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[Y]ou're going to find all my notes on Making, hacking, P2P and decentralization here. I embrace independence, self reliance and cultivating small communities. Decentralization is the only option left to us who are fighting this corporate dystopia, join me in independence!

I'm a long time Software Engineer primarily aiming web technologies.

I've created this site to keep every kind of notes I consider useful and I really hope these notes may be helpful for other people as well.

Dennis O. Ogbe (S'13, M'20) is a member of the Reprogrammable Signal Processing group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Prior to joining JPL, he was a postdoctoral associate in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech in Arlington, VA, followed by a stint as a software-defined radio engineer at Lynk in Falls Church, VA. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Tennessee Technological University and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University. His research interests are in the fields of communication theory, signal processing, computer engineering, and their application to aerospace engineering problems.

I can't remember everything. In fact, anything past the last week gets pretty fuzzy. That's why I try to share as much as I can through this personal blog. You'll find notes about Emacs, parenting, sketchnoting, visual book reviews, self-tracking, blogging, life… whatever I'm learning about or whatever I can help other people learn.

I am a mother of two preschoolers and work office hours in the government sector.

I've been writing since 2006 to process and reflect on my daily life - what I did, observed, overheard, or learned. Writing is crucial to me - it keeps me grounded, makes me happy, and allows me to connect with others personally.

On this personal website you may find things related to computers and software, games of all kinds but mostly tabletop and role-playing, electronics, music, language learning and linguistics. I'm not big on writing long-form stuff or essays, but I sometimes like to jot down some short ideas or experiences. I created this site to lower the barrier to entry and make it easier for myself to just write.

I am a researcher and graduate student at UMass Amherst working with Dan Sheldon and Gerome Miklau. Before this, I was a Data Scientist at Allstate, an affiliate researcher at the Fiscal Research Center at Georgia State University, and studied mathematics and logic at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

By day, I work at 1Password. This is where I write about seeking healthier, more thoughtful relationships with technology.

Software Engineering Manager at Ericsson in Athlone, Ireland, managing teams in Software Development Kits (SDKs) for Encsson Intelligent Automation Platform (EIAP). Before that, I was managing JEE Platform, User Interface SDK and 5G Topology teams in Ericsson Network Manager.

I'm a 30-something dad, husband, and all-around nerd living in Durham, NC (USA). My hobbies span just about anything I come in contact with, but some of the most prominent ones over the years have been technology, writing, music, reading TTRPGs, hiking, and swimming (I competitively swam from the age of 8, through college). I also enjoy learning about permaculture gardening, sustainability, urban planning, and similar topics.

About Me I build tools & toys to help understand human culture. I'm doing a PhD at the Australian National University, where I'm studying complex machine learning models (esp. large language models), and whether those models are (or can be) meaningfully 'knowledge-producing' in the social sciences. I generally want humans to flourish far into the future, and not destroy ourselves in the process of developing powerful new technologies (hence the PhD).