OnHiatus: Who Am I?

About Me:

Pictures: (My life to date in XX photos) Me Stacy Charlie Oliver
Personal Stats:

Full Name: Anthony Jones
DOB: December 15, 1968
Wife: Stacy Maenner
Married: April 9 and April 17, 2005
Kids: Charlie and Ollie The Nth photo - above - is me at the beach - probably Treasure Island (Summer 1969) The Nth photo - above - is me at age three (May 1972) The Nth photo - above - is me driving" an atique fire engine at the Festival of Arts grounds (June 1974?) The Nth photo - above - is me (1979?) The Nth photo - above - is me in the 1979 Pagent of the Masters (Summer 1979) The Nth photo - above - is me at Disneyland (Summer 1993) The Nth photo - above - is Stacy and I on Ant Atoll off Pohnpei, Micronesia (June 2001) - See larger image in journal The Nth, Nth, Nth and Nth photos - above - are Stacy and I at our Baltimore wedding (April 2005) The Nth and Nth photos - above - are Stacy and I at our Pohnpei wedding (April 2005) The Nth photo - above - is of Stacy and I in front of our first house (Summer 2005) The Nth photo - above - is Stacy and I in India (January 2007) The Nth photo - above - is Stacy and I hiking at Zion (September 2007) The Nth photo - above - is of Charlie and I on day 1 (July 2008) The Nth photo - above - is of Charlie and I on an airplane (September 2009) The Nth photo - above - is Charlie and I going for his first kayak (Spring 2010?) The Nth photo - above - is of Ollie (age 1 month) and I (October 2010) The Nth photo - above - is the family in Laguna Beach (December 2010) The Nth photo - above - is the family (April 2011) The Nth photo - above - is of Charlie, and Ollie in their Haloween costumes, Seattle, WA (October 2011) The Nth photo - above - is of Charlie, Ollie, and I on the beach in Westport, WA (August 2011) The Nth photo - above - is of Charlie and Ollie in Oahu (November 2011) The Nth photo - above - is of Charlie and I proving he got my eyes (June 2012) The Nth photo - above - is of Ollie and I with Thomas! (July 2012) The Nth photo - above - is me and Ollie on our annual Tulips trips (April 2013) The Nth photo - above - is me and Charlie on our annual Tulips trips (April 2013) The Nth photo - above - is the family at Spotted Lake, BC (August 2014) The Nth photo - above - is me and Stacy on our annual Tulips trip (March 2015) The Nth photo - above - is me and Ollie on our annual Tulips trip (March 2015) The Nth photo - above - is me giving Charlie and Ollie a ride at a corn maze (October 2015) The Nth photo - above - is me and Ollie fishing on the Chesepeak (June 2016) The Nth photo - above - is the whole family on our annual Tulips trip (April 2018) The Nth photo - above - is me with the boys on our annual Tulips trip (April 2019) The Nth photo - above - is me with Ollie at Lake Diablo, WA (June2020)
Travel:

Currently I'm no longer traveling. But, I've gotten married and my wife is also infected with the travel bug, so I don't expect this to last!
In the past I've done quite a bit of extended travel. You can find my online journals (really travel blogs, but from the days before blogs) here:
The documented travels include:

Journal 1: The Grand Hiatus - Covers four and a half years, five continents, 75 countries, more than 6,000 photos, and almost 5,000 beers (Map)
The U.S. From April 11, 1997 through September 8th, 1997 - My tours of the US, with slight detours into Canada and Mexico.
The World Started on September 8th, 1997 and continued until July, 2001. The Nth photo - above - is me on Angel's Landing, Zion National Park (May 1997) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me rowing in Florence (October 1997) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me sitting on the top of the Monestary in Petra, Jordan (April 1998) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me sitting In front of King Tut's tomb, Valley of the Kings, Egypt (May 1998) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me before getting my annual hair cut, Tambacounda, Senegal (October 1998) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me after getting my annual hair cut, Tambacounda, Senegal (October 1998) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me standing in the desolation of the Sau Pan, Botswana (March 1999) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me with a lion, Serengeti, Tanzania (June 1999) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me having a beer waiting for sunset, Perth, Australia (January 2000) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me on Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand (April 2000) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me (with a beard!) in Kochi, India (March 2001) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me hiking in the Himalayas in Nepal (April 2001) The Nth photo - above - is me kayaking at Nan Madol, Pohnpei, Micronesia (June 2001) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is Stacy and I on Ant Atoll off Pohnpei, Micronesia (June 2001) - See larger image in journal

