About Pete Brown and his Blog
About Me
My name is Pete Brown and I'm a .NET Architect, Project Manager, and Client Technologies Evangelist at Applied Information Sciences (AIS). I live in a town located between Annapolis, MD and Washington DC. I moved down to this area from New England in 1996 and have lived here and worked at AIS ever since.
My main site is irritatedVowel.com where I host various applications, help pages, tutorials, desktop wallpapers and other hobby information.
About My Blog
The name of this blog (POKE 53280,0) comes from the old Commodore 64 BASIC command to set the border of the screen black. This was usually followed by "POKE 53281,0" which did the same for the main part of the screen. The Commodore 64 was the first computer that really captured my interest because you do animate things in color, and create your own character sets. The level of expression you had was very high for computers of the time. Of course, my phone has a higher res screen than that computer had (and tons more memory and processing power), but I'll always remember that computer as the one that captured my interest back in 7th grade.
If you are interested in having me speak on Silverlight or other .NET topics at your user group or local, regional or national event, please contact me via the Contact link in this blog.
My Bio for Speaking Engagements
Pete Brown is Architect, Project Manager and Client Technologies Evangelist for Applied Information Sciences, and a consultant to Microsoft. Since his first sprite graphics and custom character sets on the Commodore 64, Pete has always had a deep interest in UI design and animation. Pete's personal site and blog is at www.irritatedVowel.com and he is the moderator of Silverlight.net (username Psychlist1972). In January 2008, Pete was named MVP "Visual Developer - Client Application Development" for his work in Silverlight and WPF. In his spare time, Pete enjoys woodworking and spending time with his wife and son.
Condensed Bio (use only if the above is too verbose)
Pete Brown is Architect, Project Manager and Client Platforms Evangelist for Applied Information Sciences where he has worked since 1996. In 2008, Pete was named MVP for his work in Silverlight and WPF. In his spare time, Pete enjoys woodworking and spending time with his wife and son.
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