Hi! You can call me Tom. 👋
I'm a Principal IT Engineer at King County's GIS Center. 🗺️
Here's my most recent post:
I was poking around in the Windows 11 security setting so my gaming desktop PC and I came across an untoggled switch: Controlled folder access?!?
Check out my portfolio of prior work here! 🚀
I'm working on modernizing our GIS data publishing pipeline and processes as part of the GIS Open Data 2026 initiative. Getting King County's data out to the public in a useful way while rebuilding our systems in the cloud is challenging work.
Existing commercial products like ArcGIS Hub and Socrata don't meet our needs. At the same time many governments use these commercial products and the public has become familiar with them. So I'm developing custom enhancements and solutions to enable us to better serve our community.
I like camping. Often I'll go out to the Olympics and stay at sites like Lake Cushman, Deer Park, and the coastline around Lake Ozette. I'm excited for ski season this winter. ⛷️
I know a bit about photography. You can see my work on Flickr. Right now I'm shooting with a Nikon Z7. 📸
As of September 2022 I am the author of the top text result on Google for "How to install RAM". Although I don't write product reviews anymore, I still have a deep interest in computer hardware and benchmarking. 🧑💻