Journal 2: Micronesia Revisited June through August 2002. Covers how I recovered my girlfriend (now my wife) and lost my appendix while traveling through the Central Pacific. (Country List / Photos / Map)
The Nth photo - above - is Stacy and I at Kepirohi Falls, Pohnpei, Micronesia (July 2002) - See larger image in journal

Undocumented Travels:
The Nth photo - above - is Me climbing stairs in Amber, India (January 2007) The Nth photo - above - is Stacy and I in India (January 2007) The Nth photo - above - is Ollie and I at Joshua Tree National Park (April 2014) The Nth photo - above - is all of us on the Radiator Springs Racers at Disneyland (April 2014) The Nth photo - above - is me at the Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Center, Osoyoos, Canada (August 2014) The Nth photo - above - is the family at the Washington Monument (December 2014) The Nth photo - above - is me and Charlie in the Redwoods at Trees of Mystery while driving back to Seattle from Laguna Beach (January 2017) The Nth photo - above - is the whole family watching the total eclipse (August 2017) The Nth photo - above - the whole family in Secret Slot Canyon, Arizona (June 2018) The Nth photo - above - is me in Frenchman's Bend hot springs, Sun Valley, ID (March 2019) The Nth photo - above - is the whole family on the Columbia Icefield Glacier, AB (July 2019) The Nth photo - above - is me and the boys at Takakkwa Falls, BC (July 2019)
Professional:

Computer Skills:

Languages:

Preferred Languages:
C, C++, HTML, JQuery and various flavors of Java (including J2ME, J#, and Java Script)
Other Languages:
Assembly, Basic, C#.Net, Fortran, Lisp, Pascal, Perl, SQL, and Ruby (Rails)

Freeware Packages:

Windows CE:

The OnHiatus Software Project
This is a collection of tools that I wrote while traveling so far it includes:

A.C.T.² - A Character Tool. Basically an enhanced charmap app for Windows CE devices.
Pike a full featured icon editor for Windows CE.
HiP Keys a simple application to manage hotkey combinations on Windows CE H/PCs.
Launch Pad a tool for generating native launchers for Windows CE. Mainly designed for PocketC and VB developers. Provides custom icon and full tray support.

Pocket Dial
Pocket Dial is an app I wrote to retrieve and dial phone numbers. It alows you to dial numbers through your H/PC's speaker. There are lots of nifty features, and there's been a lot of interest, try it and see what the excitement is about. Steve Miller co-authored this package with me.
Pocket Dial is available from most Windows CE software archives. Try HPC.net.
Mute
Mute is a small program that puts an icon in the taskbar tray. Clicking on the icon toggles the sound on / off. Anyone who adjusts the volume on their H/PC to go to a meeting or class will find this indispencable.
Mute is distributed in the Windows CE PowerToys package from Microsoft.

Employment History:

Avvo, Inc (2007-Present)
Director of Engineering
Avvo, Inc.
May 2007 - Present
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AskMe Corp (2003-2007)
SDET / QA Lead / PM Lead
AskMe Corp. (since purchased by Realcom then spun off as HiveMine)
January 2003 - February 2007
It was a small company so everyone pretty much needed to do everything. I was the Senior QA Lead, but I finished as something like a Senior Lead PM...
First product shipped: AskMe Enterprise 6.8
Last product shipped: AskMe Enterprise 8.1

Microsoft Corp. (1992-1997)
Software Design Engineer
Microsoft
July 1992 - April 1997
S.D.E. in the Multimedia Consumer Systems, Advanced Consumer Technology, and Consumer Systems Test teams.
First product shipped: The Modular Windows SDK

