Bio - Mike Tigas

Who are you
&
What is this all about?

I’m Mike Tigas and this is my eponymously-domained Web site. I write about things I do, things that I see, trips that I go on, random thoughts — that sort of thing. I’d like to think that the blog’s title fits.

…What is it that you do, exactly?

I’m a freelance Web developer. Most of my work is in Python/Django programming. My expertise is in Web applications, though I also have experience with iPhone application development and GIS/mapping tools.

Clients and brands I’ve worked with include: The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.), KOMU-8 TV (NBC affiliate; Columbia, Mo.), and Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. For more details on projects I’ve worked on, visit my portfolio.

Elsewhere: I help maintain GeoPy, an open-source geocoding toolkit for Python. I also frequently open-source projects and tools that I work on: you can find those on Github.

I’m currently a student at the University of Missouri, on track for a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. (A couple credits shy of a minor in Journalism, too.) I’ll be unleashed into the world in May 2010.

Can we get in touch?

E-mail me! You can use this convenient form, or you can get my address here and e-mail me the old-fashioned way. (For sensitive messages, I strongly recommend using PGP/GPG encryption: my public key is here.)

And, if you’re not the e-mailing type, you can contact or stalk me on a multitude of other platforms, listed below. I’m also readily available on AIM/iChat, Google Talk (GChat), Skype, or via telephone. Just ask!