I am a husband to a beautiful wife named Whitney and Dad to a wonderful baby boy. Yay! :) Damien Augustus Shaffer has come into this world on March 15th 2010.
In my professional life, I have accumulated over 4 years utilizing a wide range of technologies to develop software solutions for my current employer. Most of this time was spent learning methodical approaches within different environments to broaden my programming knowledge and project planning abilities. These environments include both open source and Windows based development, mainly Web.
I also dabble in Social Media and it applications in today's culture and marketplace. I consider it a hobby but some may say its an obsession. ;) I enjoy it immensely.
excerpt from research paper – 12/7/09 | I have chosen a segment of my paper to address Agile Testing. If you would like to see complete paper please request by email at lucaslshaffer@gmail.com How is Agile testing used? Standalone Testing Agile testing consists more of a method in which to handle the testing process and…
You might wonder why I am taking the time to profile @HootSuite as I have only used it for one day. Well, that’s the reason. I have only used this for one day and I already feel like I have a better hold on my reputable status in my social circle. I have been held…
A class mate in my Artificial Intelligence class wrote about AI possibly being able to create something uniquein which I responded below. I agree expectations can be a bit diluted by the fact that a system can only contain rules or “intelligence” from experiences it has consumed and ultimately learned from. Presumption or ‘pre-programming’ of…
Visiting Soffe was a great visit. I am in awe at the size of this place. The grounds were more like a university campus where the main goal is to provide great branded product to everyone who mutters the words “Soffe short”. My visit was brief but by no means was it not an important…
After reviewing many definitions I ran across these terms which I will paraphrase from Wikitionary. I believe this phrase to be a very accurate statement. AI is “an exhibition of an artificial (non-natural, man-made) entity dealing with the reproduction or mimicking of human-level thought in a manner similar to or on the same general level…
It seems the better things get, the less I blog. I am now looking forward to a baby boy in March and a change at work could round off my professional skill set.