Last product shipped: Windows CE OS v1.1

Ancient History (Pre 1992)

Computer Consultant / Programmer
UCSD, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (SIO/IGPP)
September 1991 - July 1992
Organized / converted geophysical data files to the machine independent netCDF format. (C)
Designed / implemented and ported various tools to manipulate the data in this format. (C and Fortran)
Engineer in training
Southern California Edison, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SCE/SONGS)
Summer, 1991
Programming print station support applications in C.
Programmer
Naval Ocean Systems Center (contracted by San Diego State University Foundation)
December 1990 - April 1991
Programming XView applications / Simulators in C.
Lifeguard
City of Laguna Beach
Summers, 1985-1991
Beach Lifeguard responsible for maintaining public relations, providing emergency assistance, and emergency medical care.
Education:

B.S. in Computer Science, Spring 1992, University of California, at San Diego.
The Nth photo - above - is me sometime in my sophomre year at UCSD (April 1989?) The Nth photo - above - is me before rowing practice my junior year at UCSD (Spring 1990)
LBHS Class of '87, June 1987, Laguna Beach High School.
The Nth photo - above - is me on the highschool swimteam (1985)
The Nth photo - above - is me on the Senior Class trip to Catalina (June 1987)
Hobbies / Interests:

Travel:
See my travel statement (above)
See my travel journal for how far an addiction can take you.
"Jet lag is my favorite drug." (attributed to Jacques Cousteau)

Almost anything to do with water:
The Nth photo - above - is of our first house before we'd done much work (June 2003) The Nth photo - above - is of my first boat on a bad day - "fixing" this involved me going for a December swim. (December 2004) The Nth photo - above - is of me and Stacy in front of our first house - a floating house! (Summer 2005)

Rowing:
I prefer sweep rowing, after all if God had meant for us to scull we'd have four arms, right? My two favorite Regattas are the San Diego Crew Classic and the Head of the Charles. The HOC because of the history and the sheer magnitude, the Crew Classic because it used to be my backyard.
Allegiance:
Lake Union Crew 2001 - 2017
Microsoft Crew Team 1992 - 1997 (via Moss Bay, SU, the Pocock Center, and Lake Washington RC)
San Diego Rowing Club 1992
U.C. San Diego Varsity Rowing Team 1988 - 1991
The Nth photo - above - is me after my first race - we beat USC (Early 1988) The Nth photo - above - is me rowing in the Microsoft Crew at the Head of the Charles (October 1994) The Nth photo - above - is me rowing in Florence (October 1997) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is Stacy and I rowing in front of our first house (circa 2005) The Nth photo - above - is me rowing in the LUC four at the Head of the Charles (October 2005) The Nth photo - above - is me launching in an LUC pair at NW Regionals (June 2006) The Nth photo - above - is me doing a photoshoot for Corbis - my one gig as a model (September 2006) The Nth photo - above - is of me in the Opening Day regatta (May 2013) The Nth photo - above - is of me rowing with Ollie on our Oarboard, Seattle (April 2020)

Swimming:
When I was about five I was trying to learn to swim, but just couldn't do it. One day the next door neighbor (who was watching us kids) got fed up and threw me in. I had the option of sinking or swimming and to my surprise I chose to swim. (Thanks Marcie! Um, but you would have pulled me out if I didn't, right?!?) I started swimming competitively when I was in high school. By the time I graduated I thought that I was bored with it, and it was time to try something new (hence the rowing, above). Then August '94 I injured my ankle and wasn't able to do my normal work out, so I thought I'd try swimming again. Much to my surprise I found I really loved it. Since then I've been swimming on and off with various teams and on my own.

The Ocean:
I love the ocean. It is the single thing I miss every day now that I live in Seattle. We have Puget Sound, but it's not the same.

