Meet Tim Rosenblatt.  Tim has been an engineer at Cloudspace for almost two years and is the Director of our Agile Development Team. He actually worked at Cloudspace over 5 years ago but opted to be a Techranger at UCF while finishing school. We are glad to have his smiling face, off-the-cuff sense of humor (as you will read below) and enthusiastic input back at Cloudspace!  If you happen to be in the Orlando area February 7th, check Tim out at the Acts As Conference.  He will be presenting "OAuth and APIs: Sharing your data without leaving your zipper down."  Now on to the interview...

Did you go to college, if so, where? And how far did you go?

"University of Central Florida. It wasn't very far, I always lived close to the campus. 15-minute drive tops."

[ editor's note: "These guys. I've really got to reword this question, that's the same response twice now." ]

What was one of the first online projects you worked on?

"Hacking SEFLIN to get free Internet access."

What do you do for fun?

"Drum. Driving range. Beer. Run. Lift weights. Ride motorcycle."

What is the last book you read?

"The Great Crash, 1929 - John Kenneth Galbraith"

What is the best trip you've ever taken?

"Big Apple to Big Easy car rally. Also snowboarding trips."

Have you traveled out of the country? if so, where to?

"Yes. Europe (lots of countries, we took the train), Canada, Australia, Mexico"

How would you explain a computer term in three sentences to your eight-year-old nephew?

"Bayesian filtering:
1) This is hard stuff
2) You'll learn it when you're older
3) Don't do drugs kids. At least not until college."

Why are manhole covers round?

"If manhole covers were any other shape, they could fall through the opening and hit someone working in the tunnel. A circular manhole can't do that. (Bonus smartass answer: because manholes are round)"

If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you?

"Me. It would be a semi-fictional account, also starring Penelope Cruz, Angelina Jolie, and others."

If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be?

"Not sure. It should however, conform to Rocky & Bullwinkle naming conventions: Title A or Title B."

If you had only six months left to live, what would you do with the time?

"I would play a single game of Monopoly."

If you won $20 million in the lottery, what would you do with the money?

"Buy a $20 million safe to keep it in."

How would you describe yourself in three words?

"bad, at, describing"

Thanks for doing the interview Tim!  Tim is big into online networking, check him out:

TimRosenblatt.com
LinkedIn
Twitter

Stay tuned next week for my interview with Roozbeh Meghdadi, our in-house Graphic Designer.