Hello, welcome to the blog of Nick Davis. I’m a Christian, a loving husband, an avid reader, sci-fi fan, and all-around computer geek. My wife Adrienne and I live in Tulsa, OK. We enjoy hanging out with our family and friends, watching movies, going to concerts, and traveling whenever we get the chance.

I’m currently a CS PhD student at the University of Tulsa, as well as a researcher in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Some research interests include SNP feature selection, data mining and machine learning algorithms, change point estimation in fMRI data, and parallel computing. I also hold MS and BS degrees in CS from TU. Prior to my current studies and research, I focused mostly on information security work, eventually earning a CISSP. During master’s graduate school l worked on research projects involving secure operating systems and peer-to-peer networks.

Previously, I was Founding Software Developer for Vidoop, an Internet security and identity company that provides some useful solutions for managing one’s identity on the web. While at Vidoop I was co-inventor of the company’s flagship patent-pending authentication technology, the ImageShield. We had several projects spanning an array of languages, tools, and disciplines, including PHP-based web development, a C++ backend service, C/C++ database drivers, a Python-based build system (SCons), VoiceXML applications, and various system administration tasks (email, LDAP, web, networking/security, DB). So it was a great experience, and I definitely got the opportunity to wear many different hats.

Outside of work/school, I’m a technology enthusiast in general. Apple products are a relatively recent interest, and I’m not ashamed to admit I own a couple macs and an iPhone, and consider Mac OS X to be a pretty good Unix OS. I’ve been a big fan of Linux and the open source movement since around 1997 or so, and enjoy tinkering with open source projects. It’s exciting that the developer community has helped solidify open source and open standards as essential to the growth and vitality of the current and future Open Web, as well as software in general.

I also love reading about scientific breakthroughs and advances in technology. Nanotechnology has been a favorite subject ever since I read Neal Stephenson’s The Diamond Age and K. Eric Drexler’s Engines of Creation. Clean, renewable energy is also interesting, even without the all of the associated politics. I think that wherever possible, people should employ safe, sustainable sources of energy like solar and wind. Biotechnology and bioinformatics will become increasingly important in the future, not only in fighting diseases that plague us, but also in developing personalized medicines, tailored to each individual’s genetic characteristics.

The title of the site is attributed to sci-fi/cyberpunk author William Gibson, and is loosely based on one of his quotes: “The future is already here – it is just unevenly distributed.”