Jonathan Oxer

Current

Author at Apress
Author at O'Reilly Media
Director at Internet Vision Technologies

Education

Monash University
St Michael's

Recommended

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231 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Jonathan Oxer’s Summary

Past President of Linux Australia, the national organisation for Linux users and developers. Author of "How To Build A Website And Stay Sane" (Oft Press, 2004: www.stay-sane.com), and "Ubuntu Hacks" (O'Reilly, 2006: www.oreilly.com/catalog/ubuntuhks), write for various newspapers, and my articles have been translated into French, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Norwegian, and Spanish and appeared in dozens of publications.

I'm one of the few people in the world to have been surgically implanted with an RFID chip, which I'm using to experiment with technical issues such as authentication techniques and exploits as well as philosophical issues such as privacy and identity.

In 1994 I founded one of the first businesses in the world to specialize in dynamic websites and web content management, and in 1995 became one of the first people to ever do real-time event coverage via the Internet when I ran a live feed from the Bicycle Industry Trade Show in Sydney, Australia. Internet Vision Technologies (www.ivt.com.au), has since developed websites, intranets, extranets and custom web applications for clients ranging from backyard businesses to multinational corporations. Clients include Siemens, Agilent Technologies, Orica, and Swinburne University.

Debian developer since 2002 and convenor of the Debian Miniconf in a different city every year since 2003. Presenter of tutorials, papers and keynotes on various technology and business topics at both corporate and government seminars and at conferences including LinuxTag, linux.conf.au, Open Source Developers Conference, and Debian Miniconf, and at usergroups including Melbourne PHP User Group and Linux Users Victoria. I currently sit on the Advisory Group of Swinburne University's Centre for Collaborative Business Innovation, responsible for researching and formulating IT-related post-graduate curriculum strategies, and on the Australian Federal government's e-Research Coordinating Committee Reference Group.

Jonathan Oxer’s Specialties:

Software architecture
Programming
Web applications
Content management
Database design / data structures
Software performance profiling
Software project management
TCP/IP networking
Linux administration
Public speaking
Writing