About

Name: Ron

Email:contact@NO_SPAM_reactuate.com

Birthday: January 14, 1965 (46 in 2011)

Family:
Married to a better woman than I deserve. She has a PhD in Rhetoric from Purdue University. We’ve been married since 1988 and have the best marriage of anyone I know, and I know some people with really good marriages.
We have two brilliant and upstanding teenage boys. My eldest started college in the summer of 2006 at the age of 14 at Lone Star College, and is now studying to be an actuary at the University of Texas in Austin. My youngest wants to be a Minister when he grows up and is committed to reaching out to others. He is currently attending Abilene Christian University majoring in Biblical Text.

Profession:
Software Engineer
I’ve been programming the MacOS, both OS9 and OSX since 1993. I’ve worked for Datawatch(back when they made Mac software),metrowerks(back when they were an independent company), Apple, Pervasive and Alsoft. I’ve written articles for MacTech magazine and a book for Sam’s/Macmillan: Tango Web Application Construction Kit (No it has nothing to do with dance, but these people think so.).

EMT/Paramedic Student
I am a certified Emergency Medical Technician Intermeadiate in Texas. I’m also continuing to train and am in the two year Paramedic program at Lone Star North Harris in Houston. I’m currently volunteer for the Harris County Emergency Corps.

Photographer
I’m a people photographer via Reactuate Photography. I also teach model photography online at Photographer & Model.

Podcaster
I executive produce and co-host a interview podcast, The Photographer & Model Podcast. Every week my co-host Shawna Rencher and I interview a photographer or model about art, working together and the experience of model photography.

I also have an EMS podcast called Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Each week I talk to my paramedic mentor Kelly Grayson about what I’m learning in school.

Education:
B.A. Mass Communication from ACU, 1988
B.A. Computer Science from ACU, 1993

Religion: Christian (Protestant, Third Wave, currently attending Woodlands Church East).

Inside the Actors Studio Questions
Originally created by Bernard Pivot, asked by James Lipton to each guest on the show.

What is your favorite word?
Wacko
What is your least favorite word?
(I’m working on this one)
What turns you on?
Good looking women in high heels and short skirts.
What turns you off?
Pain
What sound or noise do you love?
A satisfied sigh when I curl up next to my wife.
What sound or noise do you hate?
Whining
What is your favorite curse word?
F**king S**t, which technically isn’t a curse word, merely vulgar.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Writer or EMT
What profession would you not like to attempt?
President of the US. No matter who you are you’ll be hated intensely by millions of people.
If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
“Thank you”. Have to admit I got that from actor Danny Glover.

Last Update 08/24/2011.