Revision as of 21:09, 20 October 2007

Who am I

My name is Mike Mol. I founded Rosetta Code. It was an idea I'd had during a Christmas vacation, before I'd heard of other programming chrestomathy sites.

But who am I, really? I'm the Administrator. That guy who's got so much to do, he has to have other people run the site for him. (Hats off to the Bureaucrats!) On a good week, I can give pointers to where I think RC should go, and how it should be organized. With luck, someone else has the time to make the changes.

I try to act as a facilitator, to let the site and its community grow, and give a push (or pull) when things slow down.

Languages

I've been a Linux geek since 1999-2000, so I've got a healthy respect for Perl, the Bourne Again SHell and C, but my day job involves coding in Windows, which means I've lately been spending most of my time in C++. I'm competent with PHP as well, and have written a couple applications that made good use of JavaScript.

My next computer will likely be a Mac, so I'm probably going to learn Cocoa, Objective-C and AppleScript.

RSS

I currently keep an eye on Rosetta Code by adding Special:Recent changes to my Google Reader. I find it's a great way to stay apprised. I also watch a few other programming-related feeds:

programming.reddit.com -- All sorts of programming info.
The Old New Thing -- Best practices and explanations for coding in Windows.
Worse than Failure -- What not to do.

Rosetta Code

Rosetta Code came from an idea I had during Christmas of 2006. I'd recently revisited Wikibooks' List of Hello World Programs, and didn't care for its limited scope. As I was President of the GRCC Computer Club at the time, I convinced the club to host a project called Goodbye World (shortly renamed to Rosetta Code). I chose MediaWiki because I felt it would let me get started more quickly than any other system. Once I had a few categories and tasks set up, I submitted the page to Slashdot.

Well, if you take Slashdot, a shared hosting account, and an uncached MediaWiki setup, and throw them in a blender, you get a big mess. The kind folks at Geekalize noticed, and offered RC free hosting on their dedicated server. That carried RC through until the end of the arrangement in the fall of 2007. RC now runs on my own shared hosting account.

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 I try to act as a facilitator, to let the site and its [http://villagepump.rosettacode.org community] grow, and give a push (or pull) when things slow down.
-==Cool Wiki==
+==Languages==
-Hi Mike,  nice idea for a wiki! Would this be  Michigan by chance? Best, [[MarkDilley]] ( of [[WikiIndex.org]] and [[AboutUs.org]]  http://MarkDilley.org )
+I've been a Linux geek since 1999-2000, so I've got a healthy respect for [[Perl]], the [[Bourne Again SHell]] and [[C]], but my day job involves coding in Windows, which means I've lately been spending most of my time in [[C plus plus|C++]].  I'm competent with [[PHP]] as well, and have written a couple applications that made good use of [[JavaScript]].
-:Yeah, I'm from Michigan. --[[User:Short Circuit|Short Circuit]] 22:38, 8 October 2007 (MDT)
+My next computer will likely be a Mac, so I'm probably going to learn [[Cocoa]], [[Objective-C]] and [[AppleScript]].
+==RSS==
+I currently keep an eye on Rosetta Code by adding [[Special:Recent changes]] to my Google Reader.  I find it's a great way to stay apprised.  I also watch a few other programming-related feeds:
+* [http://programming.reddit.com/rss programming.reddit.com] -- All sorts of programming info.
+* [http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/rss.xml The Old New Thing] -- Best practices and explanations for coding in Windows.
+* [http://syndication.thedailywtf.com/TheDailyWtf Worse than Failure] -- What not to do.
+=Rosetta Code=
+Rosetta Code came from an idea I had during Christmas of 2006.  I'd recently revisited Wikibooks' [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/List_of_hello_world_programs List of Hello World Programs], and didn't care for its limited scope.  As I was President of the [http://grc4.org GRCC Computer Club] at the time, I convinced the club to host a project called Goodbye World (shortly renamed to Rosetta Code).  I chose MediaWiki because I felt it would let me get started more quickly than any other system.  Once I had a few categories and tasks set up, I submitted the page to Slashdot.
+Well, if you take Slashdot, a shared hosting account, and an uncached MediaWiki setup, and throw them in a blender, you get a big mess.  The kind folks at Geekalize noticed, and offered RC free hosting on their dedicated server.  That carried RC through until the end of the arrangement in the fall of 2007.  RC now runs on my own shared hosting account.