About Terrill
Hi my name is Terrill Dent. I'm a Canadian student pursuing all there is to know about Mathematics Computer Science at the best place for it, the University of Waterloo.
At heart I'm a programmer. It's where I spend all my free time (except that new basketball net and BBQ). One of my greatest interests is user-application interaction, and the effect it has on a products success. In the Fall of 2005 I developed an obsession with web developement that has yet to cease. Today I work for Research In Motion in Waterloo, where I contribute my best to the beautiful line of BlackBerry devices.
I'm also on flickr, deviantART, Facebook, del.icio.us, and Last.fm.
Contact Me
Contact me any time –
BlackBerry is good like that.
Email: [terrilldent [at] gmail [dot] com]
About the site
Originally I bought terrill.ca to access to a PHP server which could run my Google Maps mashups. That provided about 8 months of enjoyment before the 2B school semester from hell. For the longest time I ran a static site, save for one breif episode involving WordPress and a lot of disappointment.
The little site grew quickly. I added a database and the ability to comment on stories. I had comments on static blog posts. Weird, I know. I enjoy writing markup, and if that were removed from the blogging experience then I wouldn't want to write anything. So I built my own blog, and here it is. It's ongoing, as you can see from my style sheet history.
Resume
I'm a co-op student. If your interested in hiring a web developer, Java programer, or just learning more about my employability please email me and I will send a link to my resume. Don't worry, I'm friendly.
Recent books I've read
In my free time I try to read some of the more popular titles in print. No computer display will ever rival the way text looks fresh off the printing press. The way each letter is slightly embossed, only microns from the depth around it, just makes me smile.
| Author | Title | My Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Eggers | How We Are Hungry | Reading... |
| Robert Bringhurst | The Elements of Typographic Style |  |
| Steve Krug | Don't Make Me Think |  |
| Mark Haddon | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | |
| Edward R. Tufte | The Visual Display of Quantitive Information | |
| Edward R. Tufte | Beautiful Evidence |  |
| DBC Pierre | Vernon God Little | |
| Truman Capote | In Cold Blood |  |
| Al Gore | Earth in the Balance | |
| S. Levitt and S. Dubner | Freakonomics | |
| Malcolm Gladwell | Blink | |
| Dave Eggers | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius | |
| Alex White | The Elements of Graphic Design | |
| Malcolm Gladwell | The Tipping Point | |
| Carolyn Abraham | Possessing Genius | |
UW Courses
Courses I've enrolled in at the University of Waterloo. The professor usually makes or breaks a course, so take these with a grain of salt. Professors names are absent to be polite, ask me if you want to know.
| Course | Winter 2008 | My Rating |
|---|---|---|
| CS 350 | Operating Systems | |
| CS 249 | User Interfaces | |
| CS 348 | Introduction to Database Management | |
| CO 350 | Linear Optimization | |
| Spring 2007 | ||
| CS 240 | Data Structures & Data Management | |
| CS 246 | Software Abstraction | |
| AFM 101 | Core Concepts of Accounting |  |
| CLAS 202 | Ancient Roman Society | |
| Fall 2006 | ||
| CS 241 | Foundations of Sequential Prog | |
| CS 245 | Logic and Computation | |
| Math 235 | Linear Algebra 2 (Hon Math) | |
| Math 239 | Intro to Combinatorics | |
| Stats 231 | Statistics | |
| Winter 2006 | ||
| ActSc 231 | Mathematics of Finance | |
| CS 251 | Computer Organization & Design | |
| Econ 202 | Macroeconomic Theory 1 | |
| Math 237 | Calculus 3 For Honours Math | |
| Stats 230 | Probability | |
| Spring 2005 | ||
| CS 134 | Principles of Computer Science | |
| Econ 102 | Intro to Macroeconomics | |
| ENGL 119 | Communications in Math & CS | |
| Math 136 | Linear Algebra 1 (Hon Math) | |
| Math 138 | Calculus 2 For Honours Math | |
| Fall 2004 | ||
| CS 133 | Developing Program Principles | |
| Econ 101 | Intro to Microeconomics | |
| Math 135 | Algebra for Hons Mathematics | |
| Math 137 | Calculus 1 For Honours Math | |
| MTHEL 305A | General Life Insurance 1 | |