James Graves - Freelance Philosopher, Technologist.

Brief Biography (book forthcoming)

Finally whacked the scary hair.

I was born in London England while my father was in the Air Force. I lived there for my first two years, and no, I don't remember any of it. I did most of my growing up in Camden, Indiana. It is a small town of 600 near Lafayette, in the middle of the country. Surrounded by corn and pig farms, there wasn't much happening in Camden, but sometimes that was good.

I attended Purdue University, where I graduated with a degree in Computer Science in 1990. I also enjoyed taking digital design and history classes. Professor Vernard Foley is a very cool history professor there. I have a little information on him, too.

After graduation, I moved to Chicago when I got a job with Misericordia. This is a home for developmentally disabled children and adults. I was their UNIX system admin, but I also took care of the databases and PC's too. After 5 years, I decided to do something different.

For about a year I worked at Motorola's Cellular Infrastructure Group (CIG) in Arlington Heights Illinois with their 24x7 Support team. They're the ones that manage the network when all the normal (sane) people have gone home. That meant that I got to work during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. (Someone's gotta keep these computers running, right?)

(July, 1997) And in a strange twist of fate, I went back to Misericordia for a little while to help them out with some personnel transitions. I'm currently looking for a full-time position while I do a little consulting. I've had much of July off, and it certainly has been an well deserved and much enjoyed vacation.

(January 1998) Well, I'm not looking for a full-time job anymore because I've got contracts for systems administration lasting until the end of this year. I guess we'll see what happens after that.

(November, 1998) Well, I'm helping found a startup company. We've got funding, products, and customers. What more can you ask for, except maybe more sleep? These are the truly interesting times of life.

(May, 2001) And I'm now at my third startup, but this time my best friend and I are calling more of the shots. It's been a lotta fun and a lotta work.

Back to the old home.

James C. Graves, Jr. / (ansible@xnet.com)