Ian Sammis
 I graduated UCSB in 1995 with a BS in Physics, a BS in Mathematics, and a BS in Computer Science. I then started graduate school at Caltech, where I am now starting my fourth year. Recently, a friend and I started 3AM Coffee Software, which has one product currently in alpha testing. |
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| How did you personally get into using the Macintosh family of computers? |
My father bought a Mac 512K back in 1985. I quickly fell in love with the machine, and spent the next summer reading Inside Macintosh. | |
| Status: | Hopeful geek. | |
First Mac:
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512K. | |
Current Mac:
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Performa 6400/200 | |
| When did you get your first modem? | My dad brought one home from work around 1980. | |
| Who did you call first? | He called his office. | |
| Present Occupation: | Graduate Student, Shareware Author. | |
| Claim to Fame: | Working on it... | |
| Dream Job: | I'd love it if 3AM ever did well enough to make it my primary job. =-) |
| Not So Random Thoughts... | |||
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| Was there ever a time in your life that you had to "Think Different?" What was the situation and what did you do? | |||
| No, not really. =-) | |||
| How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life? | |||
| It's been a pleasant obsession, and has led to a great appreciation of the importance of a well-designed user interface. | |||
| What is the weirdest thing in your office right now? | |||
| And old beat-up leather hat. | |||
| My Passions are: | |||
| Eating, Coding, Rail Transit, Mac OS, Science fiction and fantasy | |||
| If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them? | |||
| Samuel Clemens -- I'd ask him to describe his travels, then just sit back and listen -- it'd be fascinating. | |||
| Do you play a musical instrument and/or are you in a band? | |||
| Guitar, but badly, and not in a band =-) | |||
| When I grow up I want to: | |||
| Enjoying my job thoroughly | |||
| The question never asked: | |||
| Well, I can hardly ask it, can I? Then it would be asked, which would make it no longer the question never asked! |
| Just The Facts, Please... | ||||
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| Biographical Tidbits: | No response | Education: | Education: South Pasadena High School, University of California, Santa Barbara (BS, BS, BS); Caltech | |
| Location at Birth: | State College, PA | Current Location: | South Pasadena, CA | |
| Where you've been in between: |
Cambridge, England; Pasadena, CA; Isla Vista, CA | Astrological Sign: | Pisces | |
| Available? | No, Married. | Chat Nick: | sammis | |
| Favorite Books: | Chronicles of Amber, by Zelazny | Favorite Music or Band: | Tossup between Alanis Morisette and Loreena Mckennitt | |
| Favorite Food: | Sashimi | Cat or Dog Person: | Cat Person | |
| Sammis' Professional Web Site |
Created October 6, 1998, 7:00 AM; Edited: 12/22/98, 1/30/99