Coleman’s Core

About me

October 7, 2007 – 6:31 pm

I’m Coleman Brumley. And I’m a software developer.

I live in Greensburg, PA with my wife, 2 kids, and 2 dogs and so many gadgets that the Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) is nearly zero for every gadget I want these days. I started using computers when I was in the sixth grade when my teacher Mr. Schushler introduced me to the Commodore Vic-20. That year, my parents bought me one for Christmas. I was instantly hooked! From there I upgraded to a used Apple IIe and then graduated to the big time when I got my Apple IIgs. My introduction to programming was the BASIC programs in magazines like Compute! I spent hours typing very large BASIC (and later MLX) programs only to have them go away when I turned off the VIC-20. At least until I got my first “datasette”. Eventually (in the early 90s), I moved into the PC realm and never looked back to Apple. I’ve never owned a Mac, but I have to admit to lusting after a Mac Mini and the Mac book recently.

I currently work for PolarSoft, Inc in Pittsburgh PA. However, my office is located in my home.

I’m a member of the international standard committee for the BACnet standard. BACnet is an ANSI/ASHRAE standard for building automation and control networks.

My main development focus is Windows application programming and it has been for the past 10 years. I don’t specialize in one language/framework and will use Win32, MFC, VB, or C# — whatever the project calls for. During the past 4 or 5 years, I’ve been doing more and more embedded Linux development in x86 and ARM. I’ve been working in my spare time (what’s that?) on an embedded Linux development platform based on the ARM AT91SAM9260EK.

What can you expect to see here? I hope to keep the personal posts to a minimum since I know users don’t care about me. I hope to keep the content as technical as possible.

The picture you see here is from a BACnet meeting in Atlanta in 2006. At every meeting, the committee tries to get together as a group for a meal. That year, the meal was at Gordon Biersch in Atlanta. I believe the beer I’m about to taste is the Hefeweizen or the Blonde Bock. The Hefeweizen and the Dunkles were my favorites. The photo was taken by Steve Karg, a fellow “BACneteer”, and is used with his permission.

Coffee helps me clear the fog. If you've found any of the posts on this blog helpful, I could always use more coffee.