About Mike
I currently live in Chaska, Minnesota and consult and write software for a living. I work for Inetium, a Microsoft partner in Bloomington, MN. I live and breathe .NET, C#, Silverlight, ASP.NET, Javascript, HTML, and CSS. I like to do software development - get my hands dirty and design and implement software.
You can find me in the Twin Cities area speaking at local events like the Twin Cities Code Camp, Twin Cities Silverlight User Group, and Twin Cities Developer’s Guild.
I love writing software and experimenting with technology in my spare time. Here is some of my recent work:
TwitterSynth |
Off The Air |
G20 Quiz |
TANKS |
kSynth |
kSynth.b |
kSynth.Drone |
Wave Edit |
VS Dev Types |
pi Cheat |
Quixo3D |
WPF 3D Tutorial |
Also make sure to check out SilverSynth, an open source digital audio synthesis library for Silverlight.
Aside from writing code, I also love performing, writing, and producing music. My main instrument is percussion and I’ve been playing for over 21 years. I’ve also managed to figure out how to fake playing guitar and bass. I’m a terrible singer.
Sometimes I volunteer with the Bloomington Medalist Concert Band. Otherwise I actively write and produce my own music in my basement studio. I’m a one-man-band and just enjoy recording music and putting it out into the world. My stuff lies on the “heavier” side of the musical spectrum. You can listen to all of my stuff at www.HodsAudio.net, but here are some of my favorites:
Robots Stole My Computer |
Hostile Robot Takeover |
Basic |
Original Music and Clips |
I have a wonderful family and have been married to my wonderful wife Nicole since August 10, 2001. On August 18, 2005, our beautiful daughter Eva was born.
Other obscure facts that you may or may not want to know about me:
- I graduated from Duluth East High School in 1994
- I graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1998 with a BS in Industrial Engineering
- I’m an Eagle Scout
- I’m a Minnesota Wild season ticket holder
- I love camping
- I love traveling
- I’ve performed in works by Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich with the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (DSSO)
- I’ve played in the orchestra pit with the DSSO for Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker
- I used to work for United Parcel Service as an industrial engineer
- I used to work at a circuit board factory as a manufacturing engineer
- I secretly dance while my code compiles
- I have a strange infatuation with llamas, alpacas, wombats, and robots
- I love the music that you hate
- I can make a paper cup out of a 8.5” x 11” piece of paper that holds water for about a minute
That’s about it.
