Shlomi Fish' Resume
Shlomi Fish
4 Hakim Eliyaho St.
Tel Aviv, 69120
Phone Number: 03-6424668
Cell Phone: 054-6232377
Fax Number: 03-6414319
E-mail Address: shlomif@iglu.org.il
Home Page: http://www.shlomifish.org/
Instant Messaging: ICQ - #207733823; AIM - ShlomiFish;
Jabber - ShlomiFish@jabber.org ; MSN - shlomif@iglu.org.il
Education |
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1997 - 2003 |
The Technion B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Proper) Average: 84.6% (Cum Laude) |
| 1991-1995 |
Gymnasia Ivrit "Herzlia" Major Subjects: Mathematics, English, Physics and Arabic |
Experience |
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Programming |
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| 2007 | XML::RSS |
| Work on the CPAN Perl Module for processing RSS: bug fixing (while adding regression tests), increasing test coverage, and refactoring. Some of it was done as part of a grant from the Perl Foundation. | |
| 2004 - Present | HTML-Widgets-NavMenu |
| A Perl Module for maintaining HTML navigation menus and site flow. | |
| 2003 - Present | The Better SCM Site - http://better-scm.berlios.de/ |
| A web-site for information and advocacy of version control systems and Source Configuration Management (SCM). Includes articles, links and a multiple-item multiple-system comparison of 16 different implementations. | |
| 2002-Present | Contribution to large-scale open source projects (GIMP, Subversion and perl). |
| Code contribution to the Subversion version control system; Large-scale code contribution to the GIMP image manipulation program; contribution of documentation and external modules to the "perl" programming language. | |
| 2001 - Present | Latemp - a Content Management System for Static HTML Sites. |
| A content management system based on Web Meta Language and many Perl CPAN modules, intended primarily for constructing static HTML pages. | |
| 2001 - Present |
The Israeli Group of Linux Users Server Administrating a 100% uptime server carrying FTP, SMTP and numerous WWW-services. |
| 2000 |
Freecell Solver (an independent project) A C program that automatically solves games of Freecell and similar variants of card solitaire. |
| 1997 |
MikMod for Java (an independent project) Converting a program from ANSI C to Java |
| January 1997 - October 1997 |
Smart Link Ltd. Testing a software-based modem (Modio), Windows 95 Programming |
| April 1996 - October 1996 |
Cortext Inc. HTML composition, CGI programming, TCP/IP client/server programs |
| June 1995 - March 1996 |
Elpas Electro-optic Systems, Ltd. Databases, client/server programs (with NetDDE), English/Hebrew MS-Windows GUI |
Mathematics |
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| 1994 |
1st place, first Annual Israel's Mathematics Contest for School Teams Along with: Kobi Karlibakh, Or Tsok and Amit Zinger |
Technical Articles |
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| 2005 | Building Navigation Menus |
| An article that discusses web-site navigation and site flow patterns in general, and then explains how to implement them using the HTML-Widgets-NavMenu module. | |
| 2004 | Which Open Source Wiki works for you? |
| An article overviewing and comparing several popular and open source wiki engines. Published at O'Reilly-Net. | |
| 2004 | The New Breed of Version Control Systems |
| A comparison of the version control systems that aim to be successors to the CVS version control system. Published at O'Reilly-Net. | |
| 2001 | Perl for Perl Newbies |
| A series of presentations (along with detailed slides and many examples) that aim to introduce the Perl programming language for beginners. | |
Creative Writing |
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2004-2005 |
The Human Hacking Field Guide A humorous realistic story about high school teens in mid-2000's Los Angeles, who deal in programming extensively. |
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1998 |
The One with The Fountainhead A parody on "The Fountainhead" (by Ayn Rand) modelled on an episode of the T.V. show "Friends". |
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1996-1997 |
The Enemy and How I Helped to Fight it A satire about the situation in the Israeli-Lebanese border |
Essays |
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| 2003 | Open Source, Free Software and Other Beasts |
| An essay explaining what Open Source Software, and Free Software is all about, the difference of terms and philosophies, and the various other terms one should know about. | |
| 2004 | The Joy of Perl |
| An essay explaining why I like Perl so much. | |
References |
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| Will be supplied upon request | |
Fields of Expertise |
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| Programming Languages: | C/C++, Perl, Basic, Java, JavaScript, Object Pascal, Bourne Shell, Scheme, Haskell, Matlab, Python, PHP, Common Lisp, Prolog (Basic Knowledge). |
| Operating Systems: | UNIX (Linux, FreeBSD, others), Windows 95/98, Windows 3.11, DOS, Windows XP. |
| Databases: | SQL, Delphi, ODBC, MS-Access, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite. |
| Internet Related: | HTML, CGI programming, JavaScript, TCP/IP Sockets, Web Meta Language, Apache, CGI::Application |
| Various Programs: | Word, Excel, WordPerfect, Corel-Draw, The GIMP, LaTeX, DocBook/XML, OpenOffice.org, Inkscape. |
| Development Tools: | Autoconf/Automake/Libtool, CVS, Subversion, BitKeeper, SVK, Vim. |
Languages |
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| Hebrew | Speaking, Reading and Writing - Mother Tongue |
| English | Speaking, Reading and Writing - Very Good |
| Arabic | Reading and Writing - extremely basic (and rusty) command |
Personal |
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Born May 5, 1977 Single |
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