Favorite Ocean Activities:
SCUBA diving
Body Surfing
Board Surfing
Snorkeling / Free diving

Favorite Beach Activities:
Just lying there
Beach Combing
Sand Volleyball
The Nth photo - above - is of Stacy and I on the beach on Ant Atoll (June 2001) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is of Charlie, Ollie, and I on the beach in Westport, WA (August 2011) The Nth photo - above - is of Charlie and Ollie on the beach in Oahu (November 2011) The Nth photo - above - is of Charlie, Ollie, Stacy and I on the beach at Carkeek Park, Seattle (April 2015) The Nth photo - above - is of Charlie, Ollie, Stacy and I on the beach on the Balboa Peninsula, California (December 2015)

Sailing:
I sail for fun. I've never done any racing (not that I'd be opposed to it). I started sailing when I was 15. I started working on the Argus, a 1907 topsail rigged ketch that was owned and operated by the Boy Scouts of America as a floating camp. Since then I've done some sailing on Hobbie cats, and a variety of sloops. My old roommate owns a forty foot sloop, which is lots of fun, but my heart still belongs to the wooden vessels of yesterday.

Wakeboarding / Water skiing:
It's not surf, but it is fun. During the summer water skiing helps me get my water fix. This helps me minimize those costly flights to the beach.

The Outdoors:

Hiking:
I love hiking. Every once in a while I get really fed up with the world. Times like that the only thing to do is get away. It's amazing what a couple of hours in the wilderness by myself can do for my soul. The Nth photo - above - is me on Angel's Landing, Zion National Park (May 1997) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me hiking Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand (April 2000) - See larger image in journal The Nth photo - above - is me and the boys hiking in Yakima (May 2016) The Nth photo - above - is the family hiking at Ancient Lakes, Washington (September 2016) The Nth photo - above - is me at Crystal Lake, Mammoth, CA (August 2017) The Nth photo - above - is Ollie and I on an evening hike in Bryce Canyon (June 2018)

Camping:
Sometimes a day hike isn't enough. Or sometimes I feel as if I deserve a special treat. Then it's time to go camping. First off if it's in a car it's not camping, if there's a picnic table it's not camping. Camping is with a backpack. On a trail. Someplace a long way from humanity in general. My two favorite places to go back-packing are The Subway in Zion national park, Utah; and Paradise in Mt. Rainier national park, Washington. The Nth photo - above - is me at Camp Muir on Mt. Rainier (September 1994) The Nth photo - above - is me comptemplating a new kind of camping - getting started on building out our new Sprinter (November 2020)

Biking:
Ok, I really am not a big biker. But I do enjoy it on a summer day. It's sort of like hiking, only faster and more social. Before kids once a summer I'd go biking with a group of friends. We'd load up our bikes with camping gear and catch a ferry for the San Juan islands. The rest of the weekend was spent riding, camping, whale watching, eating, relaxing, and island hopping. The Nth photo - above - is me enjoying my morning latte on one such trip (circa 1995)

Skiing:
Skiing is fun. Skiing is not my reason for living. To me skiing has always been a consolation to get me through the winter. Of course a lot of my friends think I'm crazy, and I do always have fun, but I could really do without the crowds.
More recently (but still before kids) Stacy was known to drag me out for cross country skiing. More work, maybe not as much fun, but rewarding and no crowds (not to mention cheaper.) The Nth photo - above - is me, Charlie, and Ollie on Crystal Mountain their first season of skiing (March 2017) The Nth photo - above - is the whole family trying the jump pools at the Park City training facility (June 2018) The Nth photo - above - is the whole family skiing on Crystal Mountain (April 2018) The Nth photo - above - is me skiing PNW style at Crystal Mountain (February 2021)

Computers:
Well, I'm here aren't I?
See my professional history (above)

Beer:

My Top 5
Lucile IPA (Georgetown) - This is our house beer
Guiness Stout
Redhook Winterhook
Grant's Scottish Ale
Anchor Steam
Some um... stats The Nth photo - above - is me in Murphy's Pub, Wallingford, Seattle (circa 1996) The Nth photo - above - is me having a beer waiting for sunset, Perth, Australia (January 2000) - See larger image in journal