"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 Master's degree 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 such diverse topics as code contracts and cloud computing at blog.simontimms.com. He is also involved in the local.net and JavaScript communities and speaks frequently at conferences."