I’ve been collecting and studying mushrooms since I was 10. I’ve taken some college level courses in mycology and general biology, but my degrees are in psychology and computer science. In March 2006 I learned about the web development environment, Ruby on Rails, and realized that I could reasonably quickly implement an on-line shared field journal with it. Working in my spare time I brought the Mushroom Observer website on-line in May 2006 and it has been growing ever since.

To date it has been entirely a labor of love done in my limited free time, but I am actively looking for ways to find more time to work on it. If you know of any relevant opportunities or have ideas for how to make this happen or just want to know more about my background checkout my resume and/or cv or send me an email.

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