Simon Timms is a developer who works in the oil and gas industry in Calgary, Alberta. He has a BSc in Computing Science from the University of Alberta and a Masters from Athabasca University. He is interested in distributed systems, visualization, and the acquisition of ice-cream.This is his first book, but he blogs frequently on diverse topics such as code contracts and cloud computing at blog.simontimms.com. He is involved in the local .NET and JavaScript community, and speaks frequently at conferences.
