About me and idLab!
idLab is a catch-all for index buzzwords at the moment, and some of this pre-dates the Web.
Industries worked in include film, video, audio production; childrens and technology museums; industrial robotics and automation; electronic test and measurement; automotive; food service and hospitality; telecommunications and networking; manufacturing; transportation.
Roles have included development, design, engineering, production management, team management, product management, program management, technical specialist, test and quality management, sales, marketing, applications, developer support, evangelist, standards, political and industrial representation, rapporteur, call center manager, exhibit design, audio engineer.
Technologies worked in include solid state and power electronics, electrical power systems, robotics, optics, lasers, capacitive test, real time and operating system software, digital and analog networks, image processing, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, stream compression.
Operating systems worked on include TOPS-20, RT-11, RSX-11, TSX-11, VMS, HP-UX, OS/2, Windows, NT, Xenix, Linux, SVR3.2, SVR4.0, SCO, ISIS-II, Ultrix, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS, Convergent, CP/M, Oberon, RTOS.
Programming languages of varied levels of expertise include compilers(C, C++, Pilot, Basic, Fortran, Forth, PL/M, SmallTalk, Modula, Pascal, ObjectPascal, Java), interpreters(Basic, APL, Lisp), shells(DCL, Batch, CLIP), scripts(HyperTalk, EcmaScript, Revolution), assemblers (ASM, ObjectASM)
Standards worked on, contributed to, rapporteured, or managed, include User Profile Management, Roaming, Performance Benchmarks,IMS, NGN, Mobile Protocols, Universal Access, Generic Multilanguage Command Vocabulary, Internet Security, Enterprise Networks, Multiple Attachment.
Protocols and other abbreviations dealt with include telecom(E&M, FDM, TDM, FXO/FXS, ISDN, PRI, BRI, T1, E1, TUP, TCAP, MAP, ISUP, SS7), digital comms(SIP, SIGTRAN, MGCP, Megaco/H.248, H.323, RS-232, PPP, LAPD, L2TP, ITU Gxxx, ITU Qxxx), digital(TCP/IP, UDP, MAP/TOPS, RTP, AppleTalk), digital transport(ATM, FR, 802.xx, FTP), digital session(RTSP, SNMP, SCP, SCTP, RTP), Web(HTTP), digital security(Diameter, Radius, LDAP)
Training in industrial design; need creation, consultative, and capital equipment sales; product development and management; software engineering; biomedical materials; customer relations.
Managed site, distributed, multiple organization, and international teams in product, program, project, applications, training, test engineering, quality control, developer support, call center, usability, and documentation tasks.
Currently in crotchety old fart status.