James.E.Johns-2024-12-22-10:36-spam@adelphiaspam.net (I should be able to get further contact information on request)
• Jim Mieczkowski, now at Polaris Library Systems (but please ask me before contacting him)