Form and Function

My name is Tom Gonzalez and I am the managing director of a software development firm that specializes in a very small niche of the business intelligence community, dashboards and data visualization. In the course of delivering projects for clients and creating unique software products, I spend a major portion of my time working with new technologies and trying to predict what turns the industry will take and how different technologies will fit together.

I have been skeptically sitting on the sidelines for the last several months, pondering the benefits of blogging. After reading the article in Business Week a few months back I realized that this medium is here to stay. What has prompted me to start my own blog, is that over the past several months I have gotten some very valuable information and insight from reading other blogs.

I have a background in computer science and visual arts and one of my primary interests is to create technologies that make life easier for people and improve the aesthetics of their environment in a way that brings them more pleasure and satisfaction with their surroundings.