I’m a software developer working in the Twin Cities area, passionate about .NET technologies.  I’m also a Dad and love just hanging out with my kids. My other huge passion in life is working on projects related to family history and preservation of family photos and stories.

I live on some acreage, south of Minneapolis and love spending time working on house/land projects. I especially love any project that gives me an excuse to use our tractor. I also love building things, like this garden shed, or this playhouse for my daughter.

I’m currently working as a full-time developer at a small company where I do mostly .NET (Win Forms) development in C# and managed C++. I’ve also dabbled in ASP.NET. I’ve been a developer for 20+ years now, so I’ve worked with a lot of languages, technologies and platforms over the years, including: C#, .NET, C++, COM, VB6 on Windows and C++ and Ada on VAX/VMS. I can even claim to have written some production code in FORTRAN (shudder). We’ve come a long way.

I’m an MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) in C#, desktop applications.  And for what it’s worth (as opposed to what I payed), I have a BS in Comp Sci (1987, Univ of MN, Twin Cities) and MS in Software Design/Development (1994, Univ of St. Thomas, St. Paul).

I’m blogging because I tend to have a lot of strong opinions, weakly held.  Writing things down is a great way for me to really get a handle on what I’m thinking about.  And a blog gives me a place where I can store some of these thoughts and come back to them later.  Also, if anyone else finds any of my thoughts at all useful, then I’m glad to have been able to share them via a blog.

My web site:  www.seans.com
Follow me on Twitter: spsexton
famThings.com - Future home of family history related software
sean.famthings.com - My family history focused blog