I am a professional software developer / architect living in Boise, Idaho.
I am passionate about test driven development, and writing clean code.
I am passionate about agile methodologies.
I am passionate about learning.
I believe in solving problems by making them more simple.
I believe the most elegant solutions are the simple ones.
I believe in helping and mentoring others.
I believe in learning and being mentored by others.
I am a christian, a husband, a father, a free thinker.


Hi John
Could you tell me what area the landscape is in your header image?
Thanks
Bill
By: Bill on March 25, 2010
at 1:25 pm
Actually. I don’t know. It was a template.
By: jsonmez on March 25, 2010
at 1:27 pm
looks like somewhere in England. Check these out:
flickr.com/photos/theholyllama/3068286788/
http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1306/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1306R-305.jpg
By: Bryan on June 3, 2010
at 11:07 am
Interesting
I was going to say it looks a lot like where i am from in West Cork Ireland.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bslavin/2116158630/
By: Peter Short on January 17, 2011
at 7:23 am
Just found your blog by luck. I really like that post on “drinking on fire hose”. Just wonder what is your recommendation for developer blogs.
Your blog is not in the list of so-called Top 100, but I’ll keep it in my RSS.
By: Rodney on May 12, 2010
at 4:04 pm
Hi John,
Do you have any experience with Canoo WebTest? would love to hear your thoughts about it.
By: Manish Ranade on December 28, 2011
at 8:26 pm
No, I haven’t here used that one. Will check it out though.
By: jsonmez on January 3, 2012
at 6:54 am
Just found your blog from pluralsight. Very well written blogs about make complex code simple. I am just working on a large project and I wasn’t thinking about cleaning code. Well for sure I will start doing it now, can’t believe how messy and hard to maintain code becomes once the things gather.
By: franjobrekalo on March 24, 2012
at 4:29 am
Your surname is used in Turkey very often
By: Tolga on May 1, 2012
at 2:56 am
My father was born in Istanbul
By: jsonmez on May 1, 2012
at 5:54 am
That means you are half Turk!
By: Tolga on May 1, 2012
at 10:58 am