I'm Glen (he/him). I spent my childhood in Chicago, but I've spent most of my life in Southwest Ohio. I currently live in Cincinnati with my family and I'm Glen (he/him). I spent my childhood in Chicago, but I've spent most of my life in Southwest Ohio. I currently live in Cincinnati with my family and two four hungry cats.
I'm a recovering perfectionist. I embrace minimalism so I can focus on the things that matter in my life and simplify as much as possible (like this simple website). That means owning less, doing less, and worrying less. It's a work in progress.
I do a lot of biohacking and neurohacking by experimenting with things like sleep, exercise, food, mindfulness, breathing, supplements, etc. to better my physiology and wellbeing. By changing the what, when, and how of these things and measuring their effects, I can optimize my health.
What am I up to now? (updated 12/26/23)
I'm passionate about libraries and free access to information. I'm also passionate about technology, especially open source software, web applications, and artificial intelligence. I started supporting technologies in libraries in 1992 while I attended Wright State University. Over the past 25 years I've helped public, academic, school, and special libraries use technology to provide better services to their patrons.
I currently lead the Application Development Unit at the University of Cincinnati Libraries. Most of my time is spent leading an agile group of developers on open source projects like Scholar@UC.
My research interests include open source software communities, collaborative software development, diversity in software engineering, agile development methods, and AI-assisted software development.
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