Who is Daniel Chote?
I was born in Hastings, New Zealand. Son of Peter and Leanne Chote. I consider myself a total techno-dweeb, staying up-to-date with everything technology related.
I have a lot of interest in Open Source, as a developer and CTO, I implement many solutions using Open Source technology. The basis of most of my work is running on Linux or Mac OS.
What I do
I am the CTO of a very successful development company. I have guided our projects and infrastructure using technologies I have interest in. We primarily use Mac OS X for desktops, and Debian Linux for servers. We build our infrastructure from the ground up, we do not rely on enterprise solutions. We even build our own servers (using Supermicro Barebones and components fitted for that particular purpose).
My Skills
I take pride in my server administration skills. And also in my ability to pick up new technology implementations fairly quickly. Here is my skillset breakdown:
- Operating systems: Linux, OSX, OSX Server, OpenBSD
- HA/Load balancing: Linux IPVS, iptables, Headbeat, ldirector, F5 Networks BigIP platform
- Core Technologies: Asterisk, Jabber, Apache, Squid, MySQL, Postfix, Courier-IMAP, Syslog-ng, OpenLDAP/Open Directory
- System monitoring: Nagios, Cacti
I have taken a step back in the development world over the past year. My primary focuses have been PHP+MySQL. I am branching out into Objective-C development, although my time on this has been fairly limited and I dont really have anything to show for this yet!
Passing the time
A few of my hobbies happen to be non-computer related, however... We all get stuck development bound, as it was those software development hobbies that brought us to these jobs in the first place.
- Photography: My new "hobby" is photography. I really like taking nature shots. Now that im living in the country, it gives me the opportunity to photograph wildlife.
- Music: I like to jam on the guitar, I have a mini-studio setup now and ive been getting in to Logic Studio. I also like listening to music, I have an Eddie Current - Zana Duex headphone amplifier powering a pair of Grado GS1000 headphones. I also have 2 5.1 sets of Paradigm speakers (studio and monitor series), powered by Denon recievers
- Mountain Biking: I got big in to mountain biking. I can honestly say Ive been a slacker the past year or two. It is something I want to get back in to tho
- Robotics: Ive always been interested in robotic tech, I have started working on a gumstix based UAV project
- Home Automation: Home automation implementation varies a lot, geek to geek... Im very interested in Insteon, I had previously deployed it in my apartment in MA. I just finished deploying it in my house in